Glenn, I totally agree that straightening out the ridiculous tax assessment situation will not happen in time to help the libraries.
I don't understand why Nutter doesn't back down and say "the people have spoken; we'll have to find that $8 million somewhere else and keep the libraries open." He's allowing this standoff to damage his previously stellar reputation, for an amount so small (relatively) that it's barely noticeable in the billion dollar budget gap coming up. My original thought was that the fate of the libraries is now in the hands of City Council, and they haven't even been able to move the city forward on equitable property taxes, given YEARS to work on it - so we'd better not hold our breath here. And if the City were collecting the same amount from everybody whose house has the same value, maybe we wouldn't be $8 million short. - Melani Melani Lamond, Associate Broker Urban & Bye, Realtor PA License Number AB048377L 3529 Lancaster Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19104 cell phone 215-356-7266 - office phone 215-222-4800 #113 ************** New year...new news. Be the first to know what is making headlines. (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000026)
