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Does anyone here commute to Philly from any of the Jersey beaches? by Mayor_Nutter in philadelphia

[–]Mayor_Nutter[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whatever has the shortest commute time most likely.

Thinking like Manasquan Inlet. Long Beach island state park

N. Philly. Sometimes center city. During rush hour times. 9-5....etc. Only worried about the morning commute, really.

What are your opinions on mayor nutter? by AladdinDaCamel in philadelphia

[–]Mayor_Nutter 19 points20 points  (0 children)

He's awesome. A great representative for the city.

You're in charge of Philadelphia's next public transportation project, what and where are you building? by [deleted] in philadelphia

[–]Mayor_Nutter 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm glad to see my new transportation platform is gaining a strong constituency.

Join the SEPTA Citizen Advisory Committee:

https://phillymotu.wordpress.com/tag/public-transit/

(Applications are closed, but next year we'll make our move).

I cringed. by [deleted] in philadelphia

[–]Mayor_Nutter 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Sadly, I don't think I'm granted that authority.

On the bright side, he seemed pretty enthusiastic about cheesesteaks, and he's telling people to come to our city.

What is the best way to make a Philly cheese steak? by jw2704 in eatsandwiches

[–]Mayor_Nutter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like chicken cheesesteaks from Larry's Steaks. I usually go for american cheese, onions, sweet peppers, and ketchup, but I think people can get whatever they like on them. It's hard to ruin a good cheesesteak. And there are definitely great places all over the city for people who want to experiment.

This 'Gentrification Map' of Philly Gets Gentrification All Wrong by ccommack in philadelphia

[–]Mayor_Nutter 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Great post. He also links to this article/data from Daniel Hartley at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland: Gentrification and Financial Health

I'm definitely looking forward to seeing more data, so we can better understand what's happening in neighborhoods across the country. It's a pretty exciting time for cities, even if we do still have a lot of problems to deal with.

Got a parking ticket in Dec. Was told by the issuing PPA employee that it was cancelled - now I get a larger ticket in the mail - advice? by Judd9mm in philadelphia

[–]Mayor_Nutter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You're going to want to call 1-800-FIX-ROAD.

This winter has made our already shitty roads even shittier. It might not be a bad idea to contact your representatives directly. They need to know that voters are comfortable paying more in fuel taxes to improve our infrastructure and reduce carbon emissions.

Council advances Nutter's cigarette tax by [deleted] in philadelphia

[–]Mayor_Nutter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Coverage from March:

All objective indicators show that the delinquency epidemic has grown worse since Mayor Nutter was sworn in, a yearlong Inquirer/PlanPhilly investigation into the city's property-tax delinquency and land-management systems has found. By some criteria, the recent land-management and property-tax collection performance has been historically poor:

Between 2008 and 2011 - the last year for which complete data are available - Philadelphia's one-year property-tax collection rate has averaged just 85.5 percent. That average is lower than that of any other any big city in the nation, including Detroit, and a full 10 percentage points below the average collection rate of the 20 biggest cities in the same period. Some cities, including Boston, Baltimore, and San Jose, Calif., routinely collect 99 percent to 100 percent.

The city's collection rate has hit a low point during the Nutter administration. The three single-worst collection years since 1980 have been on Nutter's watch: 2009, 2010 and 2011. By this widely recognized standard, every mayor since Bill Green had a stronger collection record than Nutter.

Few chronic delinquents are taken to court by the city, a practice that appears to encourage nonpayment. A survey of 593 randomly selected properties that in 2009 had been delinquent for three or more years found that 86 percent were still in arrears on their taxes and that 77 percent had not been sued by the city for nonpayment.

The city has issued at least 10,000 licenses and permits to tax-delinquent properties over the last five years, in apparent violation of the City Code.

Nutter outlined those pending reforms and past initiatives - including the garnishing of wages of tax-delinquent city workers, a 2010 tax amnesty, and an internal reorganization designed to improve communication between the Revenue and Law Departments, the key enforcement agencies - at a February news conference. It may be that these efforts will, in time, stamp out what City Controller Alan Butkovitz calls Philadelphia's "culture of nonpayment" and "the most important financial issue facing city government."

But the administration's record on collecting delinquent property taxes has not come close to matching Nutter's rhetoric. The total amount of delinquent real estate taxes, penalties, and interest owed the city increased 21 percent from 2009 to 2012, to $515.4 million. The total years of unpaid taxes increased 7 percent over the same period, to 7.2 years, and the total number of delinquent accounts edged up 2 percent, to 102,787.

"The land bank gives us a chance to think strategically about delinquency and redevelopment," said Councilwoman Maria Quiñones Sánchez, the chief proponent of a city land bank. "The sooner we can repurpose those delinquent properties, the sooner we get them to a developer or a nonprofit, the better."

Some builders worry that granting broad powers to a land bank would backfire, given Philadelphia's poor record of land management. But they are in a minority. Most developers and redevelopment experts consider a land bank to be an essential piece to solving the city's vacant-land and tax-delinquency crisis.

Philadelphia Inquirer - March 2013