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Phily showdown with Mayor Nutter over bloated $1 Billion Police and Prison budget at the expense of the African American community
18 DEC 2008: Community Challenges Mayor Nutter
`members of the African community intervene in Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter's "Town Hall Meeting" to confront the city's leadership on its $1 Billion war on the black community through the public policy of police containment and criminalization of the African community. '
22 DEC 2008: PhilI Mayor Nutter Served Summons to People's Court
19 MAR 2009: Phili Police Attack Uhuru Movement Protesters in City Council
`Mayor Nutters budget cuts essential services for African population while spending more than one billion dollars a year for police and prisons attacking the black community. '
20 MAR 2009: Mayor Nutter unveils five-year budget plan
* see Interactive graphic
`Nutter called the city's financial situation this year an "economic hurricane."
The city's budget will protect the most vulnerable citizens, he told the council, and preserve core services.
"I will not lay off a single police officer or a single firefighter," he said.
Recreation, community health centers, public libraries and all services for neglected children will be preserved.
This is a shift from Nutter's previous emergency budget cuts last November, when he announced that 11 library branches and most community pools would be closed. Major cuts to this budget largely focused on efficiencies and changes to the city's own workforce.
Many aspects of the budget have come from public engagement, Nutter said.'
`members of the African community intervene in Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter's "Town Hall Meeting" to confront the city's leadership on its $1 Billion war on the black community through the public policy of police containment and criminalization of the African community. '
22 DEC 2008: PhilI Mayor Nutter Served Summons to People's Court
19 MAR 2009: Phili Police Attack Uhuru Movement Protesters in City Council
`Mayor Nutters budget cuts essential services for African population while spending more than one billion dollars a year for police and prisons attacking the black community. '
20 MAR 2009: Mayor Nutter unveils five-year budget plan
* see Interactive graphic
`Nutter called the city's financial situation this year an "economic hurricane."
The city's budget will protect the most vulnerable citizens, he told the council, and preserve core services.
"I will not lay off a single police officer or a single firefighter," he said.
Recreation, community health centers, public libraries and all services for neglected children will be preserved.
This is a shift from Nutter's previous emergency budget cuts last November, when he announced that 11 library branches and most community pools would be closed. Major cuts to this budget largely focused on efficiencies and changes to the city's own workforce.
Many aspects of the budget have come from public engagement, Nutter said.'
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