Posts Tagged ‘government’
Sen. Ted Cruz hops a jet to Cancun as Texans freeze to death
Yesterday, when U.S. Senator Ted Cruz claimed he was sorry for leaving Texas for Cancun in the middle of a deadly weather crisis, it made me sick, especially when he gave this excuse. “With school canceled for the week,” Cruz said in a statement, “our girls asked to take a trip with friends. Wanting to…
Read More Philly extends 10-year tax abatement for the rich and calls it an anti-poverty program
The mayor and City Council say they have a plan to reduce poverty in Philadelphia, and maybe that’s true — if the plan is to force the poor out of the neighborhoods by spending $400 million to boost gentrification. Perhaps if the plan was to give the money directly to the poor, I’d believe it…
Read More Time to audit the Philadelphia School District
For months, I’ve advocated for detailed annual audits of the nearly $3 billion the Philadelphia School District spends. Despite efforts by City Controller Alan Butkovitz to make that happen, those audits still have not taken place. Yet when I spoke with Dr. William Hite, the district superintendent, in a radio interview nearly nine months ago,…
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