http://whyy.org/blogs/itsourcity Just another WHYY Blogs weblog Mon, 10 May 2010 17:47:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en WHYY would like your input on our plans to expand local news coverage in northwest Philadelphia. In our pilot phase, we'll launch local news websites that will focus on East Falls, Manayunk, Roxborough, Chestnut Hill, Mount Airy, Germantown and West Oak Lane. We hope to have the websites up this fall. We're ... http://whyy.org/blogs/itsourcity/2010/04/15/whyy-to-launch-hyperlocal-news-project-in-nw-philadelphia/ [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-v7SnrpJHk[/youtube] Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter is calling for two new taxes to prevent city services from being cut. The mayor presented his budget outline to city council this morning. (3/4/10) In it, he's asking council to approve a two-cent-per-ounce tax on sugary drinks and a $300 yearly trash fee that combined ... http://whyy.org/blogs/itsourcity/2010/03/04/philadelphias-proposed-2011-2012-budget/ Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter is scheduled to present his 2010-2011 budget to council on Thursday, March 4, 2010.While local newspapers are already reporting that he'll likely propose soda and trash taxes, don't expect him to propose any across the board tax hikes. Speaking to Marty Moss-Coane on Tuesday, Mayor Nutter ... http://whyy.org/blogs/itsourcity/2010/03/03/philadelphia-mayor-michael-nutters-2010-2011-budget/ [caption id="attachment_14105" align="alignnone" width="321" caption="Neighborhood leaders met to suggest ways to improve Phila's zoning code process"][/caption] ***************************************************************** Update 2/18/02 @ 5:00 p.m. FINAL REPORT released. [caption id="attachment_14107" align="aligncenter" width="266" caption="Common Ground for Building Our City report"][/caption] Common Ground Principles PRINCIPLE 1 Every neighborhood should have a similar, widely known way to convene civic groups and ... http://whyy.org/blogs/itsourcity/2010/01/25/phila-zoning-code-overhaul-undeway/ [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHqSUoiWsnI[/youtube] So much has happened since Michael Nutter was sworn in as Mayor of Philadelphia two years ago. Even for his supporters, it's probably hard to remember the euphoria of that day. Finally, we thought, here's a man who knew how city government worked but was also fed up with its ... http://whyy.org/blogs/itsourcity/2010/01/14/would-you-re-elect-mayor-nutter-if-the-election-were-held-today/ Asking a politician to grade another politician, who lives in the same city, who shares the same political party, and have the same constituent base is not asking for the harshest of critiques. But given that It's only fair to hear how someone like U.S. Congressman Bob Brady views the ... http://whyy.org/blogs/itsourcity/2010/01/11/mayor-nutter-is-a-sound-leader-for-shaky-times/ Phil Goldsmith takes the hard line on Mayor Nutter saying that past Philadelphia mayors have accomplished more in their first two years. Gee, Phil, tell us what you really think. Goldsmith's views are worth thinking about even if you don't fully agree. This is after all a major global recession ... http://whyy.org/blogs/itsourcity/2010/01/11/other-phila-mayors-have-accomplished-more-in-two-years/ WHYY is running short essays this month on what people think of Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter's first two years in office. One of the challenges in doing this is how to factor in The Great Recession. On January 7, 2008, few people knew that the housing market would collapse, banks ... http://whyy.org/blogs/itsourcity/2010/01/07/nutter-did-well-given-an-impossible-budget-situation/ [caption id="attachment_14092" align="alignright" width="175" caption="Mayor Nutter poses for the city's 2008 Back to School campaign"][/caption] In January 7, 2008 Michael Nutter was sworn in as Philadelphia's mayor. During his inauguration speech he made many bold promises. One of the major ones was on improving education. Here's what he said: If our young ... http://whyy.org/blogs/itsourcity/2010/01/07/former-phila-education-secretary-grades-nutter/ In April 2009, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter released a plan called Greenworks. It is his administration's vision of how to make Philadelphia the greenest city in the nation. Many of the ideas in the Greenworks plan can be traced to The Next Great City Initiative that challenged citizens to ... http://whyy.org/blogs/itsourcity/2010/01/06/nutters-next-great-city-is-being-built/