The BRT: Your government NOT at work
(Read a school-focused take on the BRT at The Public School Notebook's website)OK I stole that line from Jon Stewart, but what do you say about the Inky’s phenomenal series about the Bureau of Revision...
View ArticleCity Leaders: Take the BRT off the School District payroll
With the news that the Mayor and City Council are in a fuddle over what to do with the Bureau of Revision of Taxes, here's one place to start:TAKE THE BRT EMPLOYEES OFF THE SCHOOL PAYROLLWhy is it...
View ArticleMonday RoundUp: Budget chaos, gambling free for all, immigration and health...
It’s all budgets all the time with the news that a veto-proof agreement may have been crafted. The compromise however leaves a lot of areas hanging:Education: The compromise blows a major hole in the...
View ArticleThe BRT Test
Whatever you think about the importance of the Bureau of Revision of Taxes, there’s no question that what the city, and perhaps most importantly the Mayor, does with this mess of an agency is a test of...
View ArticleSRC member says cut BRT patronage in the schools, Council says "not so fast"
So hot on the tail of some active discussion roundabout these parts over who we should be looking most intensely over lack of progress on botched property assessments, patronage and waste in the Bureau...
View ArticleLegal or not - Do BRT payments violate the law?
It’s a question that Parents United for Public Education, Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia, and the Education Law Center are considering right now.At issue is this section of state law, 72 PS...
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Electoral politics and civil service requirements: time to make a call
Happily the BRT seems to be progressing down the path of long-needed institutional overhaul nicely with one major sticking point - what to do about the 80 patronage employees housed in the School...
View ArticleCall for Public Testimony on BRT Legislation
On Tuesday, October 27, 2009, Philadelphia City Council will meet to consider Bill No. 090706, legislation introduced by Councilman Bill Green that would strip the Board of Revision of Taxes ("BRT") of...
View ArticlePhilly Inquirer Cleans up Philly Politics More than Mayor Nutter Ever Would
Remember Mayor Nutter's agenda of uprooting Philly's wasteful and corrupt bureaucracy? Mainstream media wooed his administration as one that would finally usher Philly in to the modern standards of...
View ArticleWho wants to help out homeowners unfairly assessed?
Recently individual homeowners have fought against against increasing assessments even as the property market withers and jobs are lost, and fixed incomes don't keep up. Now,with the BRT back and...
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