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Originally posted by russotto
I see higher taxes and more funds being funnelled into the bottomless pit called Philadelphia in the near future. As a non-result, Philadelphia schools will fail to improve, blight will continue, and people will continue to leave the city.
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I caught a blurb by Rendell saying he was going to halve the property tax rates (cool) and make up the school taxes from state coffers (oh oh). So we are talking increased income or sales taxes, decreased local control of schools, decreased responsiveness to the community, and increased power to teachers unions since they can concentrate on state politics instead of local politics. If its anything like New York State politics the politicly connected school districts will be rolling in stadium building funds and everyone else will be left out in the cold.
On the other hand, at least the winner wasn't one of the Casey Boys. One of the easiest ways to rule out one of several unknown politicians to scratch out the the one whose Dad held the job before him. Bush Gore Casey Cuomo none of these guys ever did anything in the private or public sector worth bragging about. Heres hoping Carl McCall can get around the machine in NY.