PSA for the Coalition for Essential Services
All Out to Protest City Council Budget Vote — THIS THURSDAY, May 21st
9:30 AM Press Conference, outside Room 400 (City Council), City Hall
10 AM in Room 400, City Hall: Protest Passage of FY2010 Budget
Join the Coalition For Essential Services on Thursday at 9:30 AM at a press conference to protest passage of next year’s city budget, outside City Council chambers, Room 400, City Hall, and at 10 AM in Room 400, City Hall.
The Mayor promised to deliver a “People’s Budget.” Instead, Council and the Mayor have failed to deliver on that promise.
This is a budget in which working people pay more and get less.
This is a budget balanced on the backs of city workers and low-income people. City worker jobs and benefits are being cut, the city’s payment to the already underfunded pension plan will be deferred, and the sales tax, which falls most heavily on low-income people, is being increased.
This is a budget put into the hands of the Republican controlled State Senate which cares nothing about Philadelphia and recently passed a mean-spirited budget which slashed programs for child care, basic education, children’s health insurance, job creation and the arts. If Harrisburg fails to support the Council/Mayor budget deal, the Mayor’s draconian Plan B (Contingency Budget ) goes into effect — closing one health center, slashing city services, and greatly reducing hours at rec centers and libraries.
This is a budget which charges fees for the uninsured to go to health centers, eliminates the Adolescent Violence Reduction Program, reduces library hours to 5 days a week, eliminates after December the LEAP afterschool program for homework assistance and computer literacy which serves 85,000 1st through 12th graders, shuts down many city pools which average 12,000 swimmers per day, cuts seasonal recreation jobs for teenagers which will result in many less children enrolled in our city’s summer camps, and cuts the Housing Trust Fund by $500,000 and the Child Care Facilities Fund by $200,000.
Join us to protest these cuts to essential services and the regressive taxes used to fund this budget!
We thank you for your ongoing participation in this budget battle. And remember, it is more than an equitable budget we are fighting for. This Coalition is about the values of and vision for a City in which all families, all people, and all neighborhoods are valued, equally. It is about a movement for economic justice we are building — together.
Also, please come to our planning meeting tomorrow, Wednesday, at Noon, at DC 47, 1606 Walnut Street, 1st Floor (not the 3rd floor, as usual).
May 20th, 2009 at 8:31 am
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