DAILY GRINDER: No More “M” and “F” Stickers on SEPTA Transpasses (some day)!
There’s some anti-union legislation heading through the PA House right now. Specifically, Rep. Metcalf of Cranberry Township is looking to end mandatory union membership for school, government and some business employees, calling the practice “tyranny.” While not as extreme as bills in Ohio and Wisconsin, this is similar to what’s called a “Right to Work” bill. Governor Tom Corbett has already gone on record saying he’d sign such legislation, but never imagined it’d get to his desk. [Post Gazette]
Even so, the governor’s doing what he can to piss unions off. He wants the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 13, the state’s largest employee union, to take a 4 percent pay cut. [Commonwealth Confidential]
The Senate Education Committee approved a bill which would require a two-thirds majority to raise property tax. Here’s Montgomery County State Sen. Daylin Leach, not happy:
In the latest showing of patheticism on behalf of former Philadelphia Housing Authority executive Carl Greene, he’s asking a court block PHA from giving investigators his “outside legal billings” information. [Inky]
This is a thing people are thinking about:
[Why?]
Win: SEPTA says once the new fare collection system kicks in, they’ll get rid of the Male and Female stickers on its Transpasses. 2021 (?) is going to be a great year for the rights of transgender individuals. [Newsworks]
Jeff Hornstein does not like Austin. In fact, he’s openly advocating Philly become “less weird” – with regards to our tax system, hehe. [Philly Clout]
Don’t mess with the Ducks: Those wacky boats might be back on the Delaware River – with shorter rides and “additional safety measures” as early as Monday. Monday! [Philadelphia Business Journal]
The Environmental Protection Agency – which, Republicans have been arguing with greater candor as of late, is worthless – has finally gotten around to studying fracking. President Barack Obama says the EPA’s got 90 days to find ways to improve the safety of natural gas drilling. [Newsworks]
