PhillyNow Calendar: Civic Events, March 25-29
You know all those bids for casino licenses that were put in a couple months back? Yeah, it’s time to sound off on what you think of them. Three meetings all over the city this week regarding that, as well as civic association meetings, city-sponsored AVI information sessions, and other fun stuff. Email civics@philadelphiaweekly.com to get your listing...
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Free Library Feels Pain of State Cuts, Asks For Help
With all the cuts to welfare, health and schools in Pennsylvania, the library drain has gone mostly under the radar. But under the proposed state budget, the libraries may have lost as much as $330,000 in funds—and here, that’s on top of big city budget cuts. And today, the library sent out an urgent email message noting those cuts and asking the public for...
Continue ReadingGov. Corbett on Approving Arlen Specter Library Funds: ‘I Felt I Had To’
Gov. Tom Corbett is finally getting around to that campaign promise he made regarding the wasteful Arlen Specter library. Problem is, he’s on the other side of the issue now. Sorta. “I did approve the Specter library,” he told reporters in Harrisburg this week. “I wish I didn’t have to, but I felt I had to.” Remember the Arlen Specter library? No?...
Continue ReadingFormer Top Librarian Took Illegal Bonuses, Butkovitz Says
City Controller Alan Butkovitz continued his rampage through the city agencies today, finding shady dealings where they’re least expected: Within the Free Library of Philadelphia. According to the controller, former library head Elliot Shelkrot received $236,535 in illegal bonuses from 2001 to 2008. Apparently, the library’s board of trustees tried...
Continue ReadingLibraries’ Funding Cut In State Budget; 2 New Libraries Dedicated to Assholes To Be Constructed
Pennsylvania libraries are being cut 9 percent and one-thousand (and one) government employees will be losing their jobs after Rendell’s just-signed budget, but only the 1,001st, who lost his job all on his own, is getting a nice parting gift. Yep, that government operative is Arlen Specter. And for the sake of irony (we assume) Rendell’s budget includes...
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