BUDGETWATCH

With the debut of Philadelphia Forward's new feature -- BUDGETWATCH -- we can pull back the curtain of the city's budget process to take a look inside the city budget machinery. Click on the links below to learn more about the following topics...

BUDGETWATCH Makes Real Change: Public Debate Puts More Cops On The Street

• It Is Hard To Make Predictions, Especially About Future Taxes  (1.08.08)
• Mayor Nutter's Unkindest Cut  (11.11.08)
• City Tax Collection Upon Reflection  (8.07.08)
• There’s A Hole In The Budget…Then Fix It  (5.02.08)
• Tracking Tax Revenues As They Come Down The Homestretch  (4.23.08)
• Is Mayor Nutter's First Budget An Honest Budget?  (2.19.08)
• If You Don’t Pay Them, Taxes In Philadelphia Are No Problem  (1.30.08)
• The More Things Change, The City Budget Cannot Remain The Same  (1.08.08)
• Rumors Of The City’s Fiscal Collapse Have Been Greatly Exaggerated  (11.06.07)
• City Council Payback Is A Switch  (10.15.07)
• City’s Fiscal Watchdog Approves Flawed Spending Plan  (7.30.07)
• Mayor’s Plan Gets “F” Grades  (6.28.07)
• PICA "Boo" -- I.C.U. For City Budget?  (5.22.07)
• Mayoral Campaigns:  Nipped In The Budget (5.1.07)
• R.E.F.O.R.M. Agenda Can Help Make Budget Dollars Make Sense (4.3.07)
• Keep Your Eye On The Moving Money (3.14.07)
• Lame Duck Budget And Lame Budget Excuses (2.27.07)
• Tax Shift: Swell Gift, Short Shrift, Force Thrift? (1.30.07)
• 2007 Budget Preview: BUDGETWATCH Sees Dead Presidents (1.16.07)
• The Eagles Owe The City A Championship — And $8 Million (1.9.07)
• City Budget Transfers — Most Missed Moving Money (12.18.06)
• More Than $100 Million Wasted Gives Philadelphians Gas Pains (12.6.06)
• A Little Homework Is In Order For The School District (11.09.06)
• It’s A Crime How We Budget To Address The Murder Rate In Philadelphia (10.30.06)
• City Borrowing Millions of Dollars May Make Little Sense (10.17.06)
• I Guess It Is On To Plan B (9.15.06)
• Crying Poor But Awash With Riches (8.24.06)
• What’s Behind Closed Door #215? Changes To the City Budget (7.10.06)
• It’s The Size Of The Pie, Not The Prices Of The Slices, That Makes A Budget (5.30.06)
• City Budget Moves: The Rules Of The Game; The Power Of The Players (5.10.06)
• It's Time For Philadelphia To Save For A Rainy Day (4.10.06)
• A Capital Idea -- Stop Squabbling, Start Spending (3.07.06)
• What do you do with a budget surplus? (2.14.06)
• A city spending spree (2.14.06)

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