Revision of Budget Watch from April 15, 2007 - 3:35am

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

• 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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