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Originally Posted by twister244
My beef is he wants to tax everything under the sun that's already taxed to the max. He's proposing a hike on hotel taxes when we already have some of the highest in the nation. As a city that gets a fair share of tourism, I'm very against this.
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I'm not a fan of Johnson's tax proposals, at all. On the other hand, unlike Vallas, he has actually presented a way to pay for his agenda. When will Vallas have to show the numbers on his spending proposals?
I personally prefer "tax & spend" to just "spend" as the second just takes us back to Daly-era politics. Vallas needs to answer for why districts seemed to end up in worse financial shape after he left.
Philly Enquirer:
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By the end of the Vallas era, both Vallas and the city were disenchanted. A “surprise” $73 million deficit had cropped up. Vallas had enormous ambitions, and spent accordingly, souring his backers on his ability to lead effectively. In the end, Vallas skipped out on a School Reform Commission farewell.
After Philadelphia, Vallas became schools chief in post-Katrina New Orleans, where he closed traditional schools, expanded charters, and generally embraced a free-market model for public education.
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