We Can Build In 2010 we’ve seen a double-digit decline in violent crime, including a more than 20% drop in homicides since I took office. By targeting resources to higher-crime areas, the Police Dept. is also solving crimes more quickly. That will allow us to build on our success as we remove violent offenders from the neighborhoods.” The bursting of the housing bubble had a much less-severe impact on Philadelphia than elsewhere. The Mayor took advantage of the New Year to remind city residents they had something to be thankful for when it came to the comfort of their homes. “The national housing slowdown that triggered a record number of mortgage foreclosures has not impacted our City to the same degree experienced in other cities,”
Nutter pointed out. “Working with the Philadelphia court system, we successfully launched a homeowner-protection strategy that provided the opportunity for homeowners to renegotiate mortgage loans with banks. Our program drew national attention as an innovative plan to prevent foreclosures. The Mayor turned to his environmental policies as an important source of public goodwill. “We’re also making great strides toward my goal of making Philadelphia a greener city,” he said. “Our Greenworks Philadelphia program merges the goals of environmental progress with economic benefit. Using federal stimulus funds, we're training workers and putting them back to work in new green-collar jobs.”
PROUDLY MANAGING PENNSYLVANIAʼS INTERNATIONAL SEAPORT SINCE 1990
Philadelphia Regional Port Authority A Promising Future By Championing the Channel-Deepening Project And Substantial Port Expansion
Once Again, We Thank Gov. Ed Rendell For Giving Our Port A Great Opportunity And
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James T. McDermott, Jr. Executive Director
Robert C. Blackburn
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In a public letter to the citizens of Philadelphia, Mayor Michael Nutter stressed the good news of his first two years in office and vowed to produce more as the City gets back to work after the holiday season. “The effects of the global financial crisis and ongoing recession made this year extremely challenging for all of us, but I’m incredibly proud of the way that Philadelphians have come together, made tough choices and worked to improve our city,” the Mayor stated. “With the help of City Council, Gov. Rendell and our legislators in Harrisburg, we maintained these important principles for managing the City budget: • “Selected cuts in the budget minimized disruption in essential City service delivery; • “Held the line against increases in the City Wage Tax and Business Privilege Tax; and • “Imposed a 1% increase in the sales-tax rate as the most-progressive means of raising revenue to cover an unprecedented budget deficit.” When long-simmering concerns over Philadelphia’s unequal real-estate tax assessments boiled over, the Mayor seized an opportunity to don a white hat. “We ended the City Council session this year with a consensus bill to reform the way property values are set for real-estate tax purposes,” he summarized. “Even in the face of budgetary challenges, we moved forward on a number of my key agenda items.” Of late, crime rates have been falling in Philadelphia as elsewhere across the country. Public confidence in its Police Dept. and its leadership is soaring. Nutter was swift to claim this gain. “When I ran for Mayor, I repeatedly said that public safety would be my highest priority. Now, two years after taking office, Philadelphia is a much safer city. Thanks to the work of Commissioner Charles Ramsey and the men and women of the Philadelphia Police Dept.,
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