The Public Record • January 9, 2014
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Butkovitz Has Ideas Befitting A Mayor by Joe Shaheeli In an inaugural address marking the beginning of his third term, City Controller Alan Butkovitz put out the kind of ideas one would expect from a potential mayoral candidate ... getting our local educational institutions to spend some of their budgets with city businesses. He told the crowd attending the inauguration of a new term for 22 judges, the District Attorney and himself on Monday at the Academy of Music he’s eyeing the purchasing power of the University of Pennsylvania, Drexel University, Temple University, Thomas Jefferson University, numerous health systems, SEPTA and the School District of Philadelphia. “Our anchor institutions all have major physical plants State Representative
and identities that are tied to our city and region,” said Butkovitz. “We need to connect our historical strength in making things to those large entities that purchase things.” He estimated Philadelphia’s higher-education and health-care institutions are exporting over $2 billion a year to buy the goods and services they need to operate. “If we can persuade the anchors to shift just 25% of these purchases to Philadelphia vendors, we would create more than 5,000 new jobs,” said Butkovitz. “These new job-holders would produce wage-tax revenues and more importantly they would spend money locally and create even more local jobs.” According to Butkovitz, Philadelphia’s policy discussions have been too narrowly focused and not enough attention has been paid to innova-
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CEDAR PARK real-estate developer Algernong Allen presses his candidacy for 188th Legislative Dist. at meet-and-greet with young families CHALLENGER Jared Solomon greets in his W. Phila. neighborhood. From left, hosts 202nd Dist. voter Morton Flashner, 94, in Sarah & Andy Lochrie, Allen, Campaign Mgr. IN 179TH DIST., Jacob 1100 block of Tyson Avenue. Flashner said Donyale Reavis, Cedar Park Neighbors Board Dawkins is challenging he didn’t mind cold weather, since he figured Member David Hinscher with wife Mara and James Clay in May primary. See more info in this column. daughter Lucy. candidate didn’t. tive strategies for creating jobs if they are a panacea for direcin the City, although he noted, tion,” Butkovitz said. “Philacareful not to step on their delphia’s unorthodox blend of toes, the efforts of Council taxes is a least partially rePresident Darrell Clarke’s sponsible for the City’s aneJobs Commission and Coun- mic growth, but initiatives like cilman Bobby Henon’s Manu- these will really change the facturing Task Force, noting conversation.” “they have taken large steps in His office will be the one the right direction.” to watch for more innovative PLANNING serious effort to take 2nd Councilmanic Dist. “The debate has been cen- ideas as well as calls for in- seat a year from now in May 2015 is real-estate developer tered on tax policy changes as vestigations into some of the Ori Feibush, who held successful fundraiser in Fairmount city’s offices. State Representative last month. From left are Lavette Willis, boxing Champion District Attorney Seth Bernard Hopkins, Armond James, Feibush, Ella Butcher, Stephen Kinsey Williams was introduced by Ed Jenkins, Conrad Fuller and Byron Johnson. 201st Legislative District 5537 Germantown Ave State Sen. Anthony Hardy consider Seth has given the office, its gains, and the reducPhila PA 19144 Williams (D-W. Phila.), no Senator his endorsement. tion of the city’s homicide rate Phone: 215-849-6592 relative, but definitely a canThe District Attorney, in to the lowest level in 47 years, Fax: 215-560-1824 www.pahouse.com/Kinsey didate for Mayor. One can his speech, concentrated on his with the promise of working to keep it going downward. He Councilman made it clear his goal is to A veterans’ services coordinator is now Mark make Philadelphia a truly safe available by appointment at my office at (Cont. Next Page)
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