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From YouTube: Blondell Reynolds Brown on the Container Tax 5-19-2016
Description
Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown (At Large) delivers remarks on the container tax bill she introduced earlier in the Philadelphia Stated Meeting held Thursday, May 19, 2016.
Reynolds Brown positions her bill as an alternative to Mayor Kenney's proposed sugary beverage tax to raise revenue to fund Universal Pre-K, community schools and rebuild initiatives.
For more information, see: http://phlcouncil.com/councilwoman-reynolds-brown-introduces-container-tax
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A
Secondly,
I
was
intending
to
act
assertively
on
the
container
tax
bill
that
I
introduced
this
morning,
but
since
there
is
such
great
interest
I'm
going
to
seize
the
moment
and
start
with
the
end
in
mind
and
say
that
I
look
forward
to
working
with
the
administration.
I
look
forward
to
working
with
your
office
in
the
competent,
capable
staff
that
have
been
working
closely
with
my
office
and
bringing
this
bill
to
reality.
A
I
look
forward
to
working
with
Councilman
Heenan
and
his
staff
and
all
the
members
of
council
that
will
move
us
to
crafting
a
measure
that
is
less
regressive,
more
sustainable
and
cast
the
net
wider.
That's
what
I'm
asking
my
colleagues
to
keep
in
mind
I
learned
15
years
ago:
do
an
administration
of
Mayors
street
when
we
were
debating
stadiums,
the
value
and
the
beauty
of
multiple
ideas
around
a
measure
so
that
there's
a
win-win
for
everybody.
A
I
also
learned
that
there's
no
monopoly
on
ideas,
and
so
my
staff,
as
I
requested,
did
the
homework,
which
is
what
we
do
well
I
asked
for
alternatives
along
with
Councilwoman
Blackwell
from
the
very
beginning,
but
the
mayor's
Commission
on
pre-k.
Let's
look
and
see
what's
out
there
in
the
universe
and
we
discovered
Baltimore.
So
this
is
not
an
original
idea,
but
it
was
successfully
passed
in
Baltimore
and
anything
that
successfully
done
by
pier
city
gives
me
the
license
to
explore
how
we
can
do
it.
A
Look
at
it
craft
it
in
Philadelphia
in
a
way
that
there's
a
win-win
for
everybody.
So
let
me
close
by
saying
this
if
the
goal
is
to
provide
a
sustainable
proposal
that
will
allow
for
universal
pre-k,
which
is
a
laudable
goal
for
by
our
mayor,
a
necessary
initiative,
long
overdue
and
as
I
just
learned
yesterday.
Eighty
percent
of
our
city's
voters
sick,
yes
to
this
ballot
question,
so
they
are
expecting
us
to
do
something.
A
So
if
our
goal
is
to
provide
a
sustainable
proposal
that
will
allow
for
universal
pre-k
for
all
improvements
and
access
to
recreation,
centers
for
all
the
rebuild
of
recreation
centers
by
people
who
live
in
those
neighborhoods,
let
me
repeat
that
the
rebuild
of
those
rec
centers
and
libraries
by
people
who
live
in
those
neighborhoods
for
all
community
schools.
For
all,
then
this
tax
needs
to
be
shared
by
all
from
soda.
Two
Perrier
I
look
forward
to
the
debate.
That's
the
business.