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WURD Host Vincent Thompson talks to Councilman Allan Domb (At Large) about issues facing Council during the FY2019 Budget process.
City Council Spotlight is a joint production of Philadelphia City Council and WURD.
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A
You're
listening
and
watching
Philadelphia's
City
Council
live,
I'm
your
host
vincent
thompson,
principal
at
thompson,
medium
and
communications
and
host
of
the
city
council
live
radio,
show
airing
every
thursday
on
world
radio
96.1
FM
in
900
a.m.
here
in
Philadelphia.
We
have
a
different
backdrop
if
you're
watching
we're
usually
at
the
council
chambers,
but
we
are
recording
this
interview
and
talking
to
city
councilman,
at-large
Alan
Daum
in
his
officer
there's
an
incredible
backdrop
of
City
Hall
in
his
office.
A
Within
this
inner
office,
councilman
Alan
Dom
has
been
on
council
as
his
first
term
he's
one
of
seven
at-large
members
of
council.
There
are
five
Democrats,
two
Republicans
and
ten
District
Council
members
councilman
Dom.
Thank
you
very
much
for
being
with
us
here
on
City
Council.
Thank
you
for
having
me
well,
let's
ask
there's
a
couple
of
things
that
are
still
bubbling
as
we
get
ready
for
these
final
council
sessions
before
council
goes
on
summer
recess
on
the
21st.
A
B
It's
taking
a
long
time
number
one,
but
I'm
hopeful.
It's
gonna
start
moving.
Now
that
it's
been
passed
and
you
know
I
really
defer
to
our
district
council
people
on
the
rebuild,
because
it's
in
their
districts,
so
I
really
defer
to
them
and
most
of
this
but
I'm
glad
now
it's
giving
a
start
and
eventually
because
it's
been
awhile
to
get
this
going
now.
A
Even
when
I
speak
to
the
rebuild
folks,
they
say
that
you
know
there
might
be
400
or
500
City
facilities
that
really
need
work,
but
even
with
all
of
this
money,
500
million
over
five
to
seven
years,
let's
assume
the
soda
tax,
the
sweetened
beverage
tax
stays
legal
and
we've
got
the
money
to
pay
for
this
grand
initiative
that
they'll
only
get
to
maybe
150
200
projects.
That's
a
lot
of
money,
five
hundred
million
dollars
to
only
get
to
two
hundred
projects,
there's.
A
B
There's
no
question
that
those
areas
that
need
more
help
than
others.
We
should
address
first,
of
course
I'm
not
in
charge
of
the
schedule,
but
that
would
be
my
preference
and
I
do
think.
It'll
help
the
city
I
mean
I've,
seen
a
lot
of
these
areas
and
playgrounds
and
rec
centers
they
may
need
they
need
help.
Let's.
A
Drill
down
on
the
budget,
that's
going
to
be
approved
before
council
goes
on
summer
recess
on
the
twenty
first
council
members
have
in
the
pipeline
a
budget
that,
if
approved,
we
give
six
hundred
and
five
million
dollars
over
the
next
five
years
to
the
school
district.
Without
raising
taxes,
the
Kennedy
administration
says
that's
too
little
for
the
money.
They
estimate
that
the
council
budget
might
give
between
550
and
600
million,
but
they're
saying
that
the
school
district
needs
seven
hundred
and
seventy
million
dollars
over
five
years.
A
B
Actually,
our
budgets,
pretty
conservative
I,
mean
I,
actually
think
we're
gonna
get
more
money
than
we
think
and
I
do
think
it
will
fund
the
schools.
That's
our
gold
upon
the
schools
and
I
think
you
know
we
have
a
prison
population
that
went
from
eighty
two
hundred
prisoners
to
today,
fifty-three
hundred
twenty-nine
hundred
reduction
over
three
years,
35
percent
I
actually
was
calling
foreign
council
a
15
percent
reduction
in
the
budget.
Instead,
this
is
a
five
percent
reduction.
B
So
if
we
have
a
thirty,
five
percent
reduction
in
the
population,
I
believe
achieving
of
5%
on
score.
Savings
should
be
a
layup.
It
just
should
not
be
hard
to
do.
I
think
there'll
be
more
savings.
If
we
really
look
there
and
also
on
the
on
the
collection
of
delinquent
taxes
of
non-owner
occupied
non-owner
occupied
I,
think
that's
gonna
be
pretty
easy
to
to
accomplish.
B
Also
here's
why
we're
gonna
do
so
many
coal
sequestration
now
by
the
way
we
did
this
in
2017
when
the
Commissioner
came
in
to
Council
and
testified,
he
testified
in
his
hearing
that
last
year
they
collected
17
million
dollars
sequestering
a
three
thousand
properties.
We
have
51,000
delinquent
properties
that
are
non
owner
occupied.
Not
all
of
them
are
rentals,
but
probably
close
to
half
could
be
rental
properties.
Last
year
for
three
thousand
we
collected
17
million.
B
A
Let's
talk
about
that
a
little
bit
in
this
budget
that
council
approved
them
trying
to
help
our
viewers,
our
listeners
understand.
There's
the
council
budget,
the
one
that
council
has
kind
of
created
and
then
the
one
that
the
Kennedy
administration
would
love
to
have
eventually
passed
council
will
have
a
valid
ninety
five
million
dollar
cut
in
the
Department
of
prisons
budget
over
the
next
five
years.
You,
let
me
just
make
sure
I
get
this
for
the
record.
A
B
That's
too
little,
and
it
is
just
about
five
percent
a
year
and
I
think
we
can
get
at
least
a
fifteen
percent
almost
triple
that.
That's
because
we
had
a
thirty
five
percent
reduction,
which
I
think
is
phenomenal
by
the
way
you
know.
What's
amazing
about
this
Vincent
is
that
the
federal
government
gave
us
an
investment
called
the
MacArthur
grant.
They
gave
us
three
and
a
half
million
dollars.
Let's
think
for
a
minute.
Look
what
that
investment?
B
Did
it
lowered
our
population,
twenty-nine
hundred
people
by
2100,
three
and
a
half
million
dollars,
tremendous
investment,
and
now
we
can't
save
ten
or
fifteen
percent
on
the
budget,
so
I
do
think
there's
plenty
of
savings
there.
We
have
the
same
number
of
guards
23:25
today
that
we
had
three
years
ago
we
have
insurance
medical
insurance.
That's
gone
up
from
46
million
to
49
million
yeah.
We
have
29
hundred
less
people
to
insure,
so
I
just
think
we
need
to
watch.
There
are
overhead
a
little
careful
how.
A
B
I
think
right
now
we're
only
too
about
a
5%
reduction
and
I
think
we
could
probably
get
another
10%
or
at
least
5%,
to
take
care
of
all
those
other
programs
that
they
like
to
accomplish
and
they're
all
good
programs,
I'm
100%
behind
them.
I
just
think
this
is
a
difference
of
opinion.
The
difference
of
opinion
is
the
following:
council
took
the
step
to
say
you
know
what
we're
not
gonna
continue
to
tax
the
people
of
this
city.
B
A
B
You're
reading
it
correctly,
I
can
tell
you
that
I
am
an
absolute
no
on
any
property
tax
increase.
I
do
believe.
My
colleagues
feel
that
way,
because,
basically,
everyone
received
a
tax
increase.
Already.
The
assessments
going
up
on
average
11%
is
an
11%
increase
in
taxes.
Here
is
the
problem.
Vincente
three
years
ago,
the
budget
of
the
city
was
3.9
billion
dollars.
Today
it's
about
4.6
500
billion,
roughly
it's
over
an
18
percent
increase
in
three
years.
The
rate
of
inflation
is
about
6%.
B
A
When
the
councilman
is
talking
about
that
money,
it's
the
operating
budget
for
the
city
of
Philadelphia.
There
are
two
budgets
at
the
city.
Has
there's
the
operating
budget
which
operates
the
day-to-day
functions
of
the
city
and
then
you'll
also
hear
me
talk
about
capital
budgets,
that's
the
brick
and
mortar
stuff.
That's
the
buy
a
new
fire
engine
fix
a
rec
center.
A
You
know
help
police
department
building
that
that's
coming
down
those
kinds
of
things
so
and
also
as
part
of
this
operating
budget,
the
city
you
talked
about
sequestering
rent
and
other
revenue
from
tax
delinquent
owners.
Now
the
city
says
city
officials
say
that
they
believe
that
while
they've
done
a
good
job
at
sequestration,
that
assuming
that
it
would
be
as
much
money
as
council
things
is,
is,
is
not
realistic.
I
think
they,
they
think
you're
sixty
three
million
dollars
at
counsel.
Things
will
be
much
lower.
B
Let's
just
go
back
to
the
facts
in
2017,
the
city
is
sequestered
three
thousand
properties
and
collected
seventeen
million.
If
they
just
did
the
same
thing
as
last
year,
they
would
collect
eighty
five
million
over
five
years.
This
is
not.
This
is
not
hard
to
do.
I
actually
think
we
couldn't
collect
a
lot
more
through
sequestration,
and
let
me
explain
to
our
listeners
what
that
is.
Sequestration
is
basically
when
a
landlord
is
delinquent
on
taxes,
and
there
are
tenants
in
place
whether
residential
or
commercial.
B
Those
tenants
will
receive
a
letter
from
the
city
or
receiver
on
behalf
of
the
city
that
redirects
their
rent
payments
to
the
city
or
the
receiver
to
pay
that
to
the
city.
While
the
landlord
is
delinquent
with
their
taxes
and
once
this
taxes
are
paid
off,
the
money
can
go
back
to
the
landlord,
but
here's
what
happens.
Vincent
90%
of
the
time
when
the
tenants
received
a
letter
and
the
landlord
is
informed
of
sequestration.
What
does
the
landlord
do?
He
pays
the
taxes.
It
is
the
ultimate
hammer
to
have
landlords
pay,
delinquent
taxes,
so.
A
B
A
On
the
letter
now,
one
of
the
other
things
that
council
is
going
to
deal
with
before
council
ends
on
the
21st
is
Councilwoman
Maria
quinones
Sanchez's
bill
to
tax
new
construction
to
fund,
affordable
housing,
so
1%
tax,
the
city
says
it
could
raise
up
to
19
million
dollars
a
year
for
affordable
housing.
But
it's
it's
been
criticized
by
the
building
trade
union.
There's
concerns
from
the
Kennedy
administration
about
its
effectiveness
on
business.
Now
you
councilman,
David,
oh
and
bobby
heenan
voted
against
the
bill
coming
out
of
committee.
B
A
very
good
question:
I
voted
no
for
that
bill,
but
I
am
yes
for
the
Housing
Trust
Fund
and
the
funds
it
it'll
the
money,
little
where
we'll
go,
and
then
programs
it'll
general
help,
but
I
had
a
different
idea
and
my
those
are
two
separate
bills
in
the
thing
that's
tied
together.
Ok,
here's!
Why
side
together
the
one-percent
construction
tax
is
on
abated
properties.
It
makes
the
abatement
nine
point
four
years.
Let's
just
do
the
math
and
say
it
the
way
it
is.
It
makes
thee
a
baby
in
nine
point
four
years.
B
My
recommendation
was
instead
of
doing
that.
Lets
make
the
abatement
eight
point
five
years,
first,
seven
years,
one
hundred
percent
that
we
75
50
and
25
in
the
last
three
years.
That
makes
the
babe
an
eight
point
five
years.
It
gives
us
two
and
a
half
times
the
money
it
raises.
The
exact
same
dollars
at
the
construction
tax
would
raise,
but
also
raises
money
for
the
school
system.
It's
two
and
a
half
times
the
revenue
that
the
1%
tax
would
generate,
but.
A
B
Be
a
no
vote
on
the
construction
tax
because
I
believe
we're
better
off
dealing
with
the
abatement
and
adjusting
it
to
eight
and
a
half
years.
Here's
what
we're
doing
Vincent
we're
taxing
and
abatement.
Now
we
have
to
have
the
revenue
department
hire
more
people
to
collect
attacks,
to
monitor
the
tax,
to
police,
to
tax
versus
just
adjust
the
current
abatement
to
eight
half
years,
which
gives
us
two
and
a
half
times
the
money
two
and
a
half
times,
and
at
the
end
of
the
day,
we
don't
have
to
monitor
that.
A
Sometimes
even
us
and
radio
and
television
forget
to
turn
off
our
phones
when
we
do
an
interview
so
that
telephone
that
you
heard
ringing
was
my
telephone.
You
are
listening
and
watching
Philadelphia's
City
Council
live
I'm.
Your
host
vincent
thompson,
we're
here
with
a
city,
councilman,
allen,
Dom
he's
an
at-large
member
of
Philadelphia's
City
Council.
One
thing
that
we're
dealing
with
as
we
get
ready
to
go
to
the
end
of
the
budget
season
is
Philadelphia
city
controller,
Rebecca,
reinhardt's
reports.
A
She
released
a
report
stating
that
thirty
three
point:
three
million
dollars
is
missing
from
the
city
of
Philadelphia's
main
cash
account
and
besides
financial
discrepancies.
The
report
also
found
issues
ranging
from
outdated
technology
to
inadequate
staffing.
It
says
that
the
accounts
for
the
city
haven't
been
reconciled,
some
of
them
at
the
treasurer's
office
since
2010,
which
was
the
first
two
years
of
former
Mayor
Michael
Nutter.
The
administration
and
report
also
goes
on
to
say
that
sloppy
bookkeeping
led
to
924
million
dollars
in
accounting
mistakes.
That's
a
lot
of
administration's.
A
Even
the
person
who
put
together
this
report.
Rebecca
Reinhart
at
one
point,
was
the
city
treasurer
your
reaction
to
the
report
and
then
I
have
a
second
follow-up
question
to
that.
But
what's
your
reaction
to
this
report
because
I
know
you've
been
talking
about
just
the
way
that
the
city
doesn't
always
know
where
its
money
is
that.
B
True
Vince
yeah
I
mean
I've,
been
talking
for
two
months,
I
guess
about
the
fact:
it's
not
thirty!
Three.
By
the
way,
it's
twenty
seven
point,
five
and
I
went
I
would
say
it's
just
unaccounted
for
at
this
point
we
have
to
figure
out.
You
know
what's
going
on
with
that
money,
but
that's
an
important
piece
for
us
to
figure
out
and
I've
been
talking
about
this
for
two
months
and
on
top
of
that
there
are
several
accounts
that
have
not
been
balanced.
B
The
word
we
use
is
reconciliation,
but
for
most
people
they
would
understand
balancing
your
checkbook,
it's
like
having
a
checkbook
and
not
balancing
it
for
seven
years.
Nobody
would
do
that.
We
have
seven
accounts
where
we
did
not
balance
our
checkbooks
from
one
year
three
year,
five
years
and
seven
years,
and
so
you
know,
I've
said
this
publicly
that
I
feel
how
do
we
raise
people's
taxes,
assistance
of
the
city
well
and
ask
them
for
more
money.
Well,
we
haven't
managed
efficiently
the
current
money
they
paid
us
so.
A
Do
you
think
that
money
is
actually
missing
or
is
it
just
not
being
accounted
for,
because
that's
that
900
billion
dollars
in
accounting
mistakes
is
a
glaring
error?
It's
it's
shocking
to
people
and
when
people
hear
that
even
twenty-seven
million
dollars
is
missing
from
the
main
cash
account.
If
I
had
twenty
seven
dollars
missing
from
my
account,
I'd
be
a
little
something
not
you
know
not
not
factoring
in
twenty
seven
million
dollars.
So
do
you
think
that
money
is
missing?
Let.
B
Me
explain
how
I
understand
it:
I,
don't
believe
that
nine
hundred
and
whatever
60
million
those
are
errors
in
posting
wrong
accounts
and
by
the
way
we've
had
a
history
of
doing
that.
Going
back
to
2007.
There
have
been
errors
like
that,
but
kibbutz.
His
reports
from
2011
showed
the
same
kind
of
errors
and.
B
Yes
and
so
here's
the
issue
for
me
of
the
seven
accounts,
there's
only
one
account
that
is
of
concern
to
me.
I'm
they're
all
of
concern,
but
of
grave
concern.
Okay
and
the
payroll
account
is-
and
they
can't
where
we
wire
or
write
a
check
in
to
when
we
write
checks
out
of
the
pension
payroll
we
put
money
in,
we
take
money
out,
the
disbursement
account
we're
putting
money
in
we're
taking
money
out.
The
account
that
is
the
most
serious
account
is
the
consolidated
cash
account.
B
This
is
the
account
where
all
taxes
are
deposited
into
where
revenue
puts
together
deposit
slip
and
making
it
really
simple
brings
it
over
to
the
bank,
and
we
haven't
checked
the
bank's
records
to
our
records.
That's
the
most
important
account
to
check
and
that's
the
account
that
they've
hired
an
outside
firm
to
audit.
So.
A
Next
year
is
a
reelection
year
for
all
members
of
council
in
the
mayor.
How
do
you
think
this
report,
this
issue
of
missing
cash,
might
impact
how
council
puts
together
future
budgets,
because
I
imagine
it
there
are
council
members
that
are
gonna,
say
listen.
I
want
to
make
sure
that
the
money
is
accounted
for
before
we
start
doing
X
or
Y
or
Z
come
2019
2020.
Do
you
think
that
this
will
change
the
way
that
council
maybe
does
budgets
in
the
future?
Well,.
B
We'll
say
this
Spencer
I
feel,
like
you
just
passed
me
the
ball
and
an
assist
for
a
layup
okay,
but
I
put
together
two
things
in
Council.
One
is
we're.
Having
a
hearing
we
introduced
resolution
have
a
hearing
on
the
method
of
how
we're
gonna
reconcile
these
accounts
and,
to
more
importantly,
is
we
passed
a
bill
out
of
Finance
that
we've
introduced
that
requires
administration
to
notify
us
at
the
end
of
the
month
of
all
accounts
that
aren't
reconciled
and
are
reconciled
and
what
the
statuses
of
those
accounts.
A
Those
that
bill,
the
last
pillar
she
talked
about,
could
be
approved
before
council
ends
a
session
on
the
21st,
well,
I
hope.
So,
yes,
and
if
listeners
or
viewers
want
to
find
out
anything
about
bills
that
are
passing
from
city
council,
you
can
always
contact
the
council
persons
office
who's,
the
sponsor
of
it
in
this
case
would
be
councilman
Alain
Dom
or
you
can
also
go
to
the
City
Council's
website,
which
is
phl
council
dot-com.
Couple
more
questions.
A
Councilman
I
do
want
to
take
your
thank
you
for
taking
the
time
to
be
with
us
of
the
school
board.
We
have
a
brand
new
school
board
coming
in
July.
First
replacing
the
school
reform
commission,
which
ends
June
30th.
The
board
is
overwhelmingly
female,
there's
several
african-american
members,
but
only
one
african-american
male,
but
in
a
broader
sense,
with
everything
that
we're
talking
about
with
the
school
district,
more
money,
five-year
making
sure
that
they
don't
have
a
five-year
whole.
A
B
B
I
want
to
see
them
teach
financial
literacy
in
the
in
the
school
system.
We
went
to
an
elementary
school
couple
weeks
ago,
and
this
is
the
first
school
where
kindergarten
to
fifth
grade.
Every
teacher
has
taken
the
financial
literacy
course.
So
we
have
one
in
every
grade,
which
was
amazing
and
I
went
to
a
third
grade,
and
the
kids
were
learning
about
cupcakes,
okay,
the
cost
of
the
flower,
the
cost
of
icing,
the
cost
of
the
labor,
and
how
much
you
have
to
sell
the
cupcakes.
For
what
can
your
profit
be?
A
As
far
as
the
school
district,
one
of
the
big
issues
I
think
that
people
are
worried
about
is
things
like
safety
things
like
education,
basic
education
of
kids?
You
know
a
lot
of
kids
aren't
graduating
on
time
or,
if
they're
graduating
is
taking
them
six
years.
What
do
you
really
think
that
this
new
school
board
can
do
knowing
that
there's
a
myriad
of
structural
problems
within
the
district?
Well.
B
I,
you
know
it's
interesting,
because
I
think
that
schools
need
themes.
Okay
and
I'll
use
GAMP
as
an
example,
which
is
a
music
oriented,
girard
academic,
music
program,
yes,
and-
and
there
were
others
like
that,
like
even
you
can't
think
of
the
name
of
it
like
Ben,
Franklin
or
there's
other
schools
that
have
themes
to
them
and
in
many
ways
I
think
teaching
technology
is
a
theme
teaching
tech,
because
the
average
income
in
tech
is
thirty.
B
A
Speaking
to
City
Councilman,
Alan,
Daum
you're,
watching
City,
Council
live
or
listening
to
City
Council
live
as
well
your
own
board
radio,
96.1
FM
at
900
a.m.
I'm,
your
host
Vincent
Thompson
ten
year
tax
abatement
always
seems
to
come
up
at
City
Council.
It
doesn't
look
like
ten
year.
Tax
abatement
is
going
to
end
in
the
fiscal
year.
2019
budget.
Do
you
support
the
ten
year
tax
abatement?
Or
do
you
think
that
we
now
need
to
see
it
being
reduced?
I
mean
your
urine.
Your
the
condo
King.
B
A
A
But
you
don't
take
a
dime
in
your
city,
council
salary,
which
is
about
$130,000
a
year
I.
Imagine
the
other
council
members
aren't
that
lucky
you
donate
your
salary
to
schools.
If
you
win
re-election
for
City
Council
in
2019
and
you're
here
for
another
four
years,
2020
to
2024,
will
you
continue
to
give
away
your
salary
every
year?
Absolutely.
B
And
by
the
way,
Vincent,
what
people
don't
know
is
that
I
came
from
a
very
modest
beginning.
I
came
out,
it
was
my
my
brother
myself,
my
parents.
We
lived
in
an
apartment
that
was
800
square
feet,
two
bedrooms
a
hundred
dollars
a
month
in
rent.
This
isn't
like
I,
wasn't
born
into
anything.
I
worked
my
whole
life
and
earned
it
a
couple.
A
We
have
a
new
segment
here
at
on
city
council,
live
and
also
for
our
viewers
who
watch
it
on
our
YouTube
channel.
It's
called
the
council
5.
These
are
council
5
questions,
I,
ask
every
council
person
to
get
listeners
a
little
bit
more
about
their
council
person.
Ok,
first
question
to
you:
what
were
your
top
priority
areas
for
the
fiscal
year
2019
budget?
Do
you
think
you've
seen
the
achievement
in
those
areas
and
do
you
think
the
budget
could
still
be
approved
in
our
office?
A
They're
still
there's
a
kind
of
a
whiteboard
here
that
has
a
lot
of
legislation.
I.
Imagine
legislation
that
you
introduced.
There's
not
a
lot
of
check
marks
here,
there's
a
lot
of
things,
but
not
as
many
checkmarks
as
I.
Imagine
you
would
like.
So
when
all
is
said
and
done
with
this
budget,
did
you
achieve
everything
you
think
you
you
could
have
that
the
city
could
have?
And
what
do
you
want
to
see
in
the
future?
Well,.
B
You
know
back
in
the
end
of
December.
I
was
interviewed
by
a
few
newspapers
magazines
and
they
asked
me
what
my
New
Year's
resolutions
were
seven
months
ago,
and
my
resolutions
were
very
simply
number
one
collect
delinquent
taxes
from
non
owner
occupants.
So
you
can
check
that
one
off
number
two
was
to
reduce
the
prison
budget
and
it
looks
like
we're
heading
there
too
number
three
was
to
continue
to
teach
financial
literacy
in
the
public
school
system.
B
Number
four
was
to
teach
technology
encoding
in
schools
and
by
the
way
we
now
are
up
to
21
high
schools,
whether
we're
teaching
coding
in
the
tenth
grade
to
15
kids
per
public
high
school
and
I
have
individual
people
sponsoring
high
schools
to
pay
for
this
I'm
sponsoring
for
high
schools.
So
it's
called
coded
by
kids
with
Sylvester
Mobley
who's
does
a
great
job,
so
I
think
a
lot
of
my
New
Year's
resolutions
are
coming
true,
which
I'm
very
happy
about
you
know
these
are
the
things
that
are
good
for
the
city.
What.
A
Do
you
see
is
the
greatest
obstacles
for
residents
becoming
engaged
with
their
city
government,
and
what
is
your
office
do
to
combat
that?
Because
a
lot
of
people
think
that
they
can't
reach
City
Hall
touch
City
Hall,
it's
difficult
to
get
to
a
council
person
at
large
or
even
their
district
council
person.
So
what
is
the
greatest
obstacle
that
you
see
as
a
council
person
I?
Don't.
B
A
B
When
you're,
not
here,
you
have
a
different
impression
of
council
people
and
people
in
government
and
then,
when
you
are
here
and
I,
actually
see
people
that
work
here
very
diligently
work
long
hours,
the
outside
public
doesn't
think
that
occurs.
They
think
it's
a
gravy
train.
There's
no
gravy
train
I,
see
my
colleagues.
They
work
long
hours,
I
mean
councilman,
blackball
went
with
me
and
Councilman.
B
Oh,
it
was
in
Mount
Airy
on
a
Friday
afternoon
or
something
to
a
a
homework
salute
was
had
somebody
in
their
home
squatting,
I
mean
and
I
see
all
my
colleagues
working
long
hours
throughout
seven
eight
nine
o'clock
at
night
there
in
back
in
an
8
9
in
the
morning
I
mean
that's.
What's
the
most.
The
most
surprising
to
me
is
how
hard
and
how
interested
people
are
to
make
the
city
better.
So.
A
B
A
B
Know
we've
actually
passed
a
lot
of
bills,
so
I
don't
have
anything
super
pressing.
I
know
we
have
some
things
coming
up
in
the
fall,
but
I
have
this
reconciliation
bill
that
hopefully
will
pass
we're
having
a
hearing
on
what's
gonna
happen
reconciliations,
but
we've
actually
passed
several
bills
like
the
appraisal
bill,
we've
never
built
to
appraise
properties
in
the
city.
Well,
if
the
city
sold
them,
yeah
I
would
bill
requiring
us
to
do
appraisals.
So
we
passed
a
lot
of
efficiency
bills
that
I
think
will
help
going
forward.
If.
A
A
A
ll
a
and
a
n
do
mb,
okay,
and
also
you
can
also
find
out
information
about
the
councilman
in
every
council
member
by
going
to
phl
council
com.
Thank
you
to
council
person,
at-large
Alan
Dom
for
being
our
council
person
of
the
week.
I'm
your
host
Vincent
Thompson
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