Daily News | City Council’s tax-cutting budget deal represents a return to the center in Philly politics
“In this budget process, members of Council who have a relationship with small businesses, especially those in our commercial corridors, wanted to find a way to help support our small businesses,” said Councilmember Derek Green, who played a central role in the tax-cut negotiations. “The best way to address gun violence and public safety issues is to have a job.”
“Council has been caught up with some polarizing debates in recent years, so it’s good to see most of them return to focusing on the pocketbook issues,” said John Hawkins, a City Hall lobbyist whose clients include development and other corporate interests. “There’s nothing like a looming election to remind officials that voters are concerned about the base issues that matter.
“Those egos didn’t get in the way of these budget negotiations,” Thomas said. “There were multiple times where people said, ‘Isaiah, I don’t want to be the one who leads this because I don’t want it to be about me running for mayor.’” But the most direct reason for the way next year’s budget came together is that the city’s business community this year demonstrated levels of political organization and unity that it had been lacking in recent years.
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