Here are the ballot questions and then Committee of 70's recommendations (Question 1 about casinos was struck by a court):

BALLOT QUESTION #2
Bill No. 060617: Eliminating Resign to Run Rule
Shall the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter be amended so that, effective January 1,
2008, City elected officials may become candidates for nomination or election to any
public office without first resigning from their City office?

BALLOT QUESTION #3
Bill No. 060581: Creating a Youth Commission
Shall the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter be amended to create a Youth Commission,
with members between the ages of 12 and 23 years of age, to be responsible for
advising the City Council and the Mayor regarding issues affecting children and youth in
order to ensure that children and youth have a voice regarding policies and decisions
affecting them?

BALLOT QUESTION #4
Bill No. 060682: Professionalizing the City Planning Commission
Shall the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter be amended to provide that the six appointed
members of the City Planning Commission shall include an architect, an urban planner,
a traffic engineer, an attorney experienced in land use issues, and two representatives of
Philadelphia community groups that participate in land use issues?

BALLOT QUESTION #5
Bill No. 060684: Extending the time for the City Planning Commission to
make recommendations to City Council
Shall the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter be amended to provide that the City Planning
Commission may extend for up to 45 days the time period within which it must provide a
recommendation to Council on pending legislation affecting zoning, the City’s physical
development plan, land subdivision, or authorizing the purchase or sale of real estate?

BALLOT QUESTION #6
Bill No. 060699: Creating an independent Zoning Code Commission
Shall the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter be amended to provide for the creation,
appointment, powers and duties of an independent Zoning Code Commission which
would recommend amendments to the Philadelphia Zoning Code to make the Code
consistent and easy to understand, and to enhance and improve Philadelphia’s city
planning process while encouraging development and protecting the character of
Philadelphia’s neighborhoods?

BALLOT QUESTION #7
Bill No. 060849: Asking Philadelphians to urge the U.S. government to
redeploy American troops out of harms way in Iraq during 2007
Shall the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter be amended to state the citizens’
views regarding the mission served by U.S. troops in Iraq and that the citizens of
Philadelphia urge the United States to make year 2007 the time to redeploy U.S.
troops out of harm’s way in Iraq?

CITY BOND QUESTION 8 (Bill No. 070021)
Should the City of Philadelphia borrow $129,695,000 for and toward: Transit; Streets
and Sanitation; Municipal Buildings; Parks; Recreation and Museums and; Economic
and Community Development?

BALLOT QUESTION #9
Bill No. 060576-A: Urging the Board of Revision of Taxes to Retain the
current Percentage-based method of real estate valuation instead of
moving to a Full Valuation reassessment system.
Shall the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter be amended to add a provision stating that
the citizens of Philadelphia urge the stopping of real estate tax assessment increases
which would result from the Philadelphia Board of Revision of Taxes’ use of a new
method of figuring tax assessments called “Full Valuation”?

Committee of Seventy strongly supports questions 2, 4, and 5. Seventy supports question 6.

3. Seventy takes no position on Charter Change Questions 3, 7 and 9 because
they do not pertain to its mission. We also note our view that these ballot
questions are not appropriate for a Charter amendment.

4. Seventy also takes no position on City Bond Question 8 because it does not
pertain to its mission.

Ben Waxmen strongly supports #3. I think I oppose 7 & 9. I have no idea on 8.

Any reason to vote against 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6? Any opinions on 7, 8, or 9?