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Parents to Parking Authority: Use the sale to fund our schools!
Submitted by mansei on Thu, 09/20/2007 - 10:19am.
On September 18, the Metro reported that the Philadelphia Parking Authority had sold its property at 20th & Sansom Streets for approximately $36.7 million.
If you recall, the Parking Authority has made a commitment to deliver $20 million to the Philadelphia public schools over a five year period since 2005. Their contribution to date?
$0.00
In light of the sale, parents are calling on the authority to use proceeds from the sale to fulfill its commitment to the public schools. They're asking that the Parking Authority not just allot funds for this year but to make up for the past three years when it has not contributed any money to the public schools. You can read a press release and their letter to the Parking Authority here.
But the larger question remains, parents can holler all they want, but how do we actually squeeze money out of the Parking Authority. Any thoughts?
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Park it down there
They'll probably only send money with the stipulation that it can only be wasted on more EMOs. And you have to hire Perzel's wife back to run a charter.
take authority back from the
take authority back from the state!