The Daily Numbers: 0 tax hike in this year’s proposed Delco budget.
3 straight prior years in which taxes have gone up.
5.604 mill tax rate in the budget.
752.05 tax tab for average house assessed at $134,200.
1st degree murder conviction for Chester man in July 2013 shooting death of another man in the city.
2,000 passengers who travel through Philadelphia International from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, center of Ebola outbreak.
3.19 price per gallon for gas at Wawa this morning. Wonder if it will dip below $3.
100 people who showed up at a forum in Upper Darby last night to address cyberbullying.
2 million dollar Ponzi scheme fraud charged by the feds against a West Chester woman.
1.4 million dollar grant for Chester Boys and Girls Clubs as part of a federal job training program.
19 million profit for Monroe Energy refinery run by Delta Air lines in Trainer in 3rd quarter.
8 percent boost in revenue for Delta, due in large part to the refinery.
630 million dollars in impact fees and @2.2 billion in corporate income and franchise taxes being paid by natural gas drillers, according to GOP pols who held press conference yesterday at the courthouse.
234 pornographic emails linked to Pa. Supreme Court Justice Seamus McCaffery. He apologized yesterday, and then attacked his boss Chief Justice Ron Castille.
3,000 people who turned out in Philly yesterday to protest School Reform Commission move to ax teachers’ contract.
111-91 loss for the Sixers.
Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
So what are your plans for Sunday, since there is no Eagles game? Might be time to introduce myself to my wife, “Hi, I’m Phil.”
I Don’t Get It: The cable news outlets have sunk their teeth into the Ebola story and they’re not letting go. Keep this in mind. Ebola is not transmissible through the air. You have to have close contact with spit, feces, vomit, urine or some other infected material to be infected.
Today’s Upper: Kudos to Delco Council for holding the line on taxes this year.
Quote Box: “You need money to govern sometimes. When you raise taxes, you get criticized for it.”
- County Council Chairman Tom McGarrigle, noting this year, as opposed to last 3 years, Delco will not raise taxes.
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