Latest Alternative to Trash Fee is 12% Property Tax Hike
An alternative to Mayor Nutter's trash collection fee proposal was introduced on Thursday in City Council, but this idea may prove just as controversial. The measure calls for a 12-percent increase in property taxes.
The mayor (above) has been pushing for a $300-a-year trash collection fee to raise $107 million, which would cover more than two-thirds of the city's projected deficit.
But now, First District councilman Frank DiCicco (right) has formally introduced his alternative: a 12-percent property tax hike. He says Council could always roll it back:
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