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On Tuesday, more than two hundred city workers in Camden rallied before city council demanding a vote of no confidence in the cities Chief Operating Officer Theodore Davis. The march, which shutdown traffic on the Ben Franklin Bridge, brought together police, firefighters and city workers and displayed a unified front against the municipal and state government, which we have not yet seen in Philadelphia.

Friday, Jonathan Stein from Community Legal Services and a past member of the Philadelphia Tax Reform Commission got a letter to the editor published in the Philadelphia Inquirer calling for an end to Philadelphia's 10-year tax abatements for the "super-rich." The letter is reprinted below.

Lots of shots flying about the upcoming presentation from Mayor Michael Nutter of the proposed budget to City Council. Be there on Thursday morning at City Hall in the Chambers. Until then here are the notes and articles from our friends on the issue...