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By The Numbers 4.3% ~ City Wage Tax for residents (in 2005 budget) 3.7% ~ City Wage Tax for non residents (in 2005 budget) 1% ~ Wage Tax in suburbs $3.5 billion ~ City budget (in 2005) 28,000 ~ Number of City employees 10,000 ~ Number of jobs lost in Philadelphia between June 2003 and June 2004. This means Philadelphia bled more jobs than any other County in the country save Detroit's Wayne County. http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/view.php?id=8883&highlight=Wayne%20County and http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cewqtr.nr0.htm 1,500,000 - Number of jobs estimated to have been created in the Philadelphia suburbs in the last 10 years 1,300 ~ Number of positions in City Hall supposedly targeted for elimination in '05. $50 million ~ from State taxpayers to investigate expanding the Convention Center. $30 million ~ in general funds for Neighborhood Transformation Initiative (NTI) (slum clearance) $110 million ~ in bond funds for Neighborhood Transformation Initiative (NTI) $20 ~ the price of a 'green handshake' (the bribe to a Philadelphia plumbing inspector) http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/11000667.htm$7 million ~ The amount per year the State expects to receive in red light camera fines from one intersection in the City. http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/11056105.htm $98,000 ~ the annual salary for being a Councilman $671,000 ~ The annual amount David Cohen spends to employ 6 staffers $601,000 ~ The annual amount Majority Leader Jannie Blackwell spends on her 10 staff $10,000 ~ The cost of providing a private toilet for Councilman Clarke's new 4th floor office at City Hall. http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/11271372.htm 17% ~ The share of the vending locations set aside for minorities for Live 8 in July 2005 controlled by T. Milton Street, the Mayor's brother. http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/12089902.htm $10,000 ~ The monthly salary Stamatakis (Delaware River Port Authority Chairman) paid Bogle (Delaware River Port Authority's Board member) "to consult on minority-related matters within the African American community". http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/front/12173107.htm
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