Lobbying Blog Post #2

Philadelphia City Officials

State Representative Tom Murt

State Representative Dennis O’Brien

State Representative John Taylor

City Council Brian O’Neill C

City Council Jack Kelly

City Council Frank Rizzo

City Commisioner Joseph Duda

Anna C. Verna, who is the president of the city council, became the first women in Philadelphia’s 300-year history to become the president of the city council. Verna is a one of the supports of tax reductions She always been a supporter of wage and business tax reductions and committed to public services. Anna C. Verna represents the 2^nd district in Philadelphia. According to Philadelphia’s City Council page, it claims Anna C. Verna fought for $6,000,000 in funding in the city’s operating budget for 100 more police officers and supports the idea of curfew. In December 2006, the council passed a bill that she strongly supported calling for $30,000,000 of the city’s surplus to be set aside for recreation, police and fire facilities. She’s going to make sure there is also money to improve public education.