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Daniel Trubman, with 5th Square, said that he’d prefer to see money for tax cuts for parking lot corporations go to education, jobs, and cleaning up city streets. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Philadelphia City Council once again postponed a committee vote on a proposal to slash taxes on parking lot revenues, as urbanist groups picketed outside the headquarters of Parkway Corporation, a prominent lot and garage operator that has backed the cuts.
The delay on the parking tax the third time council punted on the controversial bill in under a week also comes as council is floating an amendment that would alter Mayor Jim Kenney’s proposed wage and business tax reductions. The new plan would lessen the cost of those tax breaks by eliminating a proposal to cut rates for non-residents.