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Thank you all for voting to bring ethics reform to our city! My
only disappointment is that you failed on one issue for which our
former city treasurer was convicted. Please reconsider closing
this Pay to Play loophole.

This week, the City Council will take up the ethics reform
package approved by the City Council's Committee on Law and
Government.

Please support this package. Philadelphia needs clean government!

Please support Michael Nutter's legislation to reform the Pay-
to-Play system in Philadelphia. The City is wasting too much
money on padded contracts -- and vast, unknowable sums from the
missing business activity from firms too disgusted to invest
here.

Thanks.

For the good of the city and its citizens, I urge you to support
Michael Nutter's anti-pay-to-play bill.

Dear Councilmember Miller:
Please support the anti-paytoplay bill. It's important to me
and your other constituents that our city is fair and honest in
its awarding of contracts. Thank you.

Please pass the No Pay to Play legislation proposed by Mr.
Nutter--we need more openess in the awarding of city business.

The hallmark of a functioning democracy is transparency. I
applaud those of you with the courage to be accountable for
yours and your colleagues' actions by allowing the public full
knowledge of all that transpires. Please support the
legislation to end "pay to play."

It is clear to many that the city must change the way it does
business in order to prosper and grow in the coming years. The
status quo that has crippled the thinking of many in public
service has to be undermined by open and honest dealings in city
hall. Open so that citizens may know who benefits from city
awarded contracts and are aware of any benefits that may accrue
to public sector employees. Honest so that the best and
brightest may have a fair shot at doing work for the city.
Change is an especially difficult thing to achieve in this city
but this is one thing we must do in order to restore the
confidence of the ordinary citizen. Confidence in the integrity
of city dealing will only further spike a growing swell of civic
pride that has seen the re-birth of many neighborhoods such as
mine. We must show everyone in the business world that we can
accept a new way of conducting ourselves in a open honest and
fair fashion VOTE FOR PAT TO PLAY REFORM!

Pass "Pay to Play" Sunshine legislation (Bill Nos. 040771 and
040772).

Save Philly taxpayers money & Stop Play to Pay. Your constiuents
& I ask that you vote accordingly.

Dear Sirs,

I urge you strongly to support Councilman Nutter's legislation
to stop the "pay to play" system that is currently in place in
Philadelphia. Our great city & its citizens deserve so much
more from elected officals that the same old "that's the way
it's always been done here" excuse that we've heard for so many
years. Now is the time to display some determination &
intelligence and work for changes that will help our city to
regain some dignity and respect. I applaud those of you who
are already in support of this important piece of legislation.
To those of you against it, or still on the fence, I ask you to
look deep within yourselves and consider what will bring you
greater peace: to continue to allow the cancerous cells of
corruption to thrive in Philadelphia, destroying a once vibrant
city, devastating it's citizens, and allowing it to continue on
this plummet into despair and hopelessness; or to take a stand,
fight back, eliminate this disease and enable Philadelphia to
thrive once again as the great city it has the potential to
be. Not only do you owe this to the taxpayers of this town,
but you owe it to your children, and to yourselves. Show some
integrity, and really vote for a change this time.

Sincerely,
LC Soffer

I am writing this letter to urge you to support Councilman
Nutter's Pay To Play Sunshine Legislation (Bill No's 040771 &
040772).

Government - local or state or federal - works best with the
mutual support between the leaders and those people who live and
work under their leadership. Open and available information on
the decisions leadership makes increases civic confidence and
success.

Thank you for considering this matter.

M. Lipson

Dear councilmember Verna-

I am writing to thank you for you support on the "Pay to Play"
Sunshine legislation (Bill Nos. 040771 and 040772). I am very
concerned about the corruption in Philadelphia's government; we
can not afford it- literally. I also believe that Philadelphia
must pass this legislation to improve our image nationwide. I am
so proud to live in my adopted town.

Thank you, for pushing for passage of this important
legislation. It is your action on this type of legislation that
makes me happy to vote for and support you.

Sam Garst

I am writing this letter to urge you to support Councilman
Nutter's Pay To Play Sunshine Legislation (Bill No's 040771 &
040772).

Public officials who perpetuate the practice of "pay
to play" misuse their positions and abuse the trust of those who
elected them. I remind you that when you accepted your current
office, you promised to act with integrity. As a taxpaying voter
of this city, I expect you to vote for this important
legislation.

I am writing to express my support for "Pay to Play" Sunshine
legislation (Bill Nos. 040771 and 040772. The city cannot afford
to award contracts without an open bidding process. In the name
of financial responsibility, fairness, and honesty it is time to
end the pay to play system. If we are to become a great city
once again we can not be mired in the muck of corruption and
inside deals.

I strongly ask that you support the proposed bills, 040771 and
040772, that are aimed at remedying the "play to pay" patronage
situation in Philadelphia.

As a lifelong resident, and taxpayer,I am appalled both by the
breadth of the current scandal, and the casual attitude of
entitlement displayed by those who have been playing with
taxpayers' money.

Please, act to turn things around--bills 040771 and 040772 are a
good start. Thank you for your attention...and please know that
the citizens will be watching the results of the vote this week
with great interest.

To all the councilmembers not in support of Pay to Pay
legislation and Mayor Street:

I urge you to support the legislation proposed by Councilman
Nutter for several reasons. If you want to run this city
properly economically and ethically, Pay to Play has got to
go!!! This city needs to create a fair playing field when it
comes to bids for contracts here. We must say good-bye to the
parochial view of that's just the way it is here in Philadelphia
and just accept that we can't do any better--WE HAVE TO DO
BETTER!!!!
Why do you think this city is in the economic mess it finds
itself it? The city has been awarding contracts unfairly (read-
"...if you support me, you're going to get rewarded..." Mayor
Street) and it is costing us. The city needs to do away with no-
competition contracts- successful businesses don't operate in
this manner, neither should a city that strives to be great.
We are a city striving to be great, aren't we??

What sort of message do you think this sends to potential
business owners who are contemplating moving offices or
headquarters to Phila. proper (read:not the suburbs)? I know if
I were a business owner, I would not want to invest in a city
that doesn't play fair, since it won't benefit my company in the
least.
This city can do better- this city has to do better. We can't
continue to lose residents and businesses. But, for me
personally, I will chose to vote with my feet and move, rather
that support unfair business practices with MY TAX DOLLARS!!!!

I urge you for the citizens of this city- DO THE RIGHT THING!!!
Support Michael Nutter's legislation and let's bring some pride
back to the city and city government.

I tried to call Blackwell's office, but the phone was busy. It
is always busy.
Please pass the pay to play legislation. As a city business
owner who employs people, uses local vendors, and pays an
excessive and unfair BPT taxes, I expect the city government to
be held to the highest standards. After all the taxes I pay, a
business as small as mine doesn't have money to "pay to play".
Make the playing field fair or my money, jobs, and taxes will go
where it is.

Dear Councilwoman Tasco and Councilmembers:
I urge you to support the "Pay to Play" legislation that Michael
Nutter has introduced.
Through a positive image of how our city operates, we will
ecourage economic growth which will ultimately benefit us all.
Being open and fair is a great start.
I, as well as many others, will be looking for the support of
our councilmembers.
Please consider this request.
Thank you.

I urge you to support Michael Nutter's anti-pay-to-play bill.

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