The People's Subpoena: Public Bank Action at City Hall
Fri, Oct 07
|Philadelphia
Join PNN and the Public Banking Coalition as we make some "good trouble" at City Hall on October 7th to put City Council and Mayoral candidates on notice that we expect them to fully support the funding and operation of a Philadelphia Public Bank.
Time & Location
Oct 07, 2022, 12:00 PM
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
About the Event
Join PNN and the Public Banking Coalition as we make some "good trouble" at City Hall on October 7th to put City Council and Mayoral candidates on notice that we expect them to fully support the funding and operation of a Philadelphia Public Bank.
Last March we succeeded in getting City Council to pass an ordinance directing the Mayor to create the precursor to a public bank, the Philadelphia Public Financing Authority. The bill passed by a 15-1 margin and the Mayor failed to veto it, letting it become law. But then he did an amazing thing. He thumbed his nose at the ordinance and declared, with no legal justification, that he would just ignore it, and defy the democratic process by which it passed.
We cannot accept that kind of law-breaking whether by a President of the United States, or the Mayor of our City. That’s why at noon…