HOPING TO change the narrative in the city's school-funding crisis, Mayor Nutter's administration yesterday released a series of YouTube videos defending his record and calling on other politicians to take action.
One of the videos, "TRUTH," calls out the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers' recent TV ad campaign that criticizes Nutter for neglecting Philly schools by supporting a funding package orchestrated by Gov. Corbett in June.
"The PFT leadership is running false ads distorting my record on education funding and my support for our children," Nutter says in the video. "They failed to tell you that as mayor, I've increased education funding by a $155 million annually in the last few years, while the state has cut funding by $140 million."
The PFT, whose contract expired last weekend and is still in negotiations with the school district, declared a cease-fire on those ads yesterday because union president Jerry Jordan has scheduled a meeting with Nutter for this week.
Source: Philly.com
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