Snow removal rubs salt into Phila. budget wounds

Published Feb. 6, 2010 at 7:34 a.m.
The worst winter in Philadelphia's recent history is making a bleak budget that much worse, city officials said yesterday.The near record-setting snowfall of Dec. 19 and 20 had already forced Mayor Nutter to find $3.4 million for overtime, salt, and payments to contractors that the city had hoped not to spend. This weekend's storm could be just as expensive, Budget Director Steve Agostini said.


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