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2227 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19132 215-236-2100** email: **parentsunitedphila@gmail.com** //[|http://parentsunitedphila.googlepages.com]//
 * Parents United for Public Education

November 21, 2007

This Monday after Thanksgiving, if you have an hour to spare, join parents and citizens to stand up at the Parking Authority board, tell your child's story and what $20 million could buy him or her. Let the Parking Authority and every local and state agency know that they have a moral and civic responsibility to fund quality education in Philadelphia

While most of us are fattening up on turkey this Thanksgiving, the Philadelphia Parking Authority is already well fattened! In the past month since Parents United for Public Education's plea for the Authority to make good on its multimillion dollar promise to fund our schools, the Parking Authority has been found to:
 * double the number of its employees and have **20 Parking Authority executives earning** **over $100,000**, //including// an Executive Director who earns more than the Governor and Mayor;
 * pay **tens of thousands of dollars per month** for p.r. consultants; at least one of those consultants is being investigated by the Inspector General after a newspaper reported it could find no evidence of his work;
 * revel in **free cars, free gas, and free parking** for executives

Meanwhile, the Parking Authority has cried poverty when it comes to funding our schools. So who's the real turkey? This Monday after Thanksgiving, if you have an hour to spare, join parents and citizens to stand up at the Parking Authority board, tell your child's story and what $20 million could buy him or her. Let the Parking Authority and every local and state agency know that they have a moral and civic responsibility to fund quality education in Philadelphia.


 * __Parents to Parking Authority:__**
 * YOUR METER’S EXPIRED**
 * FUND OUR SCHOOLS!**

//(11 a.m. press conference in front)//
 * Philadelphia** **Parking Authority monthly board meeting**
 * WHEN: Monday, Nov. 26th** //(after Thanksgiving weekend)//
 * TIME: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.**
 * WHERE: 3101 Market Street, 2nd flr.**

//Parents United for Public Education is an independent group of parents working for fiscal accountability; a public process and parent voice in decision-making; and setting priorities that place kids and classrooms first in the School District's budget. For more information, please contact Aissia Richardson, 215-236-2100, or Helen Gym, 215-808-1400. If you do not wish to receive emails, please respond back to parentsunitedphila@gmail.com. Visit us online at// http://parentsunitedphila.googlepages.com/.