On the front page of the site, we featured a story by Catherine Lucey about Councilman Wilson Goode Jr.'s new bill to provide incentives to businesses for hiring ex-cons. The fun part of this story is that the bill was actually authored by Michael Nutter and became a major part of his primary campaign.
...The legislation awards $10,000 in tax credits to employers who hire ex-offenders, and provides support services and career training to ex- prisoners.
Nutter put forth the idea for the program — named the Philadelphia Re-Entry Employment Program or "PREP" — during the primary election campaign in May. Shortly after he won, he asked Goode if he would consider introducing the bill.
I wonder if the name of the program is an homage to Nutter's high school alma mater?
The bill seems to cover everything - education and housing for ex-offenders and, just to be sure that they're not getting it all for free, the program participants will pay 5% of their wages back to the city. (Hmmm... I'm paying 4% of my wages to the city and I ain't never been to jail.)
There's some universal praise towards the end of the article which leaves us hoping that Nutter enjoys such a good working relationship with City Council and government watchdog groups when he actually is the mayor.
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