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Cherelle Parker: “We made the tough decisions to invest in that pension…”

Featuring: Cherelle Parker, Democratic | Mayor of Philadelphia | Pennsylvania

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Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker Announces Tentative Agreement with District Council 33 Amidst Citywide Strike

Published | Video Starts at 44:13

By the time I'm a legislator in Harrisburg, the pension fund is taking up 15 to 17% of our general fund revenue. It should not have been that way, but We made the tough decisions to invest in that pension system. And now guess what? And I want you to hold me at this. I don't have a magic, the magic wand, but this is what I'm hoping. (44:13–44:18)

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