Marian Tasco - next DROP recipient

[FKD19124]

Marian Tasco retires today and collects a nice lump sum of $400k+ dollars. oh but it gets better, she comes back to work starting Monday and collects a paycheck on top of it.
Love the city of corrupt love.

[O.H. Lee]

The fine citizens voted her back in.

They get what they deserve.

[FKD19124]

What amazes me is that people continue to keep bitching and moaning about these scumbags and yet keep voting them back in because they are scared to vote for someone else or "the other party".

The fine citizens voted her back in.

They get what they deserve.

[Oladybug]

I'm thinking that if she were an at-large councilperson, she would have probably been voted out a la Frank Rizzo. Obviously, her particular constituents are totally ill-informed or just don't give a rat's ass about her greed.

[Titus]

I'm thinking that if she were an at-large councilperson, she would have probably been voted out a la Frank Rizzo. Obviously, her particular constituents are totally ill-informed or just don't give a rat's ass about her greed.

I suspect many of her constituents think she's doing what they would do under the same circumstances.

[BrianL]

Can you say - poverty pimp. Why would you vote out the person that gives you so much

[stonefly]

This lady just doesn't get it. Bringing race into the issue is a disgrace.

Larry Platt: We just won't DROP our anger | Philadelphia Daily News | 01/04/2012

[Malloy]

Most people in Philly are not bitching and moaning. They have no idea of what is really going on and they don't care to learn. If they do vote, they do what their neighbors do.

What amazes me is that people continue to keep bitching and moaning about these scumbags and yet keep voting them back in because they are scared to vote for someone else or "the other party".

[FKD19124]

then they shouldnt bitch and moan when the city doesn't have enough money to open all the pools, keep libraries open, higher property taxes or whatever else is dear to their ignorant hearts. No wonder people who do "get it" are leaving the city.
I just think the people who do want to move here really need to open their eyes and see just how bad and corrupt our city government really is and how they will get no help from it when needed.

Most people in Philly are not bitching and moaning. They have no idea of what is really going on and they don't care to learn. If they do vote, they do what their neighbors do.

[FKD19124]

unbelieveable! "It's my money! I'm entitled to it!".

This lady just doesn't get it. Bringing race into the issue is a disgrace.

Larry Platt: We just won't DROP our anger | Philadelphia Daily News | 01/04/2012

[WWDaze]

unbelieveable! "It's my money! I'm entitled to it!".

Sounds like she might be the next spokesperson/commercial for JG Wentworth.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7c9xUOJAsw

[Sean]

Sounds like she might be the next spokesperson/commercial for JG Wentworth.

JG Wentworth It's My Money And I Need It Now Commercial spoof - YouTube

Their commercials with the opera singers has to be the most catchy tune ever. It stays in my head for hours after I hear it.

[phillyrepublic]

I am surprised that nobody picked up on this. Along with the nice chunk of change she got nobody thought to ask her or whoever how much extra will she get no that she retired she must now cash in any unused vacation, sick time,and administration leave days she may of had saved up. That could easy top another $100.000.00 because we all know how much time they spend on official council breaks.

[scotchrocks]

Here is an enlightening, enraging piece from the DN on the Tasco DROP fiasco. What a piece of work this woman is. She ought to be tarred and feathered. Alas, the residents of her District seem to think she is "all that." I just wish they alone had to pay for Ms. Tasco's windfall.

Larry Platt: We just won't DROP our anger
January 04, 2012|By Larry Platt, Daily News Editor

COUNCILWOMAN Marian Tasco gave me a call last week. It was the day after she "retired" for a day, thereby pocketing the cool lump sum of $478,057 thanks to the DROP program. She thought our treatment of her windfall was racist; we'd superimposed her face on a seemingly rich lady's body, outside a Prada store and next to a Bentley (right).

Register of Wills Ron Donatucci had also gotten a DROP payout, but we hadn't mentioned him. In other words, we went after the black lady and not the white guy. I told her that she'd have a point if our rabidly anti-DROP columnist Stu Bykofsky hadn't already treated Franny Rizzo and Frank DiCicco with the same level of outrage as we were now treating her. Those white males received the same ire we sent her way because, as lawmakers, they ought to be held to higher ethical standards than, say, a row-office holder.

Besides, how many people even know who Donatucci is or what a register of wills does?

Then we really got into it. Councilwoman Tasco said that, as a city worker, she was entitled to the DROP payment - "That's my money," she said. I told her that she's not a city worker - she's an elected official who works for the voter. You don't need a law degree to know that partaking in this subterfuge of a fake retirement in order to pocket nearly a half-million bucks - on top of her $117,000 Council salary - just stinks all to hell. I told her she should be ashamed.

Councilwoman Tasco, bless her heart, is no shrinking violet. "Why don't you run for City Council?" she said. "I wish you would. You'd see that this job is 24/7, that you're out in the community at events every night. You wouldn't be able to do it."

"What are you talking about?" I responded. "What about your week off for Election Day? Or the five-week holiday recess? Or the two-month summer break? Or the week for Presidents Day? Or Easter week? Or Columbus Day week? Or Flag Day?"

There was a pause. "We don't get Flag Day off anymore," she said - and I think I detected a playful laugh.

"Well, finally - reform, City Council-style."

I told Councilwoman Tasco that I'd make her a deal. I'd put her on our cover and take up a collection to erect a statue in her honor - if she gave the money back. She refused: "That's my money! I'm entitled to it!"