The council just asked for a report from the City Manager on the feasibility of Joe Pagano’s so-called 50% plan—the idea that residents could pay to fix or install sidewalks near their homes, and receive a tax rebate equal to a 50% reimbursement.
Councilor Germain tried to allay fears that it would become a “class warfare” situation that would only benefit certain neighborhoods (read: the West Side).
