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Which Philadelphia leaders end up with coal in their Christmas stocking?

December 19, 2011

By Doron Taussig and Holly Otterbein
for NewsWorks

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Inspired by the season, It's Our Money, is in the giving mood and has some suggestions for ole Kris Kringle.

What should Santa leave for Mayor Nutter? How about Arlene Ackerman? PICA?

On this week's It's Our Money podcast, Doron Taussig and Holly Otterbein selflessly ask Santa to focus on Philadelphia's past, present and future leaders when distributing his goodies.

It's Our Money is a joint project of the Daily News and WHYY, funded by the William Penn Foundation. We work to shed light on where your tax dollars are going.

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