Your taxes buy your City Council members cars!

Here is your annual reminder that most City Councilmembers don’t ride SEPTA a lot, and instead drive around everywhere on the taxpayer’s dime.

Below is the spreadsheet the City provided me in response to a RTKL request for all documents reflecting the cost of these cars: how much the vehicle cost, how much fuel they use, and maintenance costs. The expenses are from 1/1/25 to present.

• Who’s driving the most?

  • Most fuel: Curtis Jones (2,048 gallons)

  • Least fuel: Nicolas O’Rourke (102 gallons)

  • Most expensive car: Council President Johnson ($72,720.00 car, plus $19,591.39 in repairs!)

  • All the members who burned more than 1000 gallons:

    • Jamie Gauthier (1,032 gallons)

    • Katherine Gilmore (1,130 gallons)

    • Jimmy Harrity (1,118 gallons)

    • Kenyatta Johnson (1,125 gallons)

    • Curtis Jones (2,048 gallons)

    • Anthony Phillips (1,015 gallons)

    • Isiah Thomas (1,059 gallons)

Copy of City Council_Vehicle Maintenance Report 01-01-25 to 05-05-26 by megankshannon