Disir
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Last week, we came face to face with the ol’ Philly Shrug. The day after 55 shots rang out on a Spring Garden playground, killing two, we found the mayor and City Council president holding a press conference…about President Trump. To them, it was just another day in Philly, where the murder rate, year over year, is up 35 percent—the second worst in the nation.
Well, around the same time, Council President Darrell Clarke received a heartfelt plea via email from a constituent to do something to stop the violence, or just to say or do something. The constituent has asked to remain anonymous; reading his letter, you can feel his love for his city. The dude doesn’t want to run off to the suburbs—he’s just looking for some help in the form of a government that does the basics, providing services like keeping the streets safe and picking up the trash.
I don't care what you believe or whom you are voting for. There is something for everyone in the above piece. For myself, it's the very basic this is the job you were elected to do and this is the part where you address the issues and talk about ideas/plans/or even a holy crap that sucks.
Well, around the same time, Council President Darrell Clarke received a heartfelt plea via email from a constituent to do something to stop the violence, or just to say or do something. The constituent has asked to remain anonymous; reading his letter, you can feel his love for his city. The dude doesn’t want to run off to the suburbs—he’s just looking for some help in the form of a government that does the basics, providing services like keeping the streets safe and picking up the trash.
Darrell Clarke fails to show up for a constituent's plea about gun violence
An email exchange between Council President Clarke and a constituent shows that not even a murder epidemic can prompt empathetic leadership
thephiladelphiacitizen.org
I don't care what you believe or whom you are voting for. There is something for everyone in the above piece. For myself, it's the very basic this is the job you were elected to do and this is the part where you address the issues and talk about ideas/plans/or even a holy crap that sucks.