Spring Break
Philly Clean-up
Editorial Board
Issue date: 4/4/08 Section: Ed-Op
April 5 is Mayor Michael Nutter's declared Philly Spring Cleanup day. The project aims to recruit over 10,000 volunteers, clean up 5,000 city blocks and remove over 1 million pounds of trash from the city, according to the web site phillycleanup.com.
It's good to see an initiative to get citizens involved to fix one of the many problems in the Philadelphia. For years, it seems like the city has stagnated, waiting for the leaders in City Hall to take action.
While our elected leaders are responsible for tackling Philadelphia's problems, they alone cannot solve them. At some point, the people who live here are responsible for keeping it an attractive and desirable place to live.
While one day of cleaning won't solve all our long term problems, we hope that Nutter's plan will help increase the overall sense of community and individual responsibility to the city. This could go a long way to improving Philadelphia.
An increase in citizen action might be part of solving some of the city's problems.
The Guardian Angels, a citizen volunteer crime watch organization, has increased its presence in Philadelphia following the death of Sean Patrick Conroy, after he was randomly attacked in the middle of the day by juveniles on a SEPTA platform in Center City March 26. As long as groups like this stay non-violent, they can make a positive impact by curbing some of the crime in Philadelphia.
If you really want to improve the overall look and feel of our city, take part in Philly Spring Cleanup day. If not, the next time you moan and groan about Filth-adelphia, ask yourself what you've actually done to change it.
It's good to see an initiative to get citizens involved to fix one of the many problems in the Philadelphia. For years, it seems like the city has stagnated, waiting for the leaders in City Hall to take action.
While our elected leaders are responsible for tackling Philadelphia's problems, they alone cannot solve them. At some point, the people who live here are responsible for keeping it an attractive and desirable place to live.
While one day of cleaning won't solve all our long term problems, we hope that Nutter's plan will help increase the overall sense of community and individual responsibility to the city. This could go a long way to improving Philadelphia.
An increase in citizen action might be part of solving some of the city's problems.
The Guardian Angels, a citizen volunteer crime watch organization, has increased its presence in Philadelphia following the death of Sean Patrick Conroy, after he was randomly attacked in the middle of the day by juveniles on a SEPTA platform in Center City March 26. As long as groups like this stay non-violent, they can make a positive impact by curbing some of the crime in Philadelphia.
If you really want to improve the overall look and feel of our city, take part in Philly Spring Cleanup day. If not, the next time you moan and groan about Filth-adelphia, ask yourself what you've actually done to change it.
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