You'll probably get sick of me talking about "best practices" or comparing how Philadelphia's city government does certain tasks compared to the gold standards in other cities, but this one especially seems like something the next mayor should fix.
Every one of the nation's 10 largest cities inspects restaurants for health violations at least once a year and usually more often - except Philadelphia.
Almost all have laws requiring a minimum number of inspections, some as often as four times per year. Philadelphia does not.
So you might think, what's the big deal? We've all heard the horror stories about mouse poop on the floor. Look a little further down in the article and you'll see this:
When inspectors find a problem, they cite the owner, who gets time to correct the shortcoming. Immediate dangers, such as sewage dripping into food, must be fixed while the inspector is there.
Are you kidding me? SEWAGE DRIPPING INTO FOOD?!?!?! Restaurants need inspectors to tell them that THIS SHOULDN'T HAPPEN?!?!?
Dear next mayor,
Please fix this.
Yours,
Philadelphians