Dan U-A at Young Philly Politics is continuing to keep the pressure on for an answer to the Haile Johnston - Darrell Clarke saga, which first came to light in an Inquirer story that we commented on a while ago.
To illustrate his point, he uses some pictures that he snapped of some overgrown, trash-strewn lots in Clarke's 5th Council District. There's no indication in the post that these are lots that were formerly cleaned by Haile Johnston, nor does he provide any examples cleaned, well-maintained lots for comparison. But the larger point is clear, and has been made often, a city service - the cleaning and upkeep of vacant lots - is not being done...
(segue time)
... and if Tom Ferrick (and PICA and this blog) are right about the long term trend in city budgeting, which requires more and more funding for employee benefits, it may be just the beginning of many city services being left undone.