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More on PPA v. Litter Brigade

The efficiency of the PPA is truly astounding, but then that's a money-maker and provides patronage jobs. Cleaning up litter is unglamorous and unprofitable. When I was growing up there were anti-litter public service announcements on television all the time and it was drummed into you to "Keep America Beautiful." Supposedly "America starts here" which is a sad comment on our history. It is one of the dirtiest cities I've been to, and I don't understand why there is no civic effort to clean it up and keep it clean.

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Anne

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Melissa Dribben has been a staff writer at the Inquirer for 18 years. Her current beat chronicles the characters, trends, quirks and challenges of Center City.

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Ned Rauch-Mannino is filling in for Melissa while she's on vacation. Ned is the policy and program analyst for the Urban Industry Initiative, an economic development agency of the City of Philadelphia. He helped craft the anti-litter campaign, "Love Where You Live," and works to connect communities to government resources in an effort beautify neighborhoods and educate citizens.


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