During my fifteen years on City Council I was committed to improving the quality of life for all Philadelphians and I plan to continue that effort if I am elected Mayor.
Throughout the summer the Nutter for Mayor campaign has been actively organizing community clean-ups around the city. With the help of volunteers and residents, we have been able to clean neighborhoods in Germantown, Point Breeze, Wingohocking, Fairhill, and East Parkside, but there are many more neighborhoods in need of help.
If elected I will initiate a massive city wide clean-up program, working with state and congressional leaders to provide support to residents and communities who want to clean up their neighborhoods. I will also partner with community groups throughout the city to clean up the litter and debris in neighborhoods.
As Mayor I will work with city departments to plant thousands of trees, increase street lighting and fix roads and sidewalks in an effort to restore pride in our neighborhoods and in our city. Just a few months ago, visiting New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin described Philadelphia as a very dirty city; is this the impression that we want visitors to have of our city? The state of our sidewalks and streets says something about our opinion of our city, and if we want others to respect us, we need to clean up Philadelphia.
Taking care of Philadelphia needs to be a coordinated effort among residents, community organizations, the city and state. Let's view Mayor Nagin's words as a challenge to clean up Philadelphia. I want to bring back a sense of pride to our city, pride in our neighborhoods, and our pride as citizens of a great city.
Please join us at one of our upcoming community clean-ups by contacting Alain Joinville at (215) 545-9700 for more details. I welcome your comments and suggestions on how to make Philadelphia a cleaner city.
Michael Nutter
Candidate for Mayor
Comments (4)
Dear Candidate for Mayor Nutter:
I appreciate what you are trying to do with regard to the "unclean" conditions of Philadelphia; I for one hate the trash that seems to be everywhere in our City. To that end, I have a few suggestions. The first would be an all out war against "dumping." I live in the City and one minute after trash collection, someone will dump a week's worth of trash next to a tree, next to a pole, next to a building. I would hire additional sanitation police to rid this City of illegal dumping and fine the culprits by having that person clean up for six months in the area that they dumped their trash. Second, I would not issue any permits for block parties until that particular block had six months of successful block cleaning (i.e., organized block cleaning and no trash on that street during spring and summer months). Lastly, it seems that graffiti has reared its ugly head again, and to combat that I would assign officers to find out who the tagger/taggers is/are and the sentence would be six months of graffiti removal; six months of working with the Mural Arts Program and an essay to be printed in the Metro, Daily News and Daily Inquirer on "Why I will Never Deface Public Property Again."
Diane
Posted by Diane Jordan | August 30, 2007 6:42 AM
Posted on August 30, 2007 06:42
Dear Candidate for Mayor Nutter,
I would like to see Pennsylvania listed on beverage containers like other states are. I believe this will contribute to the reduction of these items ending up on our streets in Philly.
I would also like to see illegal dumpers vehicles impounded until the fines are paid if used in the commision of that quality of life crime.
Mark
Posted by Mark Chalupa | August 30, 2007 5:15 PM
Posted on August 30, 2007 17:15
We need to ban the dumping of unwanted newspapers, leaflets, and menus on resident's doorsteps.
Removing honor boxes from street corners would also significantly help eliminate litter and eyesores.
Anonymous
Posted by Anonymous | September 3, 2007 1:46 AM
Posted on September 3, 2007 01:46
Dear Mr. Nutter,
I suggest that the city of Philadelphia legislates the implimentation of single-stream recycling as quickly as possible, city-wide.
Please make SEPTA responsible for cleaning the trash on its buses, trolleys, and regional rail lines.
Please also make SEPTA or AMTRAK or whatever entity "owns" the actual right of way on which railroad tracks lie clean that property.
Please increase the location and accessibility of trash recepticals especially in center city and on major streets.
Michael
Posted by Michael Kovach | September 11, 2007 5:02 AM
Posted on September 11, 2007 05:02