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🏛 EXCLUSIVE: CITY HALL DATA — Only on The Desk

Your trash ain't getting picked up? Philly's 311 calls tell the story.

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Your trash ain't getting picked up, or nah?

Listen, I'm not even gonna hold you, the data coming outta City Hall this week ain't exactly gonna shock anyone who lives in Philly, especially if you're out here on the west side. When we look at the 311 service requests, the biggest jawn people are calling about is rubbish and recyclable material collection. It's listed three separate times, making it a top concern for folks across the city. And right next to that, "sanitation violation" is also high up on the list.

That means your wooder ice cups, your Wawa wrappers, all that jawn just piling up on the block. It’s not a good look for the city, and it's definitely not what you want when you're tryna keep your stoop clean. This ain't some complicated policy jawn; this is basic city services, the kinda stuff you expect when you pay your taxes. So what's the plan to get these streets right, Philly? We gotta keep an eye on what Council says next about this.

That's the jawn, Philly — we don't do fake out here.

Kee Robinson-Moyer, MiTL Sports Desk, West Philly.

Yo, me and the crew talk about this kinda stuff every single mornin', so hit us up live at mornings.live.

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