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Your 311 requests just vanished from City Hall's report. What's up?

Your 311 requests are just... gone, or nah?

Listen, I'm not even gonna hold you. You wanna talk about what's going on down at City Hall? We got these weekly reports, right? Supposed to tell us what's crackin' with development and what issues folks are callin' 311 about. But this week? The 311 request data is just… empty. Like, completely blank. Usually, you see "Pothole Repair" or "Illegal Dumping" at the top of that list, because that's what folks in Philly deal with every day. We got potholes on Cecil B. Moore big enough to swallow a whole Honda Civic, or nah?

### Where'd the Jawn Go?

Look, normally this is where I'd hit you with numbers from across the 66 wards, tell you which service requests are highest, and where. But all it says for the 311 calls is "Information Request" a bunch of times, with no actual numbers next to 'em. And then "Miscellaneous." What does "Miscellaneous" even mean when we're talkin' about city services? Is that like, a cat stuck in a tree on Baltimore Avenue? Or someone lookin' for the best cheesesteak jawn that ain't Pat's or Geno's?

* **Top 311 Issues:** Empty. Not even a goose egg.

* **Development Activity:** All "N/A." Zero permits. Zero zoning changes.

This ain't just some numbers jawn, either. This is how we know what our city is actually workin' on, what problems are poppin' up in Southwest Philly or over by the Wissahickon. When the data goes dark like this, you gotta wonder what's really happening. Are they just not trackin' it, or is the system glitchin' out? You know how sometimes SEPTA just... doesn't show up? This feels kinda like that. We need transparency, especially when we're talkin' about how our tax wooder is being used.

### What Does This Mean for You?

So what's next? We gotta keep an eye on this. We need to know if this is a one-time thing or if our city's public data is just gonna go ghost on us. Your city hall is supposed to be accountable, and that starts with the numbers, or nah?

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

Kee and the squad are breaking down all this messy jawn every single morning — catch it live at mornings.live.

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