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Philly, "Miscellaneous" is your top 311 complaint. Why?

Your city hall is up to some wild stuff

Listen, the latest jawn comin' out of City Hall has me thinkin', what are we even doing out here, or nah? You know how we all be callin' 311 for everything from potholes big enough to swallow a Honda Civic to that neighbor who keeps puttin' their trash out on Tuesday instead of Wednesday? Well, according to the latest data, "Miscellaneous" is the top reported issue. Miscellaneous!

### What's Up With That?

I'm not even gonna hold you, "Miscellaneous" bein' the number one complaint has me wonderin' if they even know what people are tryin' to tell 'em. Is it the wild cats in Fishtown? Is it the wooder main breaks on Girard Ave that feel like they happen every other week? Is it the new "development" on some block in West Philly that ain't even got a permit, but suddenly there's a whole new building lookin' like it's gonna fall over? We don't know because it's all lumped into "Miscellaneous."

This ain't just some funny jawn, though. If City Hall don't even know what the main issues are, how they gonna fix anything, right? We need to see more transparency on what those "miscellaneous" calls actually are. Otherwise, it just feels like they're sweepin' our real problems under the rug. Keep your eyes peeled, Philly, and don't let 'em play you.

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

Keisha Robinson-Moyer, MiTL Sports Desk Philadelphia

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