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City Howl Help Desk

@PhillyHowl

Tackling your city service problems for @PhillyDailyNews @ourmoneyphilly @newsworkswhyy Run by @smashleynguyen & @juliana_f_reyes Email us: howl@phillynews.com

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We'll be shutting this Twitter account down but follow @ourmoneyphilly for more on city services. Thanks for reading & sharing your troubles
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Rich Negrín
@RichNegrin6 Jun 2012
THX @juliana_f_reyes @cityhowl Excellent advice in today's column to help folks navigate city & better impact their neighborhoods.
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Check out our last column with tips on how to get the most out of city services: bit.ly/MemSW6
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Patrick Kerkstra@pkerkstra1 Jun 2012
In praise of the Philadelphia Parking Authority. No really. My @phillyinq column: bit.ly/KQGBJU
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Naked City@CPNakedCity31 May 2012
The anti-blight: A new co-working space in an old Kensington factory. citypaper.net/blogs/nakedcit… via @citypaper
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Commission votes yes to make street next to committeeman's bar private: bit.ly/M85R29 More on private streets: bit.ly/H0qEj4
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Naked City@CPNakedCity30 May 2012
Residents take blight surveillance into their own hands citypaper.net/blogs/nakedcit… via @citypaper @christoofar215
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.@jamiemoffett on how everyone -- neighbors, L&I, Council, police -- is working together to help Kensington's renewal: bit.ly/M83M6p
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The city's rec centers aren't always fun & games. We find out what's up with late-night basketball playing & more: bit.ly/KTkW4v
When a rec center wrecks sleep

When a rec center wrecks sleep

JONATHAN Katzenbach has a love-hate relationship with his neighborhood basketball court. Katzenbach, who lives across from the court at Marian Anderson Recreation Center in the Graduate Hospital...

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Online parking ticket appeals are a go: bit.ly/KQY1sf Which means (hopefully) no more of this: bit.ly/wiLJ4J
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The court system does a poor job of collecting restitution. Former CLIP city workers still owe victims $$: bit.ly/KQWEcP
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Terry Gillen@Terry_Gillen25 May 2012
Nutter Admin has added new transparency to City's vacant land system, says @PhillyInquirer bit.ly/K4Eaoo
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Jan Ransom@Jan_Ransom24 May 2012
Today Council will vote on @Green4Philly bill that would allow people to contest parking tix online, mail, etc #phillycouncil
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A @PhillyDailyNews editorial says that the city has finally gotten it right with its new "front door" for vacant land: bit.ly/LsH4zi
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aine doley@ainedoley24 May 2012
Replying to @PhillyHowl
@PhillyHowl Witnessed that from both L&I and SWEEP. A ticket is a ticket, if the resident deserves it, write it.
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aine doley@ainedoley24 May 2012
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@PhillyHowl That's nice and all but how about when they come out, they don't commiserate with residents. "Do your job" is more like it.
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Mayor's Office announces L&I inspectors will start wearing uniforms so residents can easily identify them.
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Today's number: $350,000 - Cost of new "front door" program of vacant city-owned properties vs. $296 million NTI cost.
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Police ask for help in locating ATVs: bit.ly/KUhbto via @NewsWorksWHYY
Did the Police Dept's top brass punish Firearms Identification Unit whistleblowers? So says a lawsuit: bit.ly/KUgyjC
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