Powerpoint on America's #6 Dirtiest City (2012) by TRAVEL+LEISURE. One of three perpetually top Dirty cities in Northeast USA (NYC, Baltimore the two others). First presented in 2010.

1. City of Philadelphia?
Heck NO!!...Its...Its.....UGLYDELPHIA!!!!!!
Northeast America’s UGLY Trash/Litter City
Steve Spacek
“The American State Litter Scorecard”
Special Thanks To:
2004 New Jersey Litter Survey
PA Litter Studies: Waterman Environmental Associates
Institute for Applied Research
Tri Line Associates
Elise Miller-Hooks
Public Performance, Measurement and Reporting Conferences
Association of Government Accountants
Pew Charitable Trusts
ALL PICTURES (EVIDENCE) TAKEN WITHIN PHILADELPHIA COUNTY/ CITY, PENNSYLVANIA
Copyright 2010 Steve Spacek—Not For Commercial Use—This Presentation IS Public Record

2. Consequences: “Uglydelphia” Litter
* Litter/Debris-caused motor vehicle accidents—KILLS over 35 Philadelphia-Pennsylvania residents
each year.
* Breeds harmful diseases, rodents, insects—by far, THE MOST littered/dumped-on city-county in
Pennsylvania
* 2007, 2008, 2009: Travel/Leisure rated Uglydelphia Most “UNATTRACTIVE” major America city;
Hurts economic development and tourism. Discourages corporate job relocations
*Paper shreds, cigarette filters, cans, bottles—most prominent litter
*Vast majority of deliberate litterers are persons under age 30. Males under 30 driving pickups—
most witnessed litterers. 21 percent local litter is snack “party” litter from male “party gangs”
*Heavy litter along urban streets, vacant lots, unmaintained private-public properties--low income
areas west, south, north of downtown
***Local Police NOT enforcing Act 47, PA Consolidated Statutes and local anti-litter laws, nor
ticketing violators—VIOLATORS ARE NOT PUNISHED!
****Connection: Littering and Local Police/Elected Officials CORRUPTION—
Littering/dumping are not considered reportable property crimes by UGLYDELPHIA PD, yet
littering/dumping ARE INDEED state crimes and their reporting IS mandated to be accomplished
under laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

3. What else contributes to “Uglydelphia” Litter?
*Visitors from New Jersey, New York:
Largest out-of-town sources for human-dumped litter/ trash found on UGLYDELPHIA
streets/sidewalks/parks/public and private properties.
*NO REAL transparent performance measurements of city litter removal efforts—
UGLYDELPHIA (and many Northeast U.S. cities) lack adequate oversight/accountability
efforts already in effect or mandated by law for most competing, populated urban
locales in Western, Southern, Midwestern states.
*Departments of and City Committees on Streets and Services; Public Property and
Public Works; Environment; Public Health and Humans Services; Inspector General;
Board of Ethics--lag in or indifferent to effective response times and governance.
Longtime, backwards culture of inaction/corruption by tax paid UGLYDELPHIA public
officials not found/already eliminated at most other modern American cities.
*NO county-citywide Pennsylvania CleanWays organization; NO county/city Litter Brigade;
NO effective urban recycling program.
*Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful, other installed anti-littering signs few in number across
highly concentrated litter locations inside UGLYDELPHIA County/City.
*Pennsylvania Drivers License holders scored VERY poorly (“Bottom Five” for all
surveyed 50 states) on basic knowledge of road (including motorist anti-litter) laws on
2009, 2010 GMAC Insurance National Driver Test (NJ, NY drivers scored lowest).

4. Uglydelphia Solutions? Take Action NOW!!!
Write! Email! telephone call! these listed below-- Demand litter/debris removal RIGHT NOW!!!!
(Talking Points—see next slide; Most Littered City areas on next other slide)
Mayor Michael Nutter (215) 686-7508; 686-2178; 686-2762
(Has no direct “contact us” icon nor email address unlike most major U.S. City Mayors).
Contact District City Council Members (listed by priority):
City Council President and Dist. 2 Anna Verna (215) 686-3412, (215) 686-3413
City Council Dist. 1 Frank DiCicco (215) 686-3458, (215) 686-3459
City Council Dist. 4 Curtis Jones Jr. (215) 686-3416, (215) 686-3417
City Council Dist. 5 Darrell Clarke (215) 686-3442, (215) 686-3443
City Council Dist. 9 Marian Tasco (215) 686-3454, (215) 686-3455
City Council Dist. 8 Donna Miller (215) 686-3424, (215) 686-3425
City Council Dist. 3 Jannie Blackwell (215) 686-3418, (215) 686-3419
Committee on Streets and Services:
Maria Sanchez (215) 686-3448, (215) 686-3449 Bill Green (215) 686-3420, (215) 686-3421 William Greenlee (215) 686-3446, (215) 686-3447
Committee on Public Property and Public Works:
James Kenney (215) 686-3450, (215) 686-3451 Joan Krajewski (215) 686-3444, (215) 686-3445
Committee on Environment:
Blondell Reynolds-Brown (215) 686-3438, (215) 686-3439 Jack Kelly (215) 686-3450, (215) 686-3451
Office of the Inspector General: Amy Kurland (215) 686-1770
City Board of Ethics: Michael Cooke (215) 686-9450
Submit a Litter/Dumping Tip/Report Police Misconduct-Corruption http://www.phillypolice.com/forms/submit-a-tip
County Sheriff John Green: (215) 686-3530
Penndot (PA state numbered roadways inside city/county):
CALL: 1-800-FIX-ROAD http://www.dot.state.pa.us/penndot/districts/district6/d6ccc.nsf?opendatabase
State Elected Officials:
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/
Commonwealth Governor Rendell:
(717) 787-2500
http://www.governor.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/contact/2998/e-mail_the_governor%27s_office/465341

5. TALKING POINTS:
What to say to UGLYDELPHIA/PA officials
*Act 47—PA Consolidated anti-litter Statutes are still in effect and MUST be enforced inside Uglydelphia.
*City needs stronger litter/dumping removal performance measures, to compete with other cities
*City Public Health Department talks about lessening local air pollution, yet nothing is done about ground/litter pollution, which is killing more locals than the
city/county air pollution deaths
*Establish protocols for alerting public housing mangers to dumpster use by nearby private residences
*311 call center—needs to process and pursue all littering complaints
*Issue citations to property owners and landlords
*Start Police Crackdown on young gang littering across “Uglydelphia”
*Way too many city departments are doing nothing about littering/dumping—this needs to end, permanently. UGLYDELPHIA deemed “unattractive” by most
Americans and job-creating corporations.
*More tarps on contractor trucks
*Need waste receptacles on city sidewalks with high pedestrian usage
*A tax-paid official’s work is always “public record” and is always subject to state and federal scrutiny and oversight.
STOP DEADLY, BACKWARDS, 3rd
World Littering in UGLYDELPHIA NOW!!!!!!
Top Responsible Officials Allowing Illegal Littering/Dumping (Below, left to right): Nutter, DiCicco, Verna, Ramsey.

6. A National Consultant’s Analysis: Top Five UGLYDELPHIA City Council Districts with Worst Horrific Public Reported Litter/Dumping
#1-Dist 2. Verna
#2 Dist. 1 DiCicco
#3 Dist. 4 Jones
#4Dist . 5 Clarke
#5 Dist 9 Tasco
Copyright 2009, Steve Spacek—This Is Public Record—Not for Commercial Use

7. A National Consultant’s Analysis: Top Five UGLYDELPHIA City Council Districts with Worst Horrific Public Reported Litter/Dumping
#1-Dist 2. Verna
#2 Dist. 1 DiCicco
#3 Dist. 4 Jones
#4Dist . 5 Clarke
#5 Dist 9 Tasco
Copyright 2009, Steve Spacek—This Is Public Record—Not for Commercial Use