{"id":1157,"date":"2026-04-10T17:06:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T17:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cafeketab.org\/with-a-little-political-will-city-hall-can-curb-the-scourge-of-illegal-dumping\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T17:06:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T17:06:48","slug":"with-a-little-political-will-city-hall-can-curb-the-scourge-of-illegal-dumping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafeketab.org\/fa\/with-a-little-political-will-city-hall-can-curb-the-scourge-of-illegal-dumping\/","title":{"rendered":"With a Little Political Will, City Hall Can Curb the Scourge of Illegal Dumping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">As a veteran, Herbert is no stranger to taking on challenging missions to make a difference. Through his work with the grassroots organization 215 People\u2019s Alliance Northeast Chapter, he began spearheading the effort to clean up Snake Road for good, as covered <a href=\"https:\/\/gridphilly.com\/blog-home\/2024\/01\/01\/in-2018-the-city-passed-an-ordinance-designed-to-stem-the-tide-of-illegal-tire-dumping-five-years-on-the-problem-has-only-gotten-worse\/\">in the January 2024 issue of <em>Grid<\/em> (#176)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">Aminata Calhoun has been waging a similar battle against illegal dumping from her home in the Belmont neighborhood of West Philadelphia. Calhoun was featured on the cover of <a href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/redflagmedia\/docs\/grid136_digitalissue\"><em>Grid<\/em>\u2019s September 2020 (#136) issue<\/a> with the apt coverline \u201cBelmont Beauty,\u201d given Calhoun\u2019s penchant for style as she beautifies her neighborhood. But sadly, Calhoun\u2019s seemingly irrepressible energy can be subdued by illegal dumpers who leave piles of trash in already underserved communities. <a href=\"https:\/\/gridphilly.com\/blog-home\/2024\/10\/04\/with-a-little-political-will-city-hall-can-curb-the-scourge-of-illegal-dumping\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">READ MORE&#8230;<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/215pa.org\/with-a-little-political-will-city-hall-can-curb-the-scourge-of-illegal-dumping\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=with-a-little-political-will-city-hall-can-curb-the-scourge-of-illegal-dumping\">Source link <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a veteran, Herbert is no stranger to taking on challenging missions to make a difference. Through his work with the grassroots organization 215 People\u2019s Alliance Northeast Chapter, he began spearheading the effort to clean up Snake Road for good, as covered in the January 2024 issue of Grid (#176). Aminata Calhoun has been waging [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1115,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture"],"blocksy_meta":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafeketab.org\/fa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafeketab.org\/fa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafeketab.org\/fa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafeketab.org\/fa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafeketab.org\/fa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cafeketab.org\/fa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafeketab.org\/fa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafeketab.org\/fa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafeketab.org\/fa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafeketab.org\/fa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}