A business developer in the Philadelphia neighborhood of Point Breeze is facing legal action after voluntarily cleaning up more than 40 tons of trash from a vacant lot neighboring his local business.

As the old adage goes, no good deed goes unpunished. Ori Feibush says he visited the local offices of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority four times, sent in seven written requests and made 24 phone calls to the agency asking them to take care of a major eyesore: an empty lot next to his coffee shop was home to more than 40 tons of debris.

Not only did the agency fail to act but it also denied Feibush's offer to clean up the mess himself.

You can read the full article at http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/city-may-sue-developer-spent-20k-remove-40-200922350.html


"Every person involved in the decison making from the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority concerning this issue should be fired. Not only have they lost all reason and common sense concerning why they are currently employed in their present position they are also a disgrace and a blight on the community for whom they should be working. Ori should get an Outstanding Citizen Award for his efforts." - trafdlo

That.....is messed up.

...What. that's just wrong...

thats ridiculous....>.>

That's dumb. If he return the vacant lot back to the way it was then they'll probably charge him for littering as well.

If the authorities don't want to acknowledge his efforts, then they should ignore them. Reacting like this is ludicrous.

>>6 Pssh, authority figures. Go figures. I think maybe they don't wanna look bad? "Hey a citizen is doing the work we're suppose to do!" But honestly this is making them look even more bad

Bump

That ain't weird at all