вЂњHe can say whatever he wants about integrity, but we all try to work together for the common good, and Larry doesnвЂ™t participate,вЂќ Stollsteimer said. Then Delco District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer-a proven reformer who plays well with others-got in on the act, saying Krasner has never returned any of his phone calls. All heвЂ™s got to do is call me, and he has my number.вЂќ For his part, Krasner said the mayor hasnвЂ™t spoken to him in two years: вЂњI look forward to working with the mayor.

вЂњThe mayor is disappointed, but not surprised, that DA Krasner continues his attempts to pass blame for his officeвЂ™s inability to prosecute crimes onto his law enforcement partners,вЂќ KenneyвЂ™s spokesperson said. Kenney and Krasner started sniping at each other publicly about who doesnвЂ™t talk to whom in their relationship. Council, Clarke said, is an independent body and вЂњdoesnвЂ™t wait around for other people to act.вЂќ (Strangely, an Inquirer op-ed seemed to praise Clarke for this anti-collaborative streak.) Only Clarke didnвЂ™t even invite PhillyвЂ™s mayor, police commissioner or district attorney to hear the collaborative message. City Council President Clarke led a delegation of councilmembers to Chester to hear from the mayor, the police commissioner and the district attorney about how their agencies have worked together to lessen homicides by some 60 percent. While the body bags pile up in Philadelphia, two of our neighbors, Camden and Chester, have made real progress in combating the scourge of gun violence. IвЂ™m mad as hell and IвЂ™m not going to take it anymore:

You shrug and move on, retreating inward.Д«ut even in that context, news this week of stunning pettiness and incompetence and run-amok ego from Mayor Kenney, District Attorney Krasner and Council President Clarke ought to break through the morass and lead us to channel our inner Network anchorman Howard Beale. The more stories of public malfeasance and operational ineptitude (Afghanistan, anyone?), the more we slide into numbness. ItвЂ™s easy for your outrage muscle to atrophy these days, isnвЂ™t it? Tune into the news and itвЂ™s one shoulder-sagging narrative after another.

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