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The Fix: Can Kenyatta Johnson Be … Richard Nixon?
The twice tried and ultimately acquitted Council president has the unique opportunity to reform the scourge of councilmanic prerogative … and finally make us One City
By Larry Platt![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Integrity_Icon_2024_Winners-791x400.png)
The Fix: City Workers Who Work For You
Announcing The Citizen’s 2024 Integrity Icons, city employees who serve us all with the highest trust, care, equality and ethics. Come celebrate these heroes with us on May 23
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/John-Dougherty-Philadelphia-1-791x400.jpeg)
The Fix: Judges Who Meet the Moment
Judge Jeffrey Schmehl’s lax sentencing this week of John Dougherty’s co-conspirators is a reminder that corruption flourishes when punishment meets the Philly Shrug
By Larry Platt![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Philadelphia_City_Council-1-791x400.jpg)
The Fix: Same Old City Council?
Hours of debate on an Israel/Hamas resolution? Doubling down on councilmanic prerogative? Here, some ideas for remaking Council into an actual governing body
By Larry Platt![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/The_Fix_Los_Angeles_martin-adams-unsplash-791x400.jpg)
The Fix: How To Respond to Public Corruption Charges
In L.A., allegations against a councilmember were met by his colleagues … doing the right thing. What a novel concept.
By Larry Platt![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Austrailian-Democracy-Sausage-791x400.jpg)
The Fix: What If Everyone Had to Vote?
Is mandatory voting — the law in Australia, Belgium, Brazil and other countries — an idea we should steal to boost election turnout? (Also: Democracy sausage!)
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/ballot-question-philadelphia-city-hall-791x400.jpg)
The Fix: Corrupt and Consenting
In this excerpt from his new book, a longtime political reformer dives deep into Philly’s unique culture of political corruption — and proposes ways to overcome it
By Brett Mandel![](https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/JeffBrown2-791x400.jpeg)
The Fix: Why Ethics Matter in the Mayor’s Race
Jeff Brown may be under investigation by the Ethics Board. Others have their issues. Which candidate represents the cleanest, least purely transactional style of governing?
By Larry Platt