No One Really Knows What’s Going On [Video]

The other day, a friend from out of town asked me what I thought of Mayor Cherelle Parker’s first year. I struggled to think of anecdotes beyond street cleaning, the Kensington community revival plan, a proposed stadium deal, and a lower homicide rate. Had I missed something, or was that really all to remember from Parker’s first year in office — a year so hotly anticipated after years of underwhelming mayoral leadership from Jim Kenney?

And if I couldn’t think of more to evaluate Parker on, whose fault was it — mine, the media’s, Parker’s? After this year’s presidential election, it’s clear we need to rethink how people understand what government is doing and whether it’s doing a good job.

In some fairytale past, we had media that accurately and frequently covered local, state, and federal government in a fair and balanced fashion that gave people a good sense of what …