City Council Worker Mugs

"I can never remember which bin day it is so I just stick 'em all out."

Clifton was the only doomsayer on the street department payroll.

Big Apple Cleansing

"Living in a city with functional infrastructure must be so boring."

The Henderson's move to a vertical city took some getting used to.

"Of course it's a stupid sign, but you wouldn't believe how much money it brings in for city hall!"

'I'm afraid the cuts are beginning to bite!'

'Someone's got to do something about these pot-holes!'

Man from refuse department says: 'We'll send you a new wheelie bin, Mrs Trubshaw, there's really no need to 'orchestrate a mass Twitter campaign'.'

Danger Falling Leaves

'Welcome! You are now in Shambles!'

The Milky Way (Detail)

'It's not easy to get one of these - before that you have to have found a parking space!'

'It's an idea whose time has come, Mr. Mayor -- 'drive-through traffic court'!'

"Brian's been pursuing a successful career in the City for 25 years..."

Unsafe Drain Covers!

'If congress regulates obscene bonuses, isn't that a violation of the first amendment?'

'Of course, in the long term we're all extinct.'

"Ah, you'll be wanting our red tape department, third door on the left!"

"We've been campaigning for years to encourage central government to delegate more powers to local authorities..."

"Hard to believe this was all rain forest just fifteen years ago."

"It's come to my attention that our sister city has been borrowing our city's clothes without even asking."

The Mayor Alonzo Q. Furdweiller Pothole. Looks like the mayor and the city council are bickering again.

Sinalization.

'No reason, other than that fishing relieves stress.'

"You know, turning a hobby into a job kinda takes all the fun out of it."

At this exact location on May 23rd 1957, a bunch of people mounted this plaque to commemorate a surplus of funding for the Commemorative Plaque Society.

This is not what I had in mind when I joined the Council!

"Rudy, did you realize it's illegal for a boss to tell his minion how to vote?...And that therefore, I would never tell you to vote for my friend Patsy Marionette, for city council?"

Alderman shocked at a proposal to pull down Temple Bar

"I hate when a parking spot in the city opens up."

Which One is Pulling Out?

Unpopular Street Signs: Go, Please Litter, Yes Parking, Garbage Collection - Sometimes Never - Mon-Fri.

'Someone come and mediate our argument about mediation!'

Urban lunch