We're the ants at the bottom of the hill. Why are you killing the little ants at the bottom of the hill?

Philadelphia Board of Revision of Taxes clerk Donna Aument, who had said that clerks are not responsible for the inaccurate property assessments that have gotten the BRT into trouble. Mayor Michael Nutter recently passed an order that would require its 76 patronage workers to abandon their political activities and pass a civil service exam to have a chance at keeping their jobs.