Credit where credit is due: someone needed to yell at the Eagles for failure to pay their piece of taxes, and ACORN did it (from CLOUT):

THERE'S NOTHING like a good old-fashioned tailgate party during the offseason. In Wynnewood.

About 50 people passed around grilled hot dogs - chanting "Pay, Eagles, Pay" to the tune of the team's fight song - in front of team owner Jeffrey Lurie's Llanfair Road mansion yesterday to urge him to fork over the millions of dollars that the team owes the city.

Before leaving, participants propped up against Lurie's padlocked fence a large "Past Due" notice for $8 million, which cops later took down.

ACORN, an advocate for low-income families, set up camp there in an effort to retrieve the money to help keep city health centers open. Closing up to three health centers is among the options to help plug a massive gap in the budget.

I wrote a lot about the health centers on here once upon a time. They are, on balance, a revenue generator for the city. They would be even less expensive if the city cancelled a ton of their contract work with the hospitals and health systems and just hired employees outright.

Either way, they are a resource for a struggling city and if we don't pay for health centers we'll pay for more in our emergency rooms as a result. At a time like this, when the Eagles are making good money and showing a comeback, they should play fair, set a good example and pay up.