On Tuesday last I posted on this blog a handful of pictures of yard waste collections that had lain dormant for some time. The issue was these had all been reported to the Street Department personnel on a repeated basis to no avail.
This morning I’m happy to report that as of dark thirty last evening, a full 75% of those posted are now gone. Additionally in checking back with folks in the neighborhoods I learned that many others were disposed of by the city’s Grapple Truck crew over the weekend as well.
So to Mayor England, Street Superintendant Mickey Thompson, and especially the guys on the trucks we send out a heartfelt THANK YOU!!! We the people really do appreciate your efforts.
We also want to thank all of the aforementioned as well as Board of Works President Matt Denison for coordinating the dumpster drop this weekend for the cleanup efforts of the SEJ Neighborhood Association.
Kudos as well to Padgett Inc. for manufacturing such fine looking dumpsters for these events. The red lettering on the bright white paint looks sharp!
Albeit I’m quite sure not all of the contents came from the SEJ area, we none the less managed to fill all five of them to overflowing. So as of this writing our fair city is minus two extremely large loads of yard waste, two of household trash, and one of old tires. Our sincere thanks once again to all who participated in this affair.
Speaking of tires, one gentleman who concentrated solely on them noted that a large number of them had been cut in the fashion that a repair shop might in order to discourage one from trying to salvage them for reuse. So it begs the question--- do we have some unscrupulous souls in our midst who are dumping their rejects in our neighborhoods to avoid the business costs of disposing of them properly??
If so would it not be a coup if we could catch them in the act on camera?? Sounds much like a Block Watch project to me.
And just to show that we at NAC believe in equal opportunity press, did anyone note the participation of anyone from the new “Landlord’s Association” in this weekends cleanup attempts?
If so another round of THANKS for helping!! If not, WHY?? It was advertised well in advance after all.
Duh! If I'm not to late, I'll try to get a picture daid ful dumpsters to add to the post later in the day just for emphasis!
ReplyDeleteI was happy to see the things I left in the alley and called the city about picked up this weekend. I took a bag and wandered around S Ellen Jones school picking up trash from there after hitting my block and the next block over. There was (and probably still is) an awful lot of broken glass in that park where the kids play...that really concerned me.
ReplyDeleteMaybe they were inspired after reading this blog, particularly the part about the bags of "grass" on Main St.
ReplyDelete...that is a joke, by the way. I'm grateful for the responsiveness from the administration.
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