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<DIV>Well said Bruce! Why don't you submit this article to the Washington
Post? I think more people need to see it. </DIV>
<DIV>Audrey</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 9/3/2009 8:35:45 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
bruce.wernek@mindspring.com writes:</DIV>
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<P>When I was younger it was socially unacceptable to litter. There were
"Do not Litter" signs/slogans on roads and in the parks, "Do Not Litter" ads
on radio and TV. In fact if you got caught littering on Rt 95 you could
be fined $1000. There were numerous "Do Not Litter" signs
lining Rt 95, but they have long been removed. We are in a new era in
our society where littering is socially acceptable just like pretty much
everything else. Litter is ubiquitous, everywhere, ignored. It's a
reflection on us and our apathy regarding the cleanliness of the very places
we live and work. Our kids play in it, our pets chew on it, birds
make nests with it, wild animals eat it. Who cares about how it affects
the enviroment and the other living things that share this planet with
us. The street sweeper will pick it up.</P>
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<P>Will the street sweeper pickup the inconceivable volumes of trash that are
being dumped overboard by every vessel on the high seas. Will the street
sweeper save the all of the animals that inadvertently consume our filth
mistaking it for food? Will the street sweeper clean up all of the trash
washed into the rivers and creeks spreading our
poison over this Garden of Eden on which we tread? Two hundred
miles straight up there is nothing but a hard vacuum and lifeless
empty planets for inconceivable distances. This third stone from
the Sun is a cool oasis in an infinite desert yet we treat it like a dumping
ground for our refuse. This behavior is unsustainable. There are
now around 6.8 billion people on the planet. It's projected that there
will be around 9 billion by the year 2040. Is the street sweeper going
to pick up all of their trash too?</P>
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<P>I hate to break the news to you, but the street sweeper can't solve this
problem. It's up to us to change our behavior and recognize that
throwing our trash all over the place is totally, utterly, unacceptable (I
can't believe I just said this. I took it for granted that everyone felt
this way). Anyone who discards their trash as if the world's their trash
can should penalized civilly and socially. It's up to us to
solve this problem. We can start with our Town government enforcing
our ordinances, political correctness be damned.</P>
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<P>Bruce<BR><BR><BR></P>
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Message----- <BR>From: Andrew Waldron <ANDREWWALDO@GMAIL.COM><BR>Sent: Sep
2, 2009 7:18 PM <BR>To: Cranky old Coot <LKING@KNOB.COM><BR>Cc:
towntalk@riverdale-park.org <BR>Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] Street sweeping
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<DIV>I really fail to understand the point of this discussion. If
the town is purchasing the vacuum, it will sweep up the litter. Litter
is something that is in every society everyone. It would be impossible to
stop it. Therefore, instead of discussing ways to eliminate it (an
impossible task), let's pick up trash when we see it and leave the rest up
to the vacuum.<BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 6:29 PM, Cranky old Coot <SPAN
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<DIV text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff">Enlightenment, awareness,
behavior modification are good objectives.<BR><BR>But I hear leftest
jackboots coming down Riverdale Park's streets. How would we hold
McDonald's responsible for <STRIKE>quarter</STRIKE> <B>third</B> pounder
rappers in my yard? McDonald's is just as responsible for the health cost
of obesity as they are for litter, and no one has figured out how to stop
that atrocity. I would gladly pickup all their trash if they would stop
"aiding and abetting" the poor eating habits of my neighbors. But that
won't happen!<BR><BR>I would suggest a step back and an effort to stay at
least within sight of reality. <BR><BR>Perhaps some suggested
changes to the Town Code would be in order. My reading of paragraphs 57-2
thru 57-4 and 57-6 of the Code don't seem to cover what is being
discussed here. Paragraph 36, about trash, also misses (IMHO).<BR><BR>On
the other hand paragraph 57-10(a) seems to me to identify who is
responsible for the clean-up.<BR><BR>"It shall be the duty of every person
in charge or control of any building or parcel of<BR>land located in the
town, fronting or abutting on a public sidewalk, whether as owner,
tenant,<BR>occupant or otherwise, to cut and keep trim grass from the edge
of the property line to the paved<BR>road, whether the land is public or
private, <BIG><B>and not to allow any trash, waste material,
garbage</B></BIG>,<BR>offensive dirty material, weeds, briars, brush and
grass to grow more than ten (10) inches tall. It<BR>shall be unlawful to
fail, neglect or refuse to comply with this section."<BR><BR>(the emphases
is mine). I want to watch that trash "grow to more than ten 10
inches tall." :-)<BR><BR>COC<BR><FONT color=#888888><PRE cols="72">--
I'm the Cranky Old Coot's keeper, and I approve this message
Lou King</PRE></FONT></DIV><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>TownTalk
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