02-04-2012, 01:04 PM
Difficult situation. The answer for me was to stop caring. I started picking up trash there with a dead cat that I just couldn't ignor any longer. It grew from there and I bought a trailer for my small tractor and made it a weekly or so deal. I'd guess some of you saw me and further guess yours were some of the thumbs-up I got from time to time. Thanks. I got completely fed up with the local mind-set there and moved back. This was long after I stopped picking up trash and I noticed it got really bad for a while, and then noticed some other haole was out there picking it up.
Any of you remember the council member who proposed charging a dump fee at the transfer station? Talk about being out of touch with the local world!
Guess I'd have to say correcting this behavior will be a long haul and has to start with children, but it's so near impossible to retrain from what they watch their parents do every day. If not for the highway related safety issues, I'd propose you residents there loby to hault some phys-ed programs in lieu of highway shoulder clean-up field trips. That would get the message to kids and parents.
And by the way, the worst offenders in my neighborhood were the children of the worst offenders - go figure.
Any of you remember the council member who proposed charging a dump fee at the transfer station? Talk about being out of touch with the local world!
Guess I'd have to say correcting this behavior will be a long haul and has to start with children, but it's so near impossible to retrain from what they watch their parents do every day. If not for the highway related safety issues, I'd propose you residents there loby to hault some phys-ed programs in lieu of highway shoulder clean-up field trips. That would get the message to kids and parents.
And by the way, the worst offenders in my neighborhood were the children of the worst offenders - go figure.