07-18-2015, 07:08 AM
the bums/derelicts are a growing problem in hilo... it is disgusting to see them laying around in the park with their shopping carts and rolling houses of crap
A few years ago I was parked in the shade of a large Hilo banyan tree. Nearby a man with an old cargo van was unloading boxes of bottles, and what looked like the kind of things you see thrown into the refuse containers at the transfer station, old clothes, blankets, etc. When the van was empty he drove off leaving a huge pile of "junk" behind. There was another man parked nearby and I asked whether he had noticed the guys license plate number so we could call the police to report the illegal dumping. He said "no, don't call the cops, that's my friend and he asked me to stay here to watch his stuff." Sure enough, a half hour later the old cargo van returned, and the owner loaded all his worldly possessions back inside.
A few years ago I was parked in the shade of a large Hilo banyan tree. Nearby a man with an old cargo van was unloading boxes of bottles, and what looked like the kind of things you see thrown into the refuse containers at the transfer station, old clothes, blankets, etc. When the van was empty he drove off leaving a huge pile of "junk" behind. There was another man parked nearby and I asked whether he had noticed the guys license plate number so we could call the police to report the illegal dumping. He said "no, don't call the cops, that's my friend and he asked me to stay here to watch his stuff." Sure enough, a half hour later the old cargo van returned, and the owner loaded all his worldly possessions back inside.
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