I am always having to pick up the roadside litter. I am getting fed up with the lack of charactor of my neighbors. There is at least one new beer can or bottle a day thrown out on the area I try to keep clean. Fast food debris are a close second and the final straw was having to pick up a "loaded" diaper last week. Other property owners have given up trying to keep ahead of the stuff, the roadside looks like some third world country. I believe a large percentage of the litter is coming from newly arrived people from south of the border. If anyone has been to Mexico(outside of the tourist areas), you know why I suspect that they may be part of the problem. We have a large central American population that are drawn here to work on the farms and a large tyson chicken plant that employes many immigrants. I have no problem with people coming here to improve their lives. I do have a problem with people that reduce the quality of MY life. I see three problems with the way our county/State handles litter. There are of course the usual signs saying "500 dollar fine for littering"- in english only. Now how are people that don't read english supposed to know? I asked our sherrif about the inmates in the county workhouse and why they aren't out working on the litter. He just shrugged and said they can't afford to get them out there. The third thing is we don't have a bottle deposit law. It has been brought up in the State legislature but the lobbyists always get it shot down. Does anyone have any good ideas on how an individual could make an impact to curb this? I have thought about cameras along the road and gathering evidence so I can insist the Sherrif enforce the litter laws. If that fails I could at least deposit the trash in the front yard of those throwing it in my front yard. I have also e-mailed all the state representitives asking for help (in the form of a deposit law) and included some graphic pictures.
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