Re: [Mpls] Tossing bottles/broken glass

[Sean Ryan]

 I live on busy Johnson Street in Northeast. There is a constant flow of 
litter that collects in my yard. I pick it up when I see it which is all I 
can really do. Every spring and fall we have the Weed It and Reap which is a 
neighborhood clean-up that encourages everyone to do some tidying. iT is 
effective for those two dates but in between things can get sketchy.

 Since Holy Land's big remodel on Central Avenue I have seen a lot more 
trash in the gutters, I mean a lot. It is staring to look like Cedar Avenue 
which seems to have some of the worst summer trash problems around.  Same 
goes for Broadway in North Minneapolis.

Perhaps the most thoughtless trend I have seen lately is dumping entire bags 
of fast-food and wrappers right in the street. This is occurs all the time, 
especially in the Holland and Logan neighborhoods. You'll see a murder of 
crows feeding on french fries and stale cheese in the gutters on weekend 
mornings after the feeding frenzy of friday night (the day it seems to most 
occur).  I am actually considering making a big plywood sign to put in the 
yard-

--------------------------
l  DON'T LITTER,  l
l                         l
l THIS   IS   OUR  l
l     STREET!        l
l______________l
    l            l
    l            l
Feel free to copy my sign, I worked hard on the concept   ;).

Sean Ryan
Audubon
PS story I
--I was once standing on Central waiting for a bus when the guy next to me 
threw a half full soda can on the sidewalk. A cop who had been waiting at 
the light immediately sped up and gave the man a shouting; apparently the 
cop was pretty frustrated  because he used some words that shouldn't be 
yelled from a cruiser window. The litterer sure learned his lesson and 
promptly pciked it up and placesd it in the receptacle 18 inches away.

PS story II
--While stuck in gridlock on 35w South (near diamond lake) one afternoon I 
glanced out the window at the large storm drain. It was cigarette butts 3 
inches deep 4 feet across. It so disturbed me that I have since encouraged 
everyone to use their ashtrays, not only for saftey but for the dear old 
Mississippi. Cigarette butts are usually fiberglass and are filled with 
toxins not good for the water.

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