[StBernard] debris

[Westley Annis]

DDK:
 
Well put, especially given the fact that residents have been notified that
"new debris" will NOT be picked up by URG.  Craig, would you mind clarifying
whether or not items that are boxed or placed in garbage cans will be picked
up by the parish workers as part of the "regular" twice a week garbage
pick-up?  If not, what are we supposed to do with new debris in the interim?

 
Thanks in advance for answering.
 
John Richardson

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	I read where Orleans and Jefferson are reminding their citizens that
they 
	are not to dump anything on public medians and rights of ways. I
think St.
	Bernard workers have done a fantastic job on the medians starting in
Arabi
	and I can see progress as they work their way down Judge Perez. One
day, 
	hopefully, they'll receive an edging machine again.
	
	However, we all have to help with this effort.  I saw where the food
wagon
	stand on the north side of Judge Perez near Charles Drive starting
putting
	their food garbage on the median last week. Why? Why would a
business not 
	contract for dumpster service if the volume of business is more than
the
	regular garbage service can handle? And why take their garbage off
their own
	property and just dump it on the median?
	
	Also, for residential neighborhoods like Palmisano, Corrine,
DuBouchel, 
	Colonial, etc. perhaps it is time after nearly a year to stop
dumping on the
	public medians. While it was very convenient, it was a luxury other
	homeowners never had. But there has to be a point at which we start
to 
	return to our former selves and I would suggest to our council to
announce a
	reminder like the other parishes are doing, that it just has to stop
at some
	point and give a date, beyond which it is back to illegal dumping
that will 
	be enforced.
	
	Hopefully, with Craig's good news about a public site for residents
about to
	open, we can bring the debris out of the neighborhoods and
businesses as
	much as we can do ourselves and there certainly would be no
justification 
	for dumping anything on medians, canal banks, and other public
property.
	
	As we approach the height of hurricane season in the next 8 weeks,
we all
	(residents, businesses, churches, schools ) need to do our part to
get our 
	drains unblocked and get debris off the streets.
	
	ddk