[StBernard] Courthouse blues

[Westley Annis]

This is gross.  I remember using the courthouse bathroom early on and having
this problem.  I thought surely it would be fixed by now.  Yuck.

Laurie


> -----------------------------------------------------

> I despise un-cleanliness. (Unrelated to the storm), I've seen

unmentionable

> filth streetwise (and I don't mean it's privy to an after-parade in St.

> Bernard parish). The dirge extends throughout my memory when touring

> Louisiana in general. Paper and garbage thrown from vehicles lace the

> highways and byways, along the neighborhood streets and yes--it even

extends

> to some homes I've experienced --- unfortunately. 

> 

> It's awful enough to confine it only to a household. However when trash

> extends outside one's residence and migrates across the street to the

> neighbor's property or outside one's car to the highway - this disturbs

me.

> 

> I've traveled somewhat outside of the country, to Europe, Mexico, Bahamas

> and even applys to some decent states (and yes, Disneyworld). To have

> experienced this degree of cleanliness in comparison, I'm highly

> disappointed at adult's negligence or their negligence/lack of common

> courtesy/decency in respect to the environment/earth. Most of these areas

> I've seen won't reveal trash on the ground as everyone (including

government

> and responsible agencies) must do his or her/its part in perfecting an

> attitude toward cleanliness.

> 

> I don't wish to leave my place of birth as I don't subscribe to this

> defeatist attitude of giving up when I might make the significant

difference

> in helping educate or make my small contribution in helping. Everyone

should

> examine his/her conscience to determine if all has been done to keep our

> world out of the colossal garbage bin of stench and refuse.

> 

> Cleanliness:

> 

> With that said, let me share a brief note toward the court house.

Yesterday,

> after the utilization of the bathroom facility--one of my very common/sure

> practices is to do the basic afterward: wash my hands. It should be a

given

> right in a government establishment. 

> 

> However, I was deprived of this action. Upon finding no water in one sink,

I

> moved over to the second. Incredibly, it also was bone dry. **Yes, there

was

> plenty of soap, but no water to make the action workable. Upon further

> examination, (I feel uncomfortable using the tripe word: chagrin <G>), I

> noticed pipes were missing under the sinks. Appalling? How about

spellbound,

> as I was forced to wipe the liquid soap off my hands repeatedly until

> totally rubbed to extinction.

> 

> I felt compelled to bring this to the attention to the "food court"

outside

> of the Clerk of Court's domain. The attendant claimed (whether a concern

to

> him or not) as he shrugged his shoulder that there's nothing he could do

> about it--nor knew if anything was in the works. 

> 

> I was further confused. Imagine if I led a life-practice of

> "whistle-blowing" --how there would be a field day explaining the state

> board of health and other agencies that a beaucoup of possible germs,

> viri/viruses and diseases could be spread from everyone to everyone by the

> neglect displayed at this site. To imagine people who use the facility

> (including the food maker attendant) who are subjected to eat, bring into

> court, visit the clerk/accessor's offices, etc. is unconscionable. 

> 

> The attendant says the parish government is responsible and I find it hard

> to believe NO ONE has brought it to the attention of either the parish or

> the board of health in seeing that this issue is resolved successfully and

> soon.

> 

> I'll wait a short while to see if Craig or others in their duty can

address

> the issue. It is needed and sickens me to have been placed in this

> situation. 

> 

> --now, I'll step off the soapbox and allow others to digest a disgust for

> the similar experience. Hopefully, though they do not depend upon visiting

> the bathrooms until what is indeed broken--is expedited to a complete

> conclusion, satisfactorily by those who must experience using the

courthouse

> restrooms.

> 

> It's called cleanliness--even though responsibility is a huge part of the

> problem.

> 

> --jer--