[StBernard] Courthouse blues

[Westley Annis]

DOE ANYBODY MAKE IT ALL THE THE WAY THRU JER OR DDK  ESSAYS?????

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> 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--