to the slobs in Sunbury! (Reading: crime, homes, neighborhood)

[sunsetcliff]

Weather you live here or pass thru- I am tired of picking up your litter. Candy wrappers- cigarette packages, soda bottles, beer bottles, potato chip bags, freeze pop wrappers, cigarette butts.

Do you think the streets, sidewalks and yards magically clean themself?

Mess your own place not mine!!

PA Crimes Code, Title 18, Chapter 65 - scattering rubbish; illegally deposited trash that lands on public or private property. Can include someone illegally d umping their own trash or someone who is paid to dispose of waste Penalties: considered a summary offense, imposes a fine of not less than $50, nor more than $300, or imprisonment for not more than 90 days or both
Local Ordinances: municipal police can cite littering and illegal dumping under local ordinances, if the ordinances specifically mention the offenses. The following ordinances may contain language about littering and illegal dumping: recycling and solid waste, littering, illegal dumping, littered properties, parks and recreation, and theft of services. Penalties: Fines vary by ordinance and are set by the local district justice. Fines collected are returned to the local municipality.

[susquehannock]

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[sunsetcliff]

I do the crime watch on my mountain bike. I fully understand people who are low on cash. (applies to me) But there are alot of things a person can do that are cheap or free to make the city nice. Pull weeds- get rid of the clutter- paint- heck $5 for mistint paint. I was at the big rally about Sunbury a while back. Where the point was to have pride. Well- a few of us have it-- but many dont try in the slightest. Again- it doesnt take big money to make the place shine.

My brother and sister live out of state. My sister said the area has slid. My brother said nothing but losers live in PA. A buddy has seen pics of the flood wall from FL- he said it was "absolutely hideous".

...Again- I am on the bike in and out of alleys- all over town. And the blight is more then you see in a car wizzing by.

If everyone took just 15 minutes to tidy up their yard- the city would be a nicer place.

[armynse]

I truly agree!I live on Market Street and too many people feel the need to deposit litter in my front and side yard.
I try and try and I do not have a large amout of money. I try to do something to my home every year. I keep my grass cut and my trees trimed. I also keep junk off my front porch.
It is better to have sparse or nothing then to have clutter and junk!

[nativesunburyian]

Originally Posted by armynse

I truly agree!I live on Market Street and too many people feel the need to deposit litter in my front and side yard.
I try and try and I do not have a large amout of money. I try to do something to my home every year. I keep my grass cut and my trees trimed. I also keep junk off my front porch.
It is better to have sparse or nothing then to have clutter and junk!

All I can say is AMEN!!!!! I can't tell you the amount of people I've yelled at for throwing trash out their car window as they go by, or toss it down as they walk. I've even gone as far as pick it up and throw it back in their car if they park after doing it, and the look on their faces when they find the trash reappearing is priceless.

[blauskies]

Originally Posted by sunsetcliff

My brother and sister live out of state. My sister said the area has slid. My brother said nothing but losers live in PA. A buddy has seen pics of the flood wall from FL- he said it was "absolutely hideous".

The flood wall has been there so long that not many people alive remember what it looked like before it was built after the flood of 1936.

I remember this was on the wall years after this picture was taken, but a lot of other towns along the river were pissed what the wall did to their water levels.



If they removed it you might find a solution for your street cleaning though.

[Honest Bob]

Why are you posting your rants here?

Why not place an ad in your local newspaper or even have a newspaper reporter come to your neighborhood and do an article on the trash problem in your neighborhood?

[Icy Tea]

I drive thru Sunbury every year and believe me, your trash problem might annoy you but it is minor compared to other cities. Reading has trash everywhere. People just don't have the mental capacity to be able to think to throw trash away in a can. Many don't have garbage pickup so they haul their trash out and dump it along the mountain or highway. They redo their homes and haul the old fixtures and furniture away and dump them. Philly is the same way as are many of the bigger cities.
They should make it mandatory for school students to spend a few Saturdays a school year picking up trash so maybe they'd realize what a mess they make. Maybe they'd also be able to teach their parents not to throw trash wherever they feel like it.
Reading has done some pretty crappy public awareness signs, they contracted a loser company from Philly to do some really talentless attempts at promoting self esteem, or something. People never really knew what they were suppsoed to mean. They could do one picturing a broom and say you sweep with this. Or show a trash can and have it say trash goes in here. Jolt people and shock them into acting responsibly. The city is bankrupt, why not start actively catching litterers and start slapping $100 fines on them?