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To the editor:
This letter is in regards to the mandate that our three trash cans are in
our streets and not in the alley. I agree with Garry Nelson's letter to the
Shafter Press dated March 31, 2022. However, the Rotary motto doesn't have a
safety component. Many of our streets have no sidewalks, forcing students
walking to and from school to travel in the street. When you add a line of
garbage cans to the line of parked cars, those children will now be in the
middle of the street. This is a dangerous situation for our community's
children and citizens.
It seems that some alleys have low-hanging wires (a safety issue) and
improperly disposed trash (a code enforcement issue). The city has found
these issues make the alleys unusable for trash pick-up. The City Council
views the messy trash pickup/garbage collection as an issue and has been
unable to correct this blight. Now, this alley blight will remain and
probably grow, and that same blight will migrate to the streets with our
trash cans.
It is truly disappointing that "input" meetings are in reality lectures to
the citizens telling them how it is going to be to keep the "powers that
be" happy. I expect this letter will have no impact ... Like many public
boards and public agencies there has been a deaf ear to any and all
expressed concerns by the citizens.
Pat Wilson
Shafter
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