Keeping Our Roadside Clean

I ain't one to constantly complain about how our county works, but I am upset about the way the road cleanup is being handled around here. A couple of years ago a storm came through and dropped a number of tree limbs on the road. A road crew got right on it and removed the limbs from the road. The problem is they didn't haul them off. They just moved them to the side of the road. And there they lay today. When the movers come (they do a good job keeping the grass down) they move the limbs out of their way and leave them roadside. This has been going on for years. It is necessary to mow several times a month during the summer. It would seem a much easier task to haul these limbs off once and for all. And things sure would look better. I have sent several letters to the county telling them my views. I am beginning to get the feeling there may be more than laziness and inefficiency in their motives.

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