Letter to the Editor
Trash disposal
Published Thursday, May 29, 2008
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To the editor: Re: Mr. Cooper’s letter to the editor May 24.
I can empathize with Mr. Cooper regarding the folks who leave behind all the remnants of their picnic for others to either clean up or just leave lying there.
However, I do not agree with Mr. Cooper’s “verbally” trashing others and suggesting these folks come downtown and leave trash in the downtown area “where they have plenty of company.” I understand his anger at the trash left behind. I say “thank you,” Mr. Cooper, for picking up the trash and disposing of it. That is a great example for your grandson.
But, is it a good example to suggest the trash be left “somewhere else” besides a dumpster or disposal area? Perhaps also suggesting we set a good example by disposing of trash properly, and not trashing someplace else, would be a better example than suggesting they trash downtown.
Dianna Cline
North Pole
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I thought it was pretty funny.
mornin honey, I mean honeyhi ;) It was funny but it did imply that they should not be doing this in his neighborhood, they should have been downtown where they would fit right in. My response was then what it is now, maybe someone ran him out of their downtown neighborhood with the same sentiment, not my problem when in your neighborhood.
I think you all miss his point of sarcasm.. He wanted to point out we have a major problem with trashy stuff downtown. And that he's frustrated that it's filtering out to that area he uses. Maybe it's not a large enough issue downtown for the authorities to do anything yet? Maybe if they noticed it better, they would actually do something? Maybe some folks need to actually see what was meant to be conveyed, instead of hopping on their own soapbox and preaching back? I see both sides of this, and thing maybe it should be take both ways also.
I know Mr. Cooper personally. He's a disabled veteran who has lived in Fairbanks for 35 years. I sincerely doubt he has been run out of any neighborhood. I see him picking up trash along Geist Road, walking his dog, and riding his bike to the store on a daily basis. I have also talked with him as he fished and had a picnic along the Chena River. Maybe he's saying enough is enough. If certain elements of the community want to engage in behavior that is contrary to the norms of a civilized society; for example, public intoxication and littering, kindly congregate in a central location where the rest of us don't have to be a part of it.
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