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<PREFIX>Mr</PREFIX>
<FIRST>Tim</FIRST>
<MIDDLE>W</MIDDLE>
<LAST>Robertson</LAST>
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<TITLE>Concern Citizen</TITLE>
<ORGANIZATION></ORGANIZATION>
<ADDR1>430 Sarah Street</ADDR1>
<ADDR2></ADDR2>
<CITY>Walterboro</CITY>
<STATE>SC</STATE>
<ZIP>29488</ZIP>
<EMAIL>tim.robertson@coastal.coop</EMAIL>
<PHONE_H>843 542-9150</PHONE_H>
<PHONE_B>843 538-9448</PHONE_B>
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<SUBJECT> Trash on Roads</SUBJECT>
<CUSTOM1>206.74.47.66</CUSTOM1>
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I wanted to express my concerns with all the trash on the sides of our roads and hwys, I don't think I ever seen it is bad as it is now. The County I live in which is Colleton is one of the worst, but all are bad. I travel through the state on meetings and business trips and all areas seem to be effected by this situation. The only time you see a clean area, is if you are in a gated community, or if some important person is coming to visit and everyone pitchs in help in a last ditch effort to clean it before the group arrives. Before I came to work in the public sector, I worked in private industry and I know one of the things companies look for is how clean you streets and road sides are, because that tells them about the communities quality attitude. Trashy roads, trashy products, trashy streets, trashy service. When I worked in a plant years back we had managers that let it run down, and effected both quality and safety as well as production. We done a mass project to clean it up and paint everything so it was nice bright and clean and all areas of the business perked up. My son has been to Afghanistan and other war stricken areas and he told me that some of our rural areas here looks as bad as the third world countries. South Carolinians are better than this. I realize we have some public campaigns advertising clean up and not littering but I don't think its enough. Sure we have adopt a HI-way programs but again its not enough. I think more legislation needs to be passed to clean up our state. More effort needs to put in by every town, city and county to clean up all or roads, HI-ways, rivers and streams. Yes lets don't forget about waterways, believe it or not a lot of flooding issues are caused by improper drainage which is caused by trash stopping the flow ways.  More emphasis needs to stress to come up with machines that not only cuts grass on sides of roads but all some picks up and recycles debris. Our prisons and jails are full but yet or roads are dirty. Let tax payers get use out of the money it cost to imprison people. Come up with awards for clean areas, base taxes on how clean areas are, make business pitch in on clean up. My subdivision is right behind a shopping center and all the plastic bags, receipt's etc ends up in our area. I have a granddaughter Lindsey that that works continuously to clean it up, she always ask me, poppy why does people not care how they trash up our communities. I cannot answers this because I know we are better than this. I would like the governors response. I'm officially informing the governors office that Lindsey is starting a campaign to clean up our communities and make all public officials, local, state and federal be involved.
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