Whitmire claimed that he spent his entire career preparing for the job he has now. WOW, hate to think how much worse things could get if he wasn’t so prepared.
HOUSTON — Residents along Parker Road in Houston’s Homestead neighborhood said illegal dumping on their street has surged in recent weeks, leaving them frustrated and still waiting for help despite repeated complaints.
Mattresses, boxes and even toilets line parts of the roadway median, according to neighbors who said the dumping has worsened over the past month.
“This is a decent neighborhood, and we would like to keep it that way,” resident Lillian Bryant said. “Every other day, somebody is coming by, adding trash to it, so trash is piling up. Nobody is doing anything about it. If you stop a car and tell them do not put the trash out here, they just look at you mean and drive off.”
Neighbors said they have contacted the city through 311 multiple times but have yet to see results.
“Upset. Disgusted. Frustrated. Because it’s been out there for a long time, and we’ve been trying to get some results done with it,” resident Angela Reason said.
Residents said the problem goes beyond large items like couches, television boxes and abandoned Christmas trees. Smaller pieces of trash in the median are blowing into front lawns, creating additional cleanup concerns.
Kinda like the game Pop a Mole. We don’t have enough police to stop illegal dumping, and you can bet that anyone who may not be a citizen born in this country is not going to risk calling HPD, where they could wind up investigating them and handing them over to ICE.
