Walkers and litter!

[avagator]

I own a corner lot and my yard is littered with cigarette butts, used tissue, and candy wrappers! Most dog walkers clean up after their dogs but why do others think they can throw anything in someone else’s yard? The people that live along the sidewalk on Moyer Loop have more problems! When I moved here 3 years ago I was impressed with the cleanliness of TV. What is happening?

[Two Bills]

I own a corner lot and my yard is littered with cigarette butts, used tissue, and candy wrappers! Most dog walkers clean up after their dogs but why do others think they can throw anything in someone else’s yard? The people that live along the sidewalk on Moyer Loop have more problems! When I moved here 3 years ago I was impressed with the cleanliness of TV. What is happening?

The Newbies are bringing their nasty habits with them.
One of the things wife and I have noticed over the last 4-5 years is the increase in litter.
'twas never so!
MTP.

[Stu from NYC]

How can people be so stupid and careless?

[Number 10 GI]

How can people be so stupid and careless?

Because it's so easy and comes natural to them.

[kaseydog]

live on a corner with storm drain. any time a neighbor has work done the service provider parks by my home. workers throw trash in street. they pour paint,liquid waste down the storm drain. the worst offenders are the mystery trucks with no identifying info except license plates.i walk my dog around around my property so i see a lot.

[vintageogauge]

live on a corner with storm drain. any time a neighbor has work done the service provider parks by my home. workers throw trash in street. they pour paint,liquid waste down the storm drain. the worst offenders are the mystery trucks with no identifying info except license plates.i walk my dog around around my property so i see a lot.

And it all ends up in a pond.

[dewilson58]

It's not anyone on ToTV. :1rotfl:

[kcrazorbackfan]

I own a corner lot and my yard is littered with cigarette butts, used tissue, and candy wrappers! Most dog walkers clean up after their dogs but why do others think they can throw anything in someone else’s yard? The people that live along the sidewalk on Moyer Loop have more problems! When I moved here 3 years ago I was impressed with the cleanliness of TV. What is happening?

The snowbirds are staying here longer..

And it’s probably the same filthy pigs 🐖 I’ve railed about dumping trash along the MMP’s.

[davem4616]

the butts are not from TV residents

some of the litter is from vendors without question

the rest of the stuff is from jerks that did the very same thing where they came from

they don't give a damn and never will....thankfully they are few and far between

[Eg_cruz]

I own a corner lot and my yard is littered with cigarette butts, used tissue, and candy wrappers! Most dog walkers clean up after their dogs but why do others think they can throw anything in someone else’s yard? The people that live along the sidewalk on Moyer Loop have more problems! When I moved here 3 years ago I was impressed with the cleanliness of TV. What is happening?
Smokers have always thought the earth is their ashtray.......sorry you have to deal with it

[justjim]

More people - more litter. The generation behind us were sit in the corner (sometimes) instead of getting a swat on their butts.

[HappyRetired]

live on a corner with storm drain. any time a neighbor has work done the service provider parks by my home. workers throw trash in street. they pour paint,liquid waste down the storm drain. the worst offenders are the mystery trucks with no identifying info except license plates.i walk my dog around around my property so i see a lot.

Call Community Watch immediately when you see it. They will be out quickly to confront the offenders. This is illegal. If I saw someone throwing butts I'd approach and ask if the yard looks like an ashtray--and they should please use their vehicle. That littering is also against the law--police need to be called. If you don't report it nothing will be done and it will continue.

[willbush]

I own a corner lot and my yard is littered with cigarette butts, used tissue, and candy wrappers! Most dog walkers clean up after their dogs but why do others think they can throw anything in someone else’s yard? The people that live along the sidewalk on Moyer Loop have more problems! When I moved here 3 years ago I was impressed with the cleanliness of TV. What is happening?
I notice it all the time and have to pick up butts;it isn't the dog walkers but the regular walkers and people throwing cigerets out the car windows;I caught house cleaning people do it and talked to them about it;they said they were sorry;if you smoke don't litter;also mowers...

[charlieo1126@gmail.com]

Call the family, I’m sure it’s there fault

[kendi]

More people - more litter. The generation behind us were sit in the corner (sometimes) instead of getting a swat on their butts.

And just what generation are you referring to?

[Arctic Fox]

external surveillance camera pointed at the worst area - get a decent quality one so the person can be identified - take the evidence to the police. You'll have to be prepared to follow up, but if it's bugging you that much it would be worth it for the peace of mind.

[raynor222]

I know a lot of the litter is caused by things flying out of the backs of pickup trucks as they drive down the road. This I have seen many times.

[Travelingal702]

Don't tar all snowbirds with the same brush! I'm sure it must happen when they're not here, as well. I get so angry when some writes "they all", or "all of them". Not true! No, I'm not a snowbird. I just get tired of people blaming "everyone" for the actions of a few.

[sipops]

It is not just the new people it is pretty much everyone, water bottles and Styrofoam cups fly out of golf carts, branches and yard debris fall off of uncovered trucks. Yesterday Morse Blvd was like a schalom run.

[alfredpopcorn@gmail.com]

Thanks
99% of trash is coming from workers - flying out of trucks or just throwing cigarette butts out .
Also flying off of golf carts
Garage day - garbage bags being attached by varmints
- also on recycling days and wind
It would help if some of you would walk outside more - your opinions would have more credence

[Andyhope]

Trash is probably from cars, not walkers. And people throwing junk out the windows may not even be villagers

[Fisherman]

I also live on a corner lot. In addition, I walk six miles a day around my Village since there is not much else outdoor activity! The latest is disposed masks. Have found three on my lot that blew up against the shrubs. I saw a biker go by, it has been very windy of late, he rides down the middle of the street and here comes his mask blowing off and he just kept going! One of our storm drains is covered up with disposed concrete. You should see all the cigarette butts on the golf courses! People move here because of the beautiful environment, and then some choose to destroy it... can not figure that out!

[Dilligas]

I get angry with golfers who smoke and throw their butts down where ever they feel like (including the greens). In a town like TV that has so many veterans.....who were taught to 'field strip their butts and dispose of them properly ...why do they now feel they can drop them anywhere when they are finished smoking them?

[Bishop]

We are on a curve with a storm drain and have seen doggie bags thrown in the drain. Called community watch but no one came. I suppose we should be grateful they picked up after their dog....

[Larry Poling]

Sad to say but up until a year ago when we had visitors I would tell them I would pay them $1 for each piece of litter they saw as we drove around the neighborhood. I only had to pay off about $5 in 3 years of doing that. I quit last year when I saw the terrible increase in litter.

[MollyJo]

How can people be so stupid and careless?

Unfortunately the ‘Old School’ has closed. People lack morals/values today.

[Leadbone1]

I own a corner lot and my yard is littered with cigarette butts, used tissue, and candy wrappers! Most dog walkers clean up after their dogs but why do others think they can throw anything in someone else’s yard? The people that live along the sidewalk on Moyer Loop have more problems! When I moved here 3 years ago I was impressed with the cleanliness of TV. What is happening?

Ride my bike from Polo Ridge up to Spanish Springs several times a week. noticing a lot of cans, bottles, and other trash along the multi modal path? I wonder about the mentality of the people throwing this stuff down as they’re walking or out of their golf carts.Wondering if a lot of it could be from the landscape workers that are always prevalent? Just another possibility?

[CarolSells]

A friend in Del Webb told me that they recently had a major drainage problem on the street near their fitness center. Sewer was dug up and found to be clogged up with a ton of doggie doo bags.
I, too, have a problem with litter thrown in my yard.
A trip to Walmart today revealed several face masks thrown on the ground in the parking lot and wipes, etc. left in carts. SMH.

[Number 10 GI]

live on a corner with storm drain. any time a neighbor has work done the service provider parks by my home. workers throw trash in street. they pour paint,liquid waste down the storm drain. the worst offenders are the mystery trucks with no identifying info except license plates.i walk my dog around around my property so i see a lot.

Take pictures and contact the state conservation department. Nobody here can do anything.

[nevjudbaker]

Smokers think nothing of throwing their cigarettes on the ground or out of the window of their cars.
With all of the golf carts driving around especially as fast as they drive, I can imagine tissues or misc stuff flying out of the carts.

[Number 10 GI]

I get angry with golfers who smoke and throw their butts down where ever they feel like (including the greens). In a town like TV that has so many veterans.....who were taught to 'field strip their butts and dispose of them properly ...why do they now feel they can drop them anywhere when they are finished smoking them?

So now it's veterans who are throwing all the butts on the ground. You are basing this on what?

[Number 10 GI]

We are on a curve with a storm drain and have seen doggie bags thrown in the drain. Called community watch but no one came. I suppose we should be grateful they picked up after their dog....

What do you expect community to do, they have no police powers, no investigators? If you saw someone throw doggie doo bags in the drain take a picture of them and contact the county/state conservation department. They have the power to do something. The only thing is you will have to provide the pictures and make a statement as to what you saw and may have to appear in court. If you aren't willing to do that don't complain.

[Barefoot]

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[Topspinmo]

I own a corner lot and my yard is littered with cigarette butts, used tissue, and candy wrappers! Most dog walkers clean up after their dogs but why do others think they can throw anything in someone else’s yard? The people that live along the sidewalk on Moyer Loop have more problems! When I moved here 3 years ago I was impressed with the cleanliness of TV. What is happening?

Those dang gum baby boomers!:shocked:

[Topspinmo]

What do you expect community to do, they have no police powers, no investigators? If you saw someone throw doggie doo bags in the drain take a picture of them and contact the county/state conservation department. They have the power to do something. The only thing is you will have to provide the pictures and make a statement as to what you saw and may have to appear in court. If you aren't willing to do that don't complain.

If they was scumbag’s before they moved here, moving here not going to change their habits. :ho:

[eddie888]

I got Here 13 years ago. Boy, things have changed.

[Sailr303]

I saw a landscaper washing extra concrete into a storm drain. I called Community Watch and they were there in minutes. (352) 753-0550. Call them - it's one of their functions.

[ONTAP15]

The snowbirds are staying here longer..

And it’s probably the same filthy pigs 🐖 I’ve railed about dumping trash along the MMP’s.
When you purchased your house, weren't there snowbirds? Maybe its the full time residents who are the pigs? If it wasn't for the snowbirds, there wouldn't be TV..

[boobear51751]

neighborhood watch will NOT do anything about that nor will they call the police. It is not their jobs to police and confront people. A woman being beating by her husband screamed for help a few years back and the watch person would not get involved. A resident walking nearby asked the watch guy to call for help and he handed her his phone and said you have to call the police. We have many many pigs among us now. 15 years ago it was soooooo much nicer here.

[b0bd0herty]

Do you remember when cars had ashtrays? Now they don't and even though there is a fine for littering, people have no where to throw their butts. Unfortunately, since so many law enforcement personnel (my own opinion) smoke, the littering laws are not enforced. Saw a driver at a stop light throw a butt out right in front of a patrol car... nothing. :(

[Alicia]

Agreed, Walking my dog the other day was a real chore, because someone had lunch of chicken wings and threw the bones in the Street. She thought it was an Easter egg hunt, and I had a very difficult time to try and stop her from eating them. I do believe the Street is not a garbage can.

[Bay Kid]

This is mostly workers, especially the cigs. Snowbirds have nothing to do with this anymore than the frogs do.

[Number 10 GI]

Do you remember when cars had ashtrays? Now they don't and even though there is a fine for littering, people have no where to throw their butts. Unfortunately, since so many law enforcement personnel (my own opinion) smoke, the littering laws are not enforced. Saw a driver at a stop light throw a butt out right in front of a patrol car... nothing. :(

I don't know what you base your opinion on for you to say that so many LEO's smoke. My observations in a lot of different cities is that most do not smoke. Did it occur to you that possibly the officer didn't see the person throw out that butt?

[Fuzz323]

Do you remember when cars had ashtrays? Now they don't and even though there is a fine for littering, people have no where to throw their butts. Unfortunately, since so many law enforcement personnel (my own opinion) smoke, the littering laws are not enforced. Saw a driver at a stop light throw a butt out right in front of a patrol car... nothing. :(

........methinks you might be the same guy who would jump on the cop who got out of his patrol car to grab the violating offender of this heinous crime for wasting your tax dollars - "why not go catch a real bad guy and cut down on the crime rate" or something like that. Then the moron who tossed the butt in the first place could use the time honored line "you know my taxes pay your salary" on the cop. This is usually used by someone driving a beater-mobile and wearing a torn tank top shirt. Just 'sayin'

[carenrn1]

I am so glad you are addressing the littering problem. I walk Moyer frequently carry a bag and pick up litter as I go. It's disgusting what I find. Cig butts including the mail
neighborhood pool areas, bags of dog poop, cans, plastic bottles, cups, disposable gloves, masks, gum, towels in cart paths, white tissue and wipes etc. Never use to be like this. Littering is a man made problem. Can't blame anything else! Our earth is not your ash tray or waste basket! Be considerate and take pride of our beautiful landscape here in TV .