Another Monday Morning email

A beautiful sunny morning and the children and I are greeted by litter strewn streets and piles of dog poo, as we trip merrily to the nursery. Camera out, and I can't resist any longer, photographing the pile of dog shit which has sat for a week in the Harringay Passage, topped with a little pink ball and marked by a plastic waterbomb remnant. One good turn those naughty little boys have done for the neighbourhood. Home again, fully intending to spend half an hour or so preparing for the damn great exam that I have next week, but the comments that i have been muttering won't get out of my head, so another Monday morning email wings its way to the neighbourhood manager, stopping off en route at the local councillors...

Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 02:28:00 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Cleanliness of Harringay Passage and Ladder streets, including Green lanes 09/06/08


Dear Mr ******,
I'm afraid that I am still very concerned about the standards of cleanliness in the Passage, especially the clearing away of dog mess. I am not normally in the habit of photographing dog mess but there has been a small pile of it that has been there for a week. I know it is the same pile as there is a small plastic ball and some other plastic nearby on top. Since I cannot fail to notice it, I don't know how it has been missed in two sweeps now. Click for a view,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrs_eds/2564300258/
I would also like to mention the terrible amount of rubbish that accumulates as a result of the waste collection on Friday, that is then thoughtfully added to over the weekend by local residents. By Monday morning, the state of streets is terrible, This is the typical state of many roads,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrs_eds/2504346869/in/set-72157604949486591/
This morning, Mattison Road was particularly bad but on my Monday morning walk to nursery, many of the roads show similar levels of littering. I have requested extra litter picks for many of these roads but often although pavements are cleared, gutter, behind telephone cabinets, in spaces in walls etc are not.
Finally, the pavements in Green Lanes are covered in cigarette butts again. Areas around the bookies are particularly bad especially the Metrobet and the one by the bus stop near Warham Road, and the small bookies pens are also becoming a nuisance. I hope that you took account of my comments and suggestions concerning cigarette disposal facilities as the problem will only get worse as the summer goes on and more people are outside.
Yours sincerely
Mrs Eds