No excuse for litter
Dear Editor,
This letter to the people who litter. There is a large amount of litter on our highways and there is no excuse for it.
I don't want to hear from some one that says "it keeps the state highway workers employed" and I don't want to hear "well it keeps the people who do community hours towards the law violation they had."
Plain and simple, there is no need to litter and no excuse and it is not only wrong but unlawful. I live on the highway and some tell me "well, that is one of the hazards of living there."
I don't buy that excuse, either. I live facing Highway 6/34, and I can count on, every day, going out to my yard and finding all kinds of litter.
I have picked up empty water bottles, empty beer cans and bottles, whiskey bottles, gin bottles, cigarettes and cigars and empty packs as well as used diapers and Walmart bags of trash and the list goes on and on.
I am sick and tired of picking up trash every time I go out to my yard. My yard may not be "picture perfect" but that does not make it right to throw trash on it.
There was one time I had to put out a fire because someone threw a lit cigarette, and if I was not home I am sure that the fire would have burned my home and then I would be homeless. You think that is funny? Well it isn't to me. My wife and I took a walk on the shoulder of the highway one day, and there was trash for every step I took. This is bad; we are Americans and we should be proud to be one, but how can we, when we turn around and litter everywhere?
Well I hope I have made my point to the ones who litter; just stop it!
Kevin Dunn
Holbrook, Nebraska