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As president of the Trinity and Houston Gardens Super Neighborhood, German-Wilson is unfortunately all too familiar with the sight of garbage. She’s organized cleanups and mapped out illegal dumping sites across the city. So when she saw the trash bags, she called 311 and the city eventually sent a solid waste crew to clean it up.
“I know that as soon as the owner realizes or thinks that we’re not looking, that trash is gonna revisit us somewhere in the community,” German-Wilson told the editorial board. “Where’s the enforcement here? This shouldn’t just fall on residents.” Underpinning these problems? Dumpers feel they can get away with it, and that complaints from residents such as German-Wilson will fall on deaf ears.
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