Is Mayor Bowser ever going to get DPW or other agencies to clean up trash in DC? Do your job, Mayor!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The District is filled with trash, it's a nuisance.

Ward 2, Logan Circle: trash.
Ward 7: Trash. (first tweet below)
Ward 1: Trash. (second tweet below)
I just drove by Catholic in Ward 5: Trash. All over the side of the roads, all on the grass. Like a blanket.

We have mayoral agencies whose job is to clean up trash.

It's not on the council members, it's on the mayor.
It's on Bowser. What is she doing to clean up trash?

What am I looking at here? The first photos look like a construction site….very little trash.

The second Tweet is of garbage on NPS land; DC DPW won’t clean that up. Chalk this up to another reason why DC should be a state.

I was just in NYC last week. DC is soooooo clean compared to NYC.

Yeah, I was confused by this too. Only one of these pictures appears to have trash in it, and it appears to be on land that doesn't belong to DC!

I don’t think you’ve thought through the position that trash thrown from DC into other jurisdictions isn’t DCs problem.

DC doesn't have authority over federal land. If you want to change that, please write to Congress.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The District is filled with trash, it's a nuisance.

Ward 2, Logan Circle: trash.
Ward 7: Trash. (first tweet below)
Ward 1: Trash. (second tweet below)
I just drove by Catholic in Ward 5: Trash. All over the side of the roads, all on the grass. Like a blanket.

We have mayoral agencies whose job is to clean up trash.

It's not on the council members, it's on the mayor.
It's on Bowser. What is she doing to clean up trash?

What am I looking at here? The first photos look like a construction site….very little trash.

The second Tweet is of garbage on NPS land; DC DPW won’t clean that up. Chalk this up to another reason why DC should be a state.

I was just in NYC last week. DC is soooooo clean compared to NYC.

Yeah, I was confused by this too. Only one of these pictures appears to have trash in it, and it appears to be on land that doesn't belong to DC!

I don’t think you’ve thought through the position that trash thrown from DC into other jurisdictions isn’t DCs problem.

DC doesn't have authority over federal land. If you want to change that, please write to Congress.

The city doesn’t have one 5 foot stick?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The District is filled with trash, it's a nuisance.

Ward 2, Logan Circle: trash.
Ward 7: Trash. (first tweet below)
Ward 1: Trash. (second tweet below)
I just drove by Catholic in Ward 5: Trash. All over the side of the roads, all on the grass. Like a blanket.

We have mayoral agencies whose job is to clean up trash.

It's not on the council members, it's on the mayor.
It's on Bowser. What is she doing to clean up trash?

What am I looking at here? The first photos look like a construction site….very little trash.

The second Tweet is of garbage on NPS land; DC DPW won’t clean that up. Chalk this up to another reason why DC should be a state.

I was just in NYC last week. DC is soooooo clean compared to NYC.

Yeah, I was confused by this too. Only one of these pictures appears to have trash in it, and it appears to be on land that doesn't belong to DC!

I don’t think you’ve thought through the position that trash thrown from DC into other jurisdictions isn’t DCs problem.

DC doesn't have authority over federal land. If you want to change that, please write to Congress.

The city doesn’t have one 5 foot stick?

The National Park Service can't be bothered to clean up on its property, so instead you have to complain that Bowser isn't out there doing it personally?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The District is filled with trash, it's a nuisance.

Ward 2, Logan Circle: trash.
Ward 7: Trash. (first tweet below)
Ward 1: Trash. (second tweet below)
I just drove by Catholic in Ward 5: Trash. All over the side of the roads, all on the grass. Like a blanket.

We have mayoral agencies whose job is to clean up trash.

It's not on the council members, it's on the mayor.
It's on Bowser. What is she doing to clean up trash?

What am I looking at here? The first photos look like a construction site….very little trash.

The second Tweet is of garbage on NPS land; DC DPW won’t clean that up. Chalk this up to another reason why DC should be a state.

I was just in NYC last week. DC is soooooo clean compared to NYC.

Yeah, I was confused by this too. Only one of these pictures appears to have trash in it, and it appears to be on land that doesn't belong to DC!

I don’t think you’ve thought through the position that trash thrown from DC into other jurisdictions isn’t DCs problem.

DC doesn't have authority over federal land. If you want to change that, please write to Congress.

The city doesn’t have one 5 foot stick?

The National Park Service can't be bothered to clean up on its property, so instead you have to complain that Bowser isn't out there doing it personally?

Bowser worked with the Natonal Park Service to clean up some homeless encampments. They can work with the National Park Service on other issues. Personally, I would bug /shame my CouncilMember as the first resort. I know lots of CouncolMembers work with local business districts to beutify--even hiring out of the business district funds. This should happen on 14th and 16th. They've gotten pretty rat ridden, trashy, hum and butss on sidewalks, no foliage....

[Anonymous]

Who is littering?

I’m shocked whenever I see someone litter. Shocked. It’s such a low-class thing to do. It underscores just how selfish and short-sighted the person is.

Trashy people with trashy ways.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The District is filled with trash, it's a nuisance.

Ward 2, Logan Circle: trash.
Ward 7: Trash. (first tweet below)
Ward 1: Trash. (second tweet below)
I just drove by Catholic in Ward 5: Trash. All over the side of the roads, all on the grass. Like a blanket.

We have mayoral agencies whose job is to clean up trash.

It's not on the council members, it's on the mayor.
It's on Bowser. What is she doing to clean up trash?

What am I looking at here? The first photos look like a construction site….very little trash.

The second Tweet is of garbage on NPS land; DC DPW won’t clean that up. Chalk this up to another reason why DC should be a state.

I was just in NYC last week. DC is soooooo clean compared to NYC.

Yeah, I was confused by this too. Only one of these pictures appears to have trash in it, and it appears to be on land that doesn't belong to DC!

I don’t think you’ve thought through the position that trash thrown from DC into other jurisdictions isn’t DCs problem.

DC doesn't have authority over federal land. If you want to change that, please write to Congress.

The city doesn’t have one 5 foot stick?

The National Park Service can't be bothered to clean up on its property, so instead you have to complain that Bowser isn't out there doing it personally?

The NPS is not littering. The trash is coming from DC. DC should clean it up. Not sure how hard that is for you.

[Anonymous]

There is a ton of trash underneath the bridges on Connecticut ave

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The District is filled with trash, it's a nuisance.

Ward 2, Logan Circle: trash.
Ward 7: Trash. (first tweet below)
Ward 1: Trash. (second tweet below)
I just drove by Catholic in Ward 5: Trash. All over the side of the roads, all on the grass. Like a blanket.

We have mayoral agencies whose job is to clean up trash.

It's not on the council members, it's on the mayor.
It's on Bowser. What is she doing to clean up trash?

What am I looking at here? The first photos look like a construction site….very little trash.

The second Tweet is of garbage on NPS land; DC DPW won’t clean that up. Chalk this up to another reason why DC should be a state.

I was just in NYC last week. DC is soooooo clean compared to NYC.

Yeah, I was confused by this too. Only one of these pictures appears to have trash in it, and it appears to be on land that doesn't belong to DC!

I don’t think you’ve thought through the position that trash thrown from DC into other jurisdictions isn’t DCs problem.

DC doesn't have authority over federal land. If you want to change that, please write to Congress.

The city doesn’t have one 5 foot stick?

The National Park Service can't be bothered to clean up on its property, so instead you have to complain that Bowser isn't out there doing it personally?

The NPS is not littering. The trash is coming from DC. DC should clean it up. Not sure how hard that is for you.

This person has nailed this issue. The National Park Police cops are not all driving into work and throwing their trash out here. This trash was generated in DC by DC residents. DC should roll a few trash trucks up here and clean it up before starting some sort of an argument about determining responsibility.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is a ton of trash underneath the bridges on Connecticut ave

That's NHTSA. The District needs more money from the government if you want repairs AND cleaning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who is littering?

I’m shocked whenever I see someone litter. Shocked. It’s such a low-class thing to do. It underscores just how selfish and short-sighted the person is.

Trashy people with trashy ways.

Homeless people. There's an encampment in the woods behind my house. You wouldn't believe the trash.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The District is filled with trash, it's a nuisance.

Ward 2, Logan Circle: trash.
Ward 7: Trash. (first tweet below)
Ward 1: Trash. (second tweet below)
I just drove by Catholic in Ward 5: Trash. All over the side of the roads, all on the grass. Like a blanket.

We have mayoral agencies whose job is to clean up trash.

It's not on the council members, it's on the mayor.
It's on Bowser. What is she doing to clean up trash?

What am I looking at here? The first photos look like a construction site….very little trash.

The second Tweet is of garbage on NPS land; DC DPW won’t clean that up. Chalk this up to another reason why DC should be a state.

I was just in NYC last week. DC is soooooo clean compared to NYC.

Yeah, I was confused by this too. Only one of these pictures appears to have trash in it, and it appears to be on land that doesn't belong to DC!

I don’t think you’ve thought through the position that trash thrown from DC into other jurisdictions isn’t DCs problem.

DC doesn't have authority over federal land. If you want to change that, please write to Congress.

The city doesn’t have one 5 foot stick?

The National Park Service can't be bothered to clean up on its property, so instead you have to complain that Bowser isn't out there doing it personally?

The NPS is not littering. The trash is coming from DC. DC should clean it up. Not sure how hard that is for you.

This person has nailed this issue. The National Park Police cops are not all driving into work and throwing their trash out here. This trash was generated in DC by DC residents. DC should roll a few trash trucks up here and clean it up before starting some sort of an argument about determining responsibility.

That's just not how governments work, though -- they don't figure out whose trash it is before they decide who picks it up, they only figure out who's in charge of the location where it is. That's why, during the last federal shutdown, the trash cans in federal areas were overflowing and not picked up, but most city sidewalk trash cans (and residential trash pickup) were emptied. The Park Police or the uniformed Secret Service doesn't stop to figure out where someone they're pulling over drove into federal territory from, do they? Same bureaucratic impulses apply here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The District is filled with trash, it's a nuisance.

Ward 2, Logan Circle: trash.
Ward 7: Trash. (first tweet below)
Ward 1: Trash. (second tweet below)
I just drove by Catholic in Ward 5: Trash. All over the side of the roads, all on the grass. Like a blanket.

We have mayoral agencies whose job is to clean up trash.

It's not on the council members, it's on the mayor.
It's on Bowser. What is she doing to clean up trash?

What am I looking at here? The first photos look like a construction site….very little trash.

The second Tweet is of garbage on NPS land; DC DPW won’t clean that up. Chalk this up to another reason why DC should be a state.

I was just in NYC last week. DC is soooooo clean compared to NYC.

Yeah, I was confused by this too. Only one of these pictures appears to have trash in it, and it appears to be on land that doesn't belong to DC!

I don’t think you’ve thought through the position that trash thrown from DC into other jurisdictions isn’t DCs problem.

DC doesn't have authority over federal land. If you want to change that, please write to Congress.

The city doesn’t have one 5 foot stick?

The National Park Service can't be bothered to clean up on its property, so instead you have to complain that Bowser isn't out there doing it personally?

The NPS is not littering. The trash is coming from DC. DC should clean it up. Not sure how hard that is for you.

This person has nailed this issue. The National Park Police cops are not all driving into work and throwing their trash out here. This trash was generated in DC by DC residents. DC should roll a few trash trucks up here and clean it up before starting some sort of an argument about determining responsibility.

That's just not how governments work, though -- they don't figure out whose trash it is before they decide who picks it up, they only figure out who's in charge of the location where it is. That's why, during the last federal shutdown, the trash cans in federal areas were overflowing and not picked up, but most city sidewalk trash cans (and residential trash pickup) were emptied. The Park Police or the uniformed Secret Service doesn't stop to figure out where someone they're pulling over drove into federal territory from, do they? Same bureaucratic impulses apply here.

Okay. Here’s how government works, NPS cleans it up and sends the bill to DC.

[Anonymous]

If people want to pay more taxes so they can hire more trash collectors I think that would solve the problem

[Anonymous]

A lot of trash is coming off of trash trucks too. Most of the trash I see is on DC land, not federal land.

[Anonymous]

DPW like many other government departments has had a revolving door of directors over the last 7-10 years, and that’s a problem a lot of government departments have it’s just worse because those challenges mean delays in our trash pickup, dirty streets, rats and mice and other issues. If they get someone good soon things should turn around.