Letter To The Editor – Jan. 26, 2012

    Driving along the roads around Water Valley you can’t help but notice how much litter is on the roadside. Lately I have been walking for my health and couldn’t help but notice how much more litter was actually there.
 I once said that law enforcement had almost stopped folks from drinking and driving, but considering I counted 200-plus beer cans on a one mile stretch of road, it doesn’t appear that there are any less people who are drinking and driving. They are throwing their cans on the road, I suppose to keep from getting caught with an open container in the car.  I have found TV picture tubes; microwave ovens; old tires; plastic bottles; plastic bags; as well as nine deer carcasses, five of which were thrown off one bridge on County Rd. 105.  
    One of the deer only had his head cut off before he was tossed over into the creek below, another was dumped in the middle of the road at Wildcat Brake.  
    This seems to be a subject that not too many people care about, but according to sources on the internet, only Louisiana and Kentucky are worse at roadside litter than Mississippi. In my opinion this is a problem that should and could be stopped.
 
James Tribble
677 CR 107
Water Valley, MS