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Why are you littering Virginians so prideless?

November 16, 2009 12:36 am

I reside in Pennsylvania. Under the Virginia Adopt- a-Highway program, a few weekends ago my wife and I traveled to Caroline County to help my best friend (we are Vietnam veterans) and his wife pick up trash along two miles of Long Branch Road in the county.

We picked up everything from food wrappers to broken glass, plastic bottles, aluminum cans, newspapers, food, paper cups, cigarette butts and packs, cigar butts, old clothes, diapers, used drug paraphernalia, cardboard, bags of trash you name it.

Don't you people of beautiful Virginia take any pride in where you live? Are you that careless?

If you have trash in your vehicle, can't you hold it until you get to a proper trash receptacle? It's not a pretty sight, and it certainly does not make a good impression for the people who are traveling through Virginia.

The reason I am writing this note is because we spent Saturday, Oct. 24, cleaning up after you Virginians of Caroline County. When we returned to Pennsylvania, we received a message that people had already started throwing trash along the road.

Residents of Caroline County, you should be ashamed of yourselves. We are trying to help you keep Virginia beautiful and litter-free. With your help, we all can leave our children a cleaner, healthier, and more beautiful Virginia.

Tom Stubits

Boiling Springs, Pa.