Litter is a pet peeve of mine, maybe because I am old enough to remember the "Keep America Beautiful" slogan with the "crying Indian" and the "litter bag" my mom had hanging from the cigarette lighter in her car.
By the time I was a teen, I was indoctrinated and never threw another thing on the ground. Sadly, that indoctrination is lost on many and even more disheartening, many of the biggest offenders are the ones I am being constantly told I am supposed to be saving the planet for...
However, I won't be someone's mommy and clean up after them. No disrespect intended to those that do, it just pisses me off too much to do it myself. The only trash I pick up is the garbage left behind by pigs along MY property.
However, I have contacted my legislators or PennDOT and had "No Littering" signs put up (for whatever they are worth) and State & local roads cleaned up.
I even lobbied a past Governor & various disinterested heads of Fish Commissions, Game Commissions, State Park Commissions and assorted uninterested legislators trying to get the fines for littering increased and include the revocation of fishing privileges, hunting privileges and the use of State Park facilities for any offense occurring while partaking in those activities or on State property.
I don't have to tell you how that turned out....
