Clean-Up

Since one of the points coming up int eh mayoral primaries is the dirtiness of Carbondale and the need for the city to work on keeping itself clean, I would like to point out that residents of Carbondale are not exactly taking the bull by the horns in cleaning up themselves. While anecdotal rather than empirical, three times this week, I've walked past the same shattered beer bottle on the sidewalk in front of an operating business in the downtown area. The lack of concern by this business (and they are not a bar) is amazing, and I am afraid, not atypical in the downtown. I see too much emphasis on waiting for the city to clean up trash as not enough initiative taken by business in the area.

Granted the business may not have made the mess, but the person who made it is probably not going to come back to clean it up and business should not wait until cited by the city before taking action. Downtown needs more pro-activity and less re-activity.