| Pet Owners and Playing in the Street |
Playing in the Street, Part II
I’m writing to address the March letter to the editor titled “Playing in
the Street.” With all due respect to those who believe it’s OK for
Westchase children to play in the streets, I couldn't disagree more.
Yes, we want the kids to be outside playing and not staring at the TV
all day and this is why Westchase is so great. We have wonderful parks,
tennis courts, and swimming pools for the children to enjoy. Yes, it may
be necessary for you to take them to the park and not be a “bump on a
log.”
I don't really think anyone cares about getting home 10 seconds earlier,
but they do care about not ruining lives due to a devastating accident.
Your cavalier attitude about children playing in the streets is scary.
Roadways are built for automobiles!
Johnny Royal
Please Scoop the Poop
It’s another beautiful day in Westchase and my kids are playing football
in the yard with the neighborhood kids. All of a sudden the garage door
slams, and one of my boys screams, “Mom, I fell in dog poop again!”
Oh, how I hate those words!
We live on a corner lot. We’re lucky that we have a bigger lawn because
it gives our kids more room to play. We’re unlucky to have two sides of
our home that have sidewalks used by people who walk their dogs.
We don’t have a dog. It’s not that we don’t like them. It’s that I don’t
want to have the responsibility of having to care, walk and clean-up
after them (I have three boys and a husband; thank you, that’s enough).
Between shopping and getting the paper everyday, we all have plenty of
plastic bags. Yet why do some dog owners feel they don’t need to clean
up after their dogs? I understand that you may not want to pick up the
poop around your own home, but what is stopping you from picking up what
your dog deposits around mine? I’m not taking my garbage and disposing
it in your yard.
Please don’t get me wrong; this is not everyone. I have wonderful
dog-owning neighbors who pick up after their pets every time. To all of
them: thank you!
Yet I have put up signs in my yard asking dog walkers to please clean up
after their animals. My kids are still falling in piles of the stuff,
and I’m still stepping in it while I mow. So fellow Westchasers, I ask
you – no, I’m begging you: please scoop the poop!
Sue Vidmar, Radcliffe
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