I was thrilled to see Monday’s Post and Courier article on the garbage problem along our highways. But I was dismayed to see that the blame for this was placed on reducing volunteers from 70,000 to 50,000 and increasing take-out food in disposable containers.
The real problem is that we have a large number of residents who throw garbage wherever and whenever they want.
They throw out everything, from diapers to beer cans, and empty their ashtrays in the traffic light.
I live at an important intersection and pick up this trash daily. I still haven’t figured out why you would bag your dog’s waste and leave it on the sidewalk.
The correct way to end this brooding mentality is to impose fines for this behavior. If there are no consequences, the behavior will continue. Give people the choice between picking up trash for community services or paying a high fine.
We shouldn’t be dependent on 70,000 volunteers to collect other people’s trash.
SUSAN JAQUES
South Main Street
Summerville
Actual test result
The outcome of former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial was never in doubt, so why pursue it?
You will hear that it was Congress’ constitutional responsibility. Or was it an attempt to inflict guilt and shame on about 74 million Americans who voted to elect Trump in the first place?
Congress has been dysfunctional for years and the feeling among many Americans was that no one seemed to care until it came.
Our Founding Fathers were the most intelligent and educated people of their time. They were involved in the formation and government of the new United States. They were patriots who put the country first.
Today, career politicians say what most of us want to hear and then make deals with special interests when they’re not on TV.
Special interests kidnapped politicians based on the amount of campaign money provided or withheld.
Trump exposed career politicians and special interests in a way never seen before, which caused many to turn against him.
During the trial, the main strategy was to hammer the American people with horrible videos of the attack on the Capitol.
This should somehow convince Trump’s responsible voters that they were to blame for the chaos committed by a few hundred extremists. Instead, it further cemented the resolution to eliminate hypocritical politicians, to vote for those who will work for the American people and that some patriots still exist.
JAMES DINGUS
Waveney Circle
Goose Creek
Wrong GOP censorship
Why the censorship of Republican senators who voted to condemn Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial?
They remained impartial and voted for their conscience. Isn’t that what juries are supposed to do?
Did our Founding Fathers say to just vote on the party line?
Are we and the world really expected to believe that Donald Trump did not incite anger with his repeated claims of a stolen election? Or that he didn’t send a violent crowd to our Capitol and then did nothing to stop the violence in which five people died?
All of this was broadcast live on TV around the world.
Trump tweeted a video, complete with fighting music, of his supporters around a Biden campaign bus and then made a joke of it on TV.
Wouldn’t we report this behavior in another country?
Is this how we want our country to be represented?
This is a dangerous road that we are taking if this type of behavior, from anyone, is tolerated.
CHRISTY ROGACEVICZ
Wayne Court
Ladson
Good boys from SC
The Sunday Post and Courier article on political corruption is right.
We moved here from New Jersey, where we thought it was bad.
Well, South Carolina takes this to a new level.
Although it is not corruption, South Carolina has a good network of boys.
In addition to legislative rewards, we now have a real estate agent as CEO of Charleston International Airport.
And when Paul Campbell served as the airport’s CEO, he fell twice while remaining in the state legislature and receiving two salaries.
Now I’m confused: should I get into politics or try to become one of the good old guys?
WARREN HARRIS
Waterlily Way
Summerville