ANNUAL ASSAULT WITH ROAD SALT. OUR CITY, COUNTY AND STATE GOVERNMENTS ARE AT IT AGAIN - DUMPING TONS OF ROAD SALT ON STREETS, ROADS AND HIGHWAYS.
WHY ARE THE CITY, COUNTY AND STATE GOVERNMENTS ACTING SO IRRESPONSIBLE? WHY IS THE PUBLIC SO COMPLACENT? WHY ARE THE ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS SILENT ON THIS ISSUE?
I HAVE REPEATLY CALLED ATTENTION TO THIS PROBLEM FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. REFER TO "WHITE DEATH" ENTRIES IN THE ARCHIVES OF THIS BLOG, AND THOSE OF
THE BUCKINGHAM POND CRESTWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD
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I WILL NOT REPEAT THE LITANY OF HARM THAT RESULTS FROM THIS EXCESSIVE ANNUAL ROAD SALT DUMPING MANIA...READ THE MANY EARLIER WHITE DEATH POSTS.
FOR 35 YEARS I HAVE WATCHED THE PROBLEM GROW WORSE.
TODAY, ALBANY CITY DGS TRUCKS/PLOWS DUMPED TONS OF GRAY SLUDGE IN THE DRIVEWAY ENTRANCE, OVER THE CURBSIDE ISLAND, SWAMPING THE MAPLE STREET TREE IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE, AND FILLING IN THE SIDEWALK PATH THAT I HAD DUTIFULLY SHOVELED, SO THAT PEDESTRIANS MAY WALK BY.
THERE IS SIMPLY NO EXCUSE FOR WHAT THE CITY WORKERS DID. THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. THIS PATTERN HAS BEEN REPEATED AGAIN AND DURING THE REIGN OF THE CURRENT CITY ADMINISTATION.
EACH TIME I HAVE VAINLY TRIED TO PROTECT THE STREET TREE BY DIGGING AWAY THE HEAVY SALT LADEN SLUDGE. THE TREE IS IN SEVERE DECLINE.
I AM SADDENED TO SEE THIS. WE ARE LOSING A TRUE FRIEND THAT BEAUTIFIED WHAT HAS BECOME A GRIM, POLLUTED, URBAN SPEEDWAY. THIS TREE HAS ABSORBED THE VEHICLE EMISSIONS, EMITTING OXYGEN, HELPING TO COMBAT THE TOXIC EMISSIONS FROM THE GROWING VOLUMES OF SPEEDING TRAFFIC. THIS TREE HAS GIVEN US SHADE IN SUMMER, BRILLIANT COLOR IN AUTUMN. THIS TREE HAS INCREASED OUR PROPERTY VALUES SO THAT THE CITY AND CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT CAN RAISE OUR PROPERTY TAXES YEAR AFTER YEAR.
WAKE UP CITY GOVERNMENT AND RESIDENT TAXPAYERS!
THE DEATH OF THIS TREE IS BUT A HARBINGER OF A DYING CITY , OUR OWN DEMISE AND THAT OF OUR WAY OF LIFE.
Joe Sullivan
