Editorial: Too many litterbugs

  • Twice each month, first-time DUI offenders are court-ordered to provide community service by picking up litter along Oglethorpe County’s streets and roads. On Jan. 28, six offenders gathered 180 pounds of debris along a half-mile stretch of Woodlawn Street in Crawford. Loading the orange bags is Will Eberhart, who supervises the detail for the Oglethorpe County Public Works Department. TAYLER EBERHART/FOR THE OGLETHORPE ECHO
    Twice each month, first-time DUI offenders are court-ordered to provide community service by picking up litter along Oglethorpe County’s streets and roads. On Jan. 28, six offenders gathered 180 pounds of debris along a half-mile stretch of Woodlawn Street in Crawford. Loading the orange bags is Will Eberhart, who supervises the detail for the Oglethorpe County Public Works Department. TAYLER EBERHART/FOR THE OGLETHORPE ECHO
    If you are old enough, flash back to 1970.     Remember the TV commercial with a Native American paddling past the litter polluting a stream? The tear cascading d...

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