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<DIV>I will follow up; the placard had no telephone number, of course, and the mayor's number in the tele book doesn't work! I called the general city number, and the operator told me no body would answer the Mayor's new number.....and she was right. </DIV>
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<DIV>So, I'll reach her on Monday, I guess, when the alley should be a complete and dangerous mess. </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Paul K. Williams</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><STRONG>Kelsey & Associates, Inc.</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>2629 Guilford Avenue</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Baltimore, MD 21218</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>BaltimoreMarylandHistory.com</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Washington, DC 20009</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>(202) 213-9796</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>WashingtonHistory.com</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 06/24/07 11:32:08 Eastern Daylight Time, qbdmar@cavtel.net writes:</DIV>
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I hope you will follow up with Mayor Dixon personally to <BR>report... <BR>Mariann <BR><BR>> About a week ago, we on the 2600 block of Guilford Ave and <BR>> others nearby got a bright yellow notice on our door <BR>> announcing an upcoming "Deep Clean" of our block. I don't <BR>> know her definition of a "deep clean," but not much <BR>> happened; in fact our alley is far worse off then when <BR>> they started! <BR>> <BR>> The notice encouraged us to clean out our back yards and <BR>> place bags and bulk trash in our regular trash pick-up <BR>> spot no later than noon on Saturday, June 23. I eagerly <BR>> assembled a pile of bulk trash hauled up from our basement <BR>> during a few hours late Friday night. Then, I waited for <BR>> the "Deep Clean" on Saturday. In the meantime, as <BR>> anticipated, garbage pickers sorted through the bulk items <BR>> , hauling away metal, etc., and generally spreading out <BR>> our neat little pile, as they did to other piles in the <BR>> alley. <BR>> <BR>> So, at 1:30 on Saturday, the first and only tuck "with <BR>> city crews and volunteers" arrived in our alley. They <BR>> picked up our neighbors pile, told me their truck was <BR>> "full up" and they would be back. They all took a 10 <BR>> minute smoke break, and drove off, never coming back, of <BR>> course. So, the remaining piles are now strewn all over <BR>> the alley by kids having fun breaking glass, etc. The <BR>> alley is impassable, and worse off than before this "deep <BR>> clean" that amounted to nothing more than a single trash <BR>> truck. <BR>> <BR>> I guess I had defined a "deep clean" as one beginning with <BR>> the bulk trash being taken away, and continuing with crews <BR>> arriving with street sweepers, brooms, power washers, etc <BR>> for the block. If the mayor thinks a "deep clean" is a <BR>> single trash truck onsite for 10 minutes, then her own <BR>> house must be a mess. I wonder what her alley and street <BR>> looks like today? <BR>> <BR>> Paul K. Williams <BR>> Kelsey & Associates, Inc. <BR>> 2629 Guilford Avenue <BR>> Baltimore, MD 21218 <BR>> BaltimoreMarylandHistory.com <BR>> <BR>> 1929 13th Street, NW <BR>> Washington, DC 20009 <BR>> (202) 213-9796 <BR>> WashingtonHistory.com <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________ <BR>> Chat mailing list <BR>> Chat@charlesvillage.info <BR>> <BR>http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info <BR>> archive: <BR>> http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/ <BR><BR>_______________________________________________ <BR>Chat mailing list <BR>Chat@charlesvillage.info <BR>http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info <BR>archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/ <BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
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