The Ugly Side of Issaquah Highlands

Written by: rebecca and filed Under Blog, Issaquah Highlands, Misc |

Every neighborhood has it’s ugly side. You know, the stuff that nobody wants to talk about. For some neighborhoods it could be the Home Owners Association. For others it might be that bad resident that parks cars on their front lawn and leaves their trash out in the street all week long or that the city is going to build a giant monorail smack dab through the middle of the development.

My husband recently sent me an email from one of the Issaquah Highlands residents and I immediately realized what the ugly side of Issaquah Highlands is.

TRASH!

That’s right, you heard me. TRASH! For some reason visitors to the Issaquah Highlands think the side of our roads and our green space is a proverbial dumping ground for their milk jugs, beer cans and Mc Donald’s lunch bags. Take a look at some of these pictures below and you will see what I mean.

I am sure their is a resident or two that are guilty of this kind of behavior, but by and large this is being done by non-residents. This kind of behavior infuriates me. I take pride in my community and I want visitors to see that pride when they come here. I don’t want them to see a landfill.

If this kind of behavior and defamation of our neighborhood bother you too, I encourage you to contact the Issaquah Highlands Council and sign up for the proposed Adopt-A-Block program. In addition, please report all litterbugs to the non-emergency number for the Issaquah Police Department; provide as much detail including license plate numbers if possible. It is a pretty steep fine for the infraction and might make someone think twice about doing it. And last but not least, pick up a few pieces if you see this stuff. Everyone pitching in a little goes a long way.

Please do your part to help keep Issaquah Highlands clean and green.

Comments

3 Responses to “The Ugly Side of Issaquah Highlands”

Dave on January 21st, 2008 3:56 pm

It’s always easy to blame outsiders. Perhaps we should get our own house in order first. Recall the trash that was strewn everywhere from residents garbage cans the last couple of weeks ?
rebecca on January 22nd, 2008 10:30 pm

Agreed. I think we all need to make sure that we keep the neighborhood clean. The gusty wind we had the past few weeks certainly didn’t help!
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