This would be great for the people that have small amount in unclaimed property for whom filing a formal claim is either not worth the effort or basically impossible. Comcast owes me like $300 from some kind of settlement from a decade or so ago, but I can’t get the money because I don’t have a copy of my lease from back then. This bill would allow me to get that $$$.

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Tangentially related: I’ve heard stories of sea gulls circling MacDonalds’ restaurants under construction, as soon as the Golden Arches are erected. Brand loyalty.

I seem to remember it being there for quite awhile. Over ten years? I know it was there in the mid-70s. It was next to a KMart.

Yep, relentless is the word. Some people ask me how I cope, knowing that in weeks and sometimes mere days, the trash will reaccumulate. I've had a couple people drop out because they hated knowing it would always come back.

But my thought is that whatever I can get out of the environment today, this week, this month, is trash that won't harm the environment, people, or wildlife and won't make it to waterways where that's the last anyone will ever see of it.

My sister travels a bunch around the country and always texts me the state of cities she visits. They are always, always better than Pennsylvania. Gov. Wolf rolled out a Litter Action Plan in the state November '21 and I've yet to really see any change. Gonna take a herculean effort to shift away from "trash acceptance."

Thank you for what you do in your job. So necessary!

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I was wondering the same myself. Just yesterday I saw a ton of them in the TJ Maxx plaza parking lot, just like I've seen in the past few years. Always that same spot! Couldn't imagine what would draw them there. Then an elderly woman got out of her car and started throwing them food 🤦‍♂️

Yep, lots of people care, but we're all out here wondering what to do about it. My NextDoor is blowing up about it and someone started their own litter-picking group, which is amazing. Their first outing is on Saturday. Really great to see people like "Welp. Nobody from the city or state is gonna get it. Might as well be me." And that's what I'm trying to convey with my own group, plus my meetings with city admins in Allentown. We're working on education and outreach programs now, trying to get the community involved in caring about their neighborhoods.. I'm hopeful.

I’m in west and same here. They love the ShopRite parking lot by my house and have for for the whole 14 years I’ve lived here.

Thank you. Even though it can be a gross, physically demanding job, I'm glad to do it because there's that feeling at the end when I look back and see a really clean area. It's very gratifying and worth the effort.

Welcome! And you're right. Littering is small potatoes to law enforcement. I get it. But I don't know how to make people stop doing it either. It's a quality of life issue.

I once documented the saga of a plastic bag stuck in a tree outside my work. This was back when blogging was hot. The story grew legs, so many people followed its condition and asked about it offline too. I pitched the story to NPR and got on-air about it. If you're curious, it's a 5 min interview here (I think you have to download it to listen, but they also wrote about it): https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2010/06/14/127838433/-windy-a-plastic-bag-caught-in-a-tree-is-kathy-frederick-s-obsession

Im confused, arent there already laws against sexual abuse? Is your suggestion that we help kids being sexually abused or every kid that attends a catholic church?

I thought it would be something interesting like an lgbtq kid being forced to attend a fundamentalist church, which increases their likelihood of ending up dead or homeless as a teenager.

I grew up in a small rural town, there was so much racism at my school. From the students and from their parents. I'm not too surprised.

Confederate alley sounds like the majority of rural PA

Yup there were several in Delco. My mom did most of our grocery shopping at the Brookhaven pathmark. I think it’s a Shoprite now

I think the racoon is code for "coon", a derogatory term for black people.

Me too. Then it really came in handy when I had my kids- we went thru a lot of pathmark brand diapers. Still miss their no frills granola. There used to be a pathmark in upper Darby too.

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I’m 40 and it’s been once a year since I’ve been driving. When was that in the 70’s lol?

Yeah but does that happen in Pennsylvania or beyond fringe religious groups?

I think allowing kids an avenue out of abusive situations is a good thing. But what determines "religiois abuse?" Theres also the unfortunate reality that, based on my experience with kids in the system, we currently struggle to help and support kids as is. For most kids going into the system isn't an improvement.

I'm also not really sold on the idea that religion is inherently abusive. Maybe there should be a focus on the aspects that are?

I grew up going to the one in Broomall!

So they are laying off folks when they are actively posting at least 20 jobs a day, makes sense lol

*cries in Johnstown flood tax*