No Improvement in Dog River

I heard scuttlebutt from a source that the City of Mobile's new litter boat crew will not remove the City's storm water trash from the shoreline of private properties. That is where the majority of trash pollution is. The trashy shoreline in the above photo is a City Park. Nothing preventing City workers from removing trash from the City Park shoreline except for committment to clean up trashy Dog River.

Talk is cheap. A City councilman says the City may be doing more than they should to Clean up Dog River. To me, it appears the City of Mobile does not give a shit about Dog River at all and they certainly do not care to keep City parks clean. The City of Mobile sets the standard for keeping properties free of trash. As the community sees how the City does not care, residents also become apathetic about litter.

Dog River Park shoreline typically looks like a garbage dump because City workers ignore the shoreline trash easily removed by a grabber or net. Where is the Media on this 5 year old issue? Where are the Environmental enforcment agencies, environmental groups, and environmental lawyers? Why are they not suing the hell out of the City of Mobile for ignoring waterway pollution? Mobile and Alabama leadership reminds me of Flint Michigan leadership. Something is corrupt when visible pollution is ignored.

This is Willow Run Creek. It is yet another trashy tributary in Dog River watershed. Why is it trashy? The trash pollution is ignored year after year. Still no improvement in the Dog River trash pollution.

Someone says the City of Mobile has a litter removal boat. If the City has a litter removal boat the crew must be on vacation 7 days a week or they must be spending most of their time playing on their phone or are fishing instead removing trash. I have never seen a litter removal boat and all the tributaries in Dog River remain polluted with trash.