Orange Mound residents fed up with illegal dumping, hope city adds more cameras and manpower to clean up the mess
WATN Memphis
5/10/2022
-
Abigail Adams urged her husband to “remember the ladies”. We’re still working on that today
MSNBC -
Hear Gov. Noem's answer to whether SCOTUS should reverse same-sex marriage decision
CNN -
WSJ Opinion: The Political Fallout from the Supreme Court's Decisions
The Wall Street Journal. -
Would Gov. Kristi Noem be Trump's VP in 2024? Hear her answer
CNN -
Gov. Kristi Noem won't condemn Trump's role in Jan. 6
CNN -
Nancy Northup urges Biden to act to protect abortion rights, declare a public health emergency
MSNBC -
'The time is right:' Noem backs paid family leave in South Dakota
CNN -
WSJ Opinion: An Historic Term for the Supreme Court
The Wall Street Journal. -
Bakari Sellers slams Dems' abortion response: "We were flatfooted"
CNN -
Ex-Trump ambassador on former president's hold on the GOP
CNN -
Kinzinger: New witnesses have come forward since Hutchinson testimony
CNN -
Kinzinger: Americans should 'stay tuned' for more Jan. 6 revelations
CNN -
Newsom airs political ad in Florida, targeting DeSantis and GOP
CNN -
Kinzinger fires back after GOP governor attacks Cassidy Hutchinson's credibility
CNN -
The Catholic Church once allowed for abortions. Everything changed in 1873
CNN -
Douglas Brinkley on truth-tellers protecting our democracy
CBS News
-
Abigail Adams urged her husband to “remember the ladies”. We’re still working on that today In March of 1776, four months before the United States claimed independence from Britain, Abigail Adams wrote a letter to her husband John Adams. And it just might be the very first spark that lit the women’s rights movement ablaze. Abigail Adams urged the future President of the United States to “remember the ladies” when deliberating the legal premises of the fledgling republic. In the letter she writes in-part, “I long to hear that you have declared an independency and by the way in the new Code of Laws - which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make - I desire you would Remember the Ladies and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors.” In the 1770s even the wealthiest women, like Abigail Adams, had no citizenship or political rights. The Declaration of Independence should have marked the beginning of an exceptional American history. But today, many Americans are still fighting for their life, liberty and pursuit of happiness.
MSNBC
-
Hear Gov. Noem's answer to whether SCOTUS should reverse same-sex marriage decision After Justice Clarence Thomas floated revisiting the Supreme Court's landmark same-sex marriage decision, South Dakota Republican Governor Kristi Noem says that the issue of allowing same-sex marriage in South Dakota "will be a debate that we will continue to have."
CNN
-
WSJ Opinion: The Political Fallout from the Supreme Court's Decisions Journal Editorial Report: Rulings have put in motion a maelstrom of forces. Images: Getty Images Composite: Mark Kelly
The Wall Street Journal.
Neighbors in Orange Mound are asking the City of Memphis to do more tackle illegal dumping.
On block after block, our cameras Tuesday found piles of tossed furniture, electronics and other bulk trash.
"We want our neighborhood to look just as well as somebody else's," Sharron Griffin said, who alerted ABC24 about the issue.
Griffin takes pride and passion in keeping her neighborhood clean. Yet, time and time again, Griffin reports illegal dumping to Memphis Code Enforcement, a mess piling up on surrounding blocks.
"When you've got so much trash it just brings other people you know into our community that are less desirable," Griffin added.
RELATED: Here's how Memphis plans to tackle illegal dumping
On top of that, Griffin said dumpers return to toss out more bulky trash not long after city crews clean it up and roll out.
"Very frustrating, if you were out here in my shoes what would you be doing?" Griffin said. "We are out here in this world we are living together, so we've got to keep it clean."
"We have a lot of older people here that are here from way back and they just feel like they are trapped," Marseon Calhoun added.
More help will be on the way later this year, when the Memphis City Council is expected to approve a newly added illegal dumping team with 17 people and new equipment to take on and clean up more dumping areas more quickly.
"From the investigation to the cleanup, again, it's all in that one area, so it makes it much more seamless, a lot more efficient, a lot more effective and ultimately more timely," City of Memphis Public Works Director Robert Knecht said.
Knecht also told the Memphis City Council cameras can also be moved if needed.
"If an area has a frequent issue of illegal dumping, they'll scout it out, identify if there is a suitable location to put a camera that can be put in covertly and they'll will use that to capture that offending issue," Knecht added.
Griffin hopes those cameras are in or will soon be keeping an eye in Orange Mound. She's also asking her fellow Memphians do their part.
"It makes it look really really bad so what we need to do as people is if we see someone dumping report it," Griffin said.
WATN Memphis
