Isn't water quality a concern any more? Obviously not. Look at these photos below, taken today. I'm outraged which is why I'm using this public blog to document the problem. Some people think my blog is over the edge - too political, too negative, too provocative. If this blog is edgy, it is because of the insane scenery of these waterways.
I made complaints about the trash in the water and the adjacent wetlands a month ago to Mobile311, Mobile City Council members, Keep Mobile Beautiful, Mobile's Mayor, Mobile Parks Department, Mobile City Police department, Mobile City Public Works, Mobile City Urban Development, Envision Coastal Alabama, Chamber of Commerce, Mobile County Environmental Enforcement, Mobile County Health Department, Mobile County Public Works, County Commissioners, Sheriffs Department, Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Alabama Department of Environmental Management, Alabama Department of Public Health, State Troopers, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Mobile District Army Corps of Engineers, US Coast Guard, US Environmental Protection Agency, US Fish and Wildlife, US Geological Survey, Barack Obama, TV5, TV10, TV15, Press Register, Bama Environmental News, Senator Brooks, Senator Figures, Representative Davis, Senator Sessions, Senator Shelby, Congressman Jo Bonner, Governor Bentley, Alabama PALS, Coastal Foundation, Alabama Rivers Alliance, Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Dog River Clearwater Revival, Mobile Baykeeper, Mobile Bay National Estuary Program, Mobile Bay Sierra Club, Southern Environmental Law Center, and others.
How have these agencies treated my complaint? Fish and Wildlife think they can get grant money. Congressman Bonner wants my social security number in order to process my complaint. Huh? Mobile311 hasn't responded to web complaints and the email address they provided me replied back saying they no longer respond to complaints sent to that address. No one else has responded. Basically, no one gives a rat's ass about local water quality - if they did local waterways would not be a trash dump.
Here is what Mobile's urban creeks and creek banks look like today.
Enjoy your Alabama Seafood.
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| Maple Street Canal |
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3 comments:
This mess is scandalous. Shame, shame, shame on the City of Mobile, the County of Mobile, the State of Alabama, and the feds, too, for allowing this corruption.
Wow! Tragic and shameful! Paddling in a trash dump and sewer. I would not be paddling in that mess! Rob - I hope you washed your kayak after that trash adventure! City of Mobile officials should be ashamed of themselves and disgusted by it all! Photos don't lie?
Don't stop making a fuss! This is disgusting and horrible. Did you post your photos on the Facebook pages of the local news and the local waterway conservation organizations? They won't be able to ignore your photos and reporting there and more people will see them.
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