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private use and assigning the other to be shared by the public. The inconsiderate attitude displayed by those who abused the public facilities at the courthouse is the same attitude shown by county residents who persist in dumping their trash on the ground at the dumpster sites instead of in the containers provided for disposal. Even when the dumpsters are empty, garbage litters the ground and the county has to foot the bill for cleaning up the mess.
Adjoining counties don’t have this problem. What makes Rappahannock different? Lack of pride?
While conditions at the dumpster sites have recently improved, it appears to be due to fear of punishment rather than growing citizen awareness. The Supervisors announced at their July Board meeting that the cost of picking up trash off the ground in June was approximately half that of the previous month. This would be heartening if it had occurred without the Sheriff’s Department conducting regular surveillance at the sites and making arrests for dumpster violations.
In a further attempt to legislate respect for public property, the Supervisors are considering a change in the county ordinances that would institute a minimum fine of $50, or 30 days in jail, for those convicted of dumpster violations.
We feel that the disgraceful part of the bathroom situation at the courthouse is not that there’s only one public toilet for both men and women to share but rather that existing conditions were caused by still another instance of citizen abuse.
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