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There comes a time to say, “Enough is
enough!”And that’s just what a group of
Rappahannock County citizens have decided about the growing problem of trash accumulating on our behutiful countryside.
Led by John Kiser, the Trash Free Rappahannock (TFR) Project has won the unanimous endorsement of the Board of Supervisors. Others have joined up, including Hunt Harris of the Ragged Mountain Resource Center, Rae Ross of Mountainside Market and Hal McDermott and Jeff Light of the Rappahannock Lions Club. On the county government side, support has been offered by Administrator John McCarthy, Commonwealth's Attorney Peter Luke and Sheriff Larry Sherertz.
The TFR Project is more than just a plan to clean up Rappahannock’s roadsides and keep them clean. It’s also about changing peoples attitudes about litter, coming up with incentives to keep our county clean— and when necessary, strict enforcement of the laws dealing with litterbugs.
We applaud the efforts of all those involved in this new initiative!
To most of us, it’s surprising that roadside litter and illegal dumps should become such a problem again — especially in such an environmentally-conscious area as Rappahannock County.
But truth be known, there are still people out there who don’t see littering as a problem. That’s where the “education” component of the TFR Project will kick in. Those who persist in littering will get an attitude adjustment from the Sheriff’s Office, which has also bought into the project.
It has been said that people are less likely to toss trash on a road where litter is not already present.
That’s where we want to go with this project, and it certainly can be done.
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