Consumer Sundays: unclaimed cash and clogged storm drains
We've told you before that pennies add up to dollars, and with that mantra in mind you might go out of your way to pick up the coins passed over in less lean times. Have you broken the piggy bank, gone through the couch cushions or re-checked old coat pockets or purses for nickels and dimes?
Then you'd be surprised to hear about thousands of dollars of unclaimed money that Excellent Eileen has written about in her Sunday column. Be sure to check it out.
As for Watchdog, well ...
we've tackled stopped-up storm drains before, including the Highlandtown one pictured above, that's got corn growing out of it.
But check out Watchdog Sunday to find out what's affecting drainage in West Baltimore.
Posted by Liz Kay at 4:15 PM | Permalink
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Categories: Budgeting, Odds & Ends, Watchdog
Categories: Budgeting, Odds & Ends, Watchdog
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I clean the drains in front of my own house. I also do it in front of the houses of my neighbors. I don't want my neighborhood looking blighted. I don't expect the city to clean it up and I'd probably die waiting for them to cite my neighbors for not keeping the area cleared. (After getting the world's worst case of poison ivy, I no longer clean the alley behind anyone's house but my own.) If people would just take a little pride in their neighborhoods by pulling a few weeds and picking up a bit of trash, the city would be a much better place.
Posted by: Avalon | December 12, 2008 5:03 PM
the drain out front of my house looked pretty similar to that and I shoveled close to 500 pounds of dirt out of it only to find that dirt was actually up to street level INSIDE the drain. I had to call the city twice to get them to clean it out - but at least now my corner doesn't flood anymore!
Evan, sounds like you've done your best ... it's definitely easier to keep the trash out of the drains than to pick it out when it's packed in. Dirt seems like another story, however. --- lfk
Posted by: Evan | December 15, 2008 10:50 AM