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Once again the town of strasburg, the largest in Shenandoah County, is using facebook to notify its citizens of changes in the regular trash collection schedule. 

• The town's citizens pay the town to collect trash.
• It's the town's responsibility to provide each citizen with timely advance notification of changes to the regular trash collection schedule.

facebook is NOT adequate because:

• not every citizen has, or wants, 24/7 access to facebook.
• for those who do have facebook, the town places the burden on its citizens to know when there's a change in the regular trash pickup schedule. 
• how are citizens supposed to know when there's a change to the regular trash collection schedule???
• does the town think that its citizens are clairvoyant???

The REAL problem is with the town--NOT with its citizens.

C'mon town! DO YOUR JOB.

see something, say something, DO SOMETHING

 The first major snowstorm of the season may have been uneventful for first responders, First responders say first snowstorm of 2025 was 'uneventful', but the same can't be said for the cleanup. 

I spent the better part of the day yesterday shoveling snow from my driveway. Yesterday evening, after dark, I noticed that plowed snow that I had removed from the entrance to my driveway earlier had reappeared. I also noticed the culprit--a blue SUV was driving in the snow that the plow had piled along the curb. After several circuits I flagged the person down and asked her what she was doing. She replied "I'm making it easier for folks." 

I informed her that she wasn't making it easier for me as I had removed the snow that the plows had plowed to the curb that blocked my driveway and she had blocked my driveway again with her vigilante snow plowing antics. I told her to stop. She refused to do so. I told her that I was going to call the police and she said "Go ahead".

I reported the incident (including her vanity tag number) to the police. Later I observed a police car drive up and down the street, and then disappear.

It reminds me of when I was walking on Strasburg River Walk and a shotgun blast came from the direction of the river. I thought that someone was shooting at me. I reported it to the police. They responded to the scene and spoke with a man at the boat dock. The shot gun in his row boat was clearly visible. It turned out that firing a shotgun from a boat on the river isn't against the law. Go figure. 

Apparently vigilante snow plowing isn't against the law either.

With recent incidents of vehicles being driven into crowds in the US and elsewhere, we've heard "see something, say something" frequently. Needless to say, a woman who would use her POV as a snow plow at night, driving her car through already plowed snow "to help her neighbors", needs help and supervision. She's a danger to herself and to the community. "seeing something and saying something" only works if there's follow through. If there's no follow through, then why bother to report what you see? https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacodefull/title37.2/chapter8/article4/ 

1. see something. check.
2. say something. check.
3. DO SOMETHING! ???