Today while riding in the neighborhood, I noticed several lawns being mowed.  Of the five or six that I noticed, all were blowing the grass clipping into the street with no apparent intent to sweep it up. The majority of the lawns were being mowed by hired lawn care professionals. 

The street is not a receptacle for grass shavings.  If I were to hire someone to cut my grass, I would make sure the grass shavings are either blown back into the yard or sweep up and disposed of in the trash.    If we all blew our grass into the street a couple of things would happen: First, the street drainage would eventually clog, second, the streets would be filthy and unappealing.  Neighbors walk, jog and ride bikes in our streets and no one wants to exercise in a filthy environment.  To some property owners, grass clippings in the street is “no big deal.”  But, it’s the small nick-picky things that sometimes mushroom into significant consequences.  Please, let’s stop that practice. Have your lawn care professional dispose of your grass clippings and help keep our neighborhood streets clean.

Another observation is speeding school buses in the subdivision.  If I had a school age child, I would be concern about the driving habits of some of the bus drivers.  We post 15 MPH speed signs throughout the subdivision, and expect property owners to obey, yet we tolerate bus drivers to drive in excess of 25 MPH with your children onboard.  If you observe the same speeding buses as I do, and concern, as I am, then please report the incidents to the Ascension Parish School Board.  Recording the bus number would certainly help the school board to reprimand the appropriate bus driver.

Let’s enjoy our weekend.  Geaux Tigers and Go Jags!!

Dan