The Pollution Problem that Local Candidates Should Address

Let’s talk trash…yes, pollution that violates state law that local governments in Bandera County for decades have found difficult to enforce.

With the beginning of election season, candidates are fashioning their positions on issues in their campaigns. Prior to a meet-the-candidates forum by the League of Women Voters on January 31, I received an email from a candidate asking if I would review a draft of a white paper, “Challenges of ‘Trash’ on Private Property.” I found it well-researched and could provide the framework for a plan to enforce laws passed by the Texas legislature on illegal dumping and trash accumulation as a health and safety hazard.

The “Challenges” draft drew me to the LWV forum to interview the candidates for Bandera County Judge. I learned that each was concerned with the same issue of the buildup of trash on private property in the county.