If you drive on I26, in and around Asheville, NC, with any frequency, you've probably noticed the inmate crews along the side of the highway filling the bright orange bags with all the shit people are too lazy to dispose of themselves. As much as I hate the assholes who, for some reason, can't wait until they get home to dispose of a Big Mac wrapper or a can of soda, having cons work the roadsides seems to me to be a more charitable gift back to society than say, taking in the day's Bold and the Beautiful episode back in the joint.
Frequently motoring past scenes like the one pictured above, however, got me thinking... there's a problem here. Sure, there's the trooper or DOC guy standing guard over the chain gang, gun in one hand. But why isn't there a garbage bag in the other? With the problem of roadside debris seemingly only getting worse, couldn't we make better use of our various uniformed, otherwise idle, lawmen? Everyday I see two or three squad cars parked along Haywood Road in West Asheville, garbage strewn about around them. What about walking the beat, bag in hand? My guess is, if Mr. John Law had to pick up trash, we'd see a whole lot less flying out of car windows.
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