To the editor:

Thumbs-down to the mayor’s office for creating an opportunity for debate about the trash cans on East Third Street.

The Gonzales (my parents) and Disney (my grandmother) families have lived on East Third Street for more than 25 years. It would be difficult to find anyone who is more proud of their homes or protective of their neighborhoods than they.

No one kept more pristine care of her home than Minnie Disney, and my mother Helen has always strived to do the same. My grandmother would be deeply appalled at the state in which Third Street finds itself now.

I invite anyone to drive down it. On any given day, anywhere from two to 30 trashcans are on the road — and not on a normal pickup day. When asked about Seymour’s trash can policy, the city employee in charge of this project said that he’s “just one man” and it was brushed off. When this new trash can policy was started, the campaign promised it would help make Seymour shine. My family simply isn’t seeing it.

Third Street flows directly into Cummins — a corporation avidly trying to make Seymour as attractive to potential customers and business partners as possible. Isn’t it our responsibility to do our part?

Sadie Gonzales

Seymour