Tuesday was garbage day on Ponce de Leon Street, but for the second time in two weeks, the trucks bypassed the pile of 30-gallon trash bags that block part of the street in front of Gary Parky's house near the Fair Grounds.
In fact, the trucks haven't stopped in the neighborhood in at least three weeks, Parky said, even though 23 stinking refrigerators and huge piles of debris line the streets.
"We're trying to do the right thing and move back into the city," said Parky, who returned to his flooded property three weeks ago after cleaning out the first floor of his two-story house. "But the work is not getting done. Why would you want to live here when it's like this?" [Read more - NOLA]
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