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Public Defecation is a Real Stinker in Old Fourth Ward
Boulevard homeowner documents what continues to be a quality of life problem.
OLD FOURTH WARD — Last September, we documented the plight of Wayne Brawner, the Boulevard homeowner and businessman who months trying to get City Hall to enforce its codes. Brawner's main issues revolved around trash left on empty lots, a church that illegally blocked parking on a public street and people using empty lots and backyards as their personal porta potties. The church's illegal "no parking" sign has been painted over, he told East Atlanta Patch. "But as far as people taking a poop or pissing behind the tree or in the wide open, no." Brawner told Patch. "My clients have to see this." He sent Patch this video he took recently of a man defecating on Boulevard in broad daylight. Jay Tribby, chief of staff to Atlanta City Councilman…
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Debbie Gathmann
1:30 pm on Saturday, January 12, 2013
In other cities, public toilets are common. Not in Atlanta. With the number of street people, it seems strange that we've not solved this problem. Yes, the public toilets must be checked daily. Yes, sometimes things get broken. But public toilets are both a sanitation and a dignity issue. Everyone's gotta go somewhere . . . more ›