http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html Latest comments for the article: Visitors perplexed by lack of trash cans in state park at middletownjournal. http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=6#comment-199353 My wife and I hike the Cesar Creek trails twice a week and have seen several dumps where boaters and picknickers are leaving their non finished lunches on the grounds. Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:51:39 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=6#comment-199353 2009-07-10T11:51:39Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=6#comment-198443 I am an avid camper and hiker and have enjoyed our state parks all my life. But I was under the impression that trash collection at Caesar Creek and Cowan Lake had already ceased a decade ago. Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:26:13 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=6#comment-198443 2009-07-09T20:26:13Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=6#comment-191159 u all ort knot be sew messy! Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:11:07 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=6#comment-191159 2009-07-05T22:11:07Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=5#comment-190742 Pulling trash cans from any public place displays absolute incompetence! If there's not money for trash collection costing 53k, then either shut down the park, or cut in other places such as mowing or bureaucrat’s salaries! The park is going to turn into a dump for sure. Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:25:16 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=5#comment-190742 2009-07-05T13:25:16Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=5#comment-189953 Hey Sorry.... who the hell signs the budget? STRICKLAND, he is responsible since he is at the top! Let's see what else he can invent to destroy the state. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:15:59 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=5#comment-189953 2009-07-04T15:15:59Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=5#comment-189950 Why would you leave your trash for someone else to pick up? Is it a problem for you to take your trash home? Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:11:02 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=5#comment-189950 2009-07-04T15:11:02Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=5#comment-189867 As A retired employee from Ohio DNR,and living in Fl.You don't know how good you have it.The Florida state goverment just raised Park admission to 3-5 dollars a car depending on which Park you visit.You should be glad that Ohio Parks are still Free.The least you could do is take your trash home with you or as Smokey Bear says"Leave it as you found it". Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:26:57 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=5#comment-189867 2009-07-04T13:26:57Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=5#comment-189839 Why can't they put dumpsters at the entrance/exit with a large sign informing people of the new policy. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:09:16 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=5#comment-189839 2009-07-04T13:09:16Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=4#comment-189755 A lot of people didn't use the trash cans anyway! I have always taken along a trash bag or grocery sack to pick stuff up. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:18:48 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=4#comment-189755 2009-07-04T11:18:48Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=4#comment-189559 if you bring the trash in, you can carry it out. it isn't that hard and it weighs less then it did when you lugged it in. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:33:02 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=4#comment-189559 2009-07-04T04:33:02Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=4#comment-189482 I won't be going back to Ceasar's Creek Beach anytime soon. It was so gross. I was wondering were all the trash cans were. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:20:18 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=4#comment-189482 2009-07-04T02:20:18Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=4#comment-189463 OH MY GAWD! Last Monday *6-09* was my last day of vacation so we let my son choose what he wanted to do. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:13:00 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=4#comment-189463 2009-07-04T02:13:00Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=4#comment-189476 The State of Ohio and its Counties spend over ten million dollars registering DECADES OLD sex offenders ANNUALLY. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:08:13 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=4#comment-189476 2009-07-04T02:08:13Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=3#comment-189442 I'm so tired of hearing the "What do I pay my taxes for" response. You pay your taxes so the parks can remain safe (via park security and staff), so hiking trails, beaches, picnic tables and shelters, and other public-use facilities can be well-maintained, and so you have a restroom to do your business and a dock for your boat. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:13:51 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=3#comment-189442 2009-07-04T01:13:51Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=3#comment-189440 Tax Payer, maybe the taxes are being shifted toward pubic education so people won't have to sound like you when they write. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:10:18 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=3#comment-189440 2009-07-04T01:10:18Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=3#comment-189388 I allways have and allways will pick up behind myself in our state parks I love em..But if i have to do the states job?s like this what,s next???And why i,m i paying State TAX,S???????? Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:16:45 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=3#comment-189388 2009-07-03T23:16:45Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=3#comment-189341 The trash-free parks idea is nothing new. It's been used by the National Park Service at the C&O Canal National Historical Park and by the NPS at Prince William Forest Park in Virginia, among other areas, almost all of which get more visitation than an Ohio state park. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:36:33 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=3#comment-189341 2009-07-03T22:36:33Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=3#comment-189246 Be an adult - pick-up after yourself. Do you need state employees to be your nanny? Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:45:07 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=3#comment-189246 2009-07-03T20:45:07Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=2#comment-189221 i just recentley had lunch at this place and it was nice and clean. for those who don't want to tote there own trash pay 20.00 per bag of trash if you want someone to clean up for you. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:13:17 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=2#comment-189221 2009-07-03T20:13:17Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=2#comment-189218 I recently moved to Dayton from San Antonio and at Padre Island National Seashore the trash problem is primarily maintained by park visitors. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:03:27 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=2#comment-189218 2009-07-03T20:03:27Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=2#comment-189227 Good Lord, no wonder the bear has left Springboro! Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:00:54 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=2#comment-189227 2009-07-03T20:00:54Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=2#comment-189214 sorry to spoil your fun but the trash pick-up idea is the brainchild of a house republican. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:48:45 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=2#comment-189214 2009-07-03T19:48:45Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=2#comment-189197 Please don't turn this political--all that's going to happen is a whole bunch of negativity and back stabbing by BOTH parties---why do things have to be so nasty? Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:44:57 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=2#comment-189197 2009-07-03T19:44:57Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=1#comment-189196 trashman, weren't you taught to clean up after yourself? there is nothing wrong with doing that. so what you're saying is that republicans are to important to pick up after themselves and they need some lowly person that they are so much better than to do it for them? Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:42:50 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=1#comment-189196 2009-07-03T19:42:50Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=1#comment-189187 Yes...imagine the money saved when Strickland and his staff personally go out and pick up all the trash! LOL!! Now that would be a sight!! Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:21:21 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=1#comment-189187 2009-07-03T19:21:21Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=1#comment-189146 Do they at least have signs posted to pick up your own trash??? Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:20:15 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=1#comment-189146 2009-07-03T19:20:15Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=1#comment-189142 Ok... let's say we save $53,000 dollars by not having trash cans/collection in state parks AND we expect all visitors to the parks to be responsible and bag their own trash. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:48:20 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=1#comment-189142 2009-07-03T18:48:20Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=1#comment-189148 I have been there and this is all exaggerated. The area is clean and as un-American as it may seem to some, picking up your own trash, maybe it is not such a bad idea. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:47:50 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/visitors-perplexed-by-lack-of-trash-cans-in-state-park-189139.html?cxtype=rss_189139&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=1#comment-189148 2009-07-03T18:47:50Z