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Residents urge action on litter, dumped furniture and repeated vehicle vandalism during Valdosta public comment
Summary
Multiple residents told council of ongoing neighborhood problems: illegal dumping and overflowing trash, large piles of discarded furniture, prostitution and drug activity, and repeated vehicle break-ins and vandalism; several said code enforcement and city marshals had been slow to respond in some areas.
Several Valdosta residents used the public-comment portion of the May 8 council meeting to urge more consistent code enforcement and faster responses to recurring public-safety and nuisance problems.
Bobby McKenzie (5148 Northwind Boulevard) criticized uneven enforcement, saying city marshals were quick to cite fallen trees in some places while other areas had large piles of dumped household goods and mattresses that went unaddressed for more than a month. He also cited…
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