Editor:
I had just returned from the experimental aircraft flier breakfast, which was delicious and anyone who missed the $6 breakfast sure missed the boat.
However to get back to the reason for this complaint is the continuing worsening of the litter along Peters Road in northeastern Highlands County. I have reason to travel this road frequently on my way to the airport and have seen the road go from one that I would take northern visitors to take pictures of the beautiful Florida landscape and citrus groves! Now tires and all other kinds of trash are being dumped there and if not stopped will eventually be blocking the road. Tires seem to be the big offender. Either the tire vendors or the tax evaders are using the roadway as an escape from paying the tax for old tire disposal. Every one of these tires bears an identifying number branded into the rubber and can be traced throughout it's history.
Why don't the police check out a couple of these numbers and throw the book at the dumpers?
Another thing that I note on my route to Hendrick's Field is the speed limit as I leave Peters Road, 45 miles an hour on wide open country road. Speed limit through Sebring's U.S. 27 is 55 miles per hour through the business district. Who is watching the roads in this area or is it the forbidden land?
Let's get it cleaned up and kept clean before it becomes like so many other neglected areas of Highlands County.
Woodie Jackson
Sebring
Sunday, March 03, 2013 - www.newssun.com/ltr-030313-Jackson