Mr. mayor and council people,

Why is there not anything being done about all of the eyesores around town? I’m speaking of cars parked on sidewalks, old couches in plain sight, junk of all sorts in plain sight. Nothing is ever done about it.

If you make city ordinances, then why do you not enforce them? Also, the landlords who own rental units make no attempts at all to clean up their property, nor do they tell the tenants to clean up their messes.

I believe that, if you put more attention and cave in to the locals who voted you people into office and not always trying to impress the tourists, well, then, everybody wins: You stay in office and the locals are content.

It’s annoying and not to mention illegal to have all of the junk lying around in people’s yards and cars everywhere you look parked on sidewalks.

They say Alpena is a “warm and friendly port.” Well, how about making Alpena a “clean, warm, and friendly port”?

Do you not want Alpena to be cleaner? Issuing citations would probably be a huge help to remedy this problem.

We have ordinances, so why not enforce them? It’s really that simple.

RICHARD ZAWACKI,

Alpena