✆ Valerie Hiss deserves applause for her efforts in keeping our city lawns free from dog poop. Unfortunately, one item hanging from a tree leads to other items hanging from trees. There is an adage that states, “No good deed goes unpunished.” Still, I trust that a viable solution will be found to allow the poop bags to remain available to the pooch-walking members of our community.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on August 12, 2006. Read the original PDF.