Mow the weeds. I am talking about TXDOT, not the City of Dallas. The state’s lame excuse of being shy of money for not taking care of the grass strips along its highways is just that, lame.
A viewer pointed out, if a Dallas resident let his front yard grow up like that, chest high in some places, he would be getting a citation and a fine from the city. Bingo! Letting the weeds and grass grow that tall is dangerous, it blocks the view of drivers.
I love Bluebonnets on the side of our highways just like the next loyal Texan, but letting the weeds and grass grow to these preposterous heights around those wild flower patches is just wrong. TXDOT, again are you listening? We pay a bunch of gasoline taxes in that $3.58 a gallon, taxes to maintain our roads, use some it and assume your responsibility, mow the weeds. Maybe the city should symbolically start writing the state citations and assessing symbolic fines to make a big stink until TXDOT does its duty.
Ok, here is my take on this. Yes, TXDOT should mow. However, I pay taxed to the Dallas County Tax Assessor…. They (the City of Dallas and the City of Irving) do not come and mow the patch of grass from the sidewalk to the street in front of my house. Even though I technically do not own this piece of land, I am the one that has to take care of it or as you said, I will get fined. We all know that the state is not going to do any more than what they have to do, and it is not like the city can not take care of this themselves. If Dallas wants it to look better, then quit playing the blame game and do something about it. Or maybe the citizens with curbs need to start charging the cities for the gas and labor to mow what is not ours….