Vacant lot a menace to kids’ Easter egg hunt
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By JAMIE PATTERSON
Herald Reporter
A Yazoo City man wants to purchase a vacant lot just so he can keep it maintained.
As many property owners continue their battle with the city over unkempt property, O.B. Coleman wants to take over one lot so that he can keep it nice for his family.
“My grandkids were here over Easter,” he said. “I wouldn’t let them play in the yard because snakes were coming out of the ditch next door.”
Coleman, who lives on West Second Street, has a vacant narrow lot adjacent to his property. He said the lot is so small that nothing can be done with it.
With an adjoining ditch next to it, it has become a nest for snakes and other rodents.
Coleman told the Board of Mayor and Aldermen that he used to maintain the lot until the actual property owners were billed for the clean up by the city on their tax records.
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Dear Editor:
In the 6 April 2013 edition of The Yazoo Herald you published a letter from Cynthia Fuller, "Thanks to (Van) Foster for helping get bridge replaced."
After reading this lettter, I had the impression that the bridge was completed and traffic was moving along normally.
Wrong! Last Sunday I was on my way to homecoming at Providence Baptist Church. I turned north onto old 49 and saw the signs that the bridge was out. I assumed that they hadn't gotten around to removing the signs. I expected to cross Thompson Creek on the new bridge. When I approached the creek the road was barricaded and construction equipment was down in the creek.
Perhaps The Herald can keep us updated as to the progress being made on the new bridge.
Nan Harvey
Jackson, MS
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