Filthy France

Rue Jean Suau, Toulouse, 31000

The New York street shit scene

News just in from New York,

Theo Otibu and the 14 other agents in the Sanitation Department’s Canine Task Force fan out across the five boroughs each day to enforce the city’s “pooper scooper” law, which went into effect 30 years ago and became the model for other large cities. The city’s 311 complaint line received about 3,000 complaints about dog waste last year, up from 2,100 in 2004, and so the Sanitation Department has added seven agents to the task force. In the first 11 months of the current fiscal year, which ends on June 30, they handed out 869 summonses, an increase of roughly 40 percent over the same period a year before.

The maximum fine, $100, which has not changed since the law was passed, is likely to go up soon: A bill increasing it to $250 is awaiting Gov. David A. Paterson’s signature. (The Parks Department, which issues the tickets in city parks, has discretion to fine people $50 to $1,000.) link

Jean Jaures, Toulouse

Rue de Belfort, Toulouse

Rue Ganbetta, Toulouse

Rue John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Toulouse

Mission La Crotte

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Wish I'd learned about these guys when I started this blog... need to rethink strategy... flags + Google = clean pavements? Can concerned citizens of Toulouse do what the Marie cannot for a tad less than 5 mill big ones.

Place Saint Etiene, Toulouse

Google Toulouse

Just a thought here. Say you had 100, 200, 300, whatever photos of shit on the pavements of Toulouse. All in one place - say on this blog, clearly titled by location and maybe tourist spot, but linked to   from 100s of blogs. Theoretically, anyone then googling for Toulouse, or a specific place in Toulouse, would find a big picture of shit as the first result. Any search on Toulouse would result in a turd rising to the top.

While this may sound like a trivial waste of time, I think it could   prove powerful. The €5 million+ spent on high profile campaigns to stop dog owners brownshowering the city simply has not worked. Perhaps, a bit of linkpower could do the trick. Shame the Marie onto   taking some real action for a change? Shame dog owners into taking responsibility for the filth they leave behind. It could just work. Maybe lacrotte.org have similar ideas?

UPDATE: Google for "Toulouse dog" "Toulouse pavement" "Toulouse shit" and we're already at or near the top of Google. Now, we need to work on "Toulouse city tour" "Toulouse tourism" "Toulouse shopping" "Toulouse hotels" etc. That might just do it....

Le Bistrot du theatre, Toulouse