"We had problems with addressing issues that other communities had no problems with, like garbage pickup for instance, drugs in our community, blight, " she said.

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Garbage pickup is being cut back in Columbus, Ga.

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Even though they have this right, some of them are sitting in an apartment building or a house without lights, water, gas, or garbage pickup, and no landlord can be found anymore.

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Number One Son had been taking things apart and putting them back together since, at age six, he first disassembled and reassembled (mostly) an old lawn mower I had put out at the curb for garbage pickup.

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And the lack of basic services in so many urban black neighborhoods — parks for kids to play in, police walking the beat, regular garbage pickup, building code enforcement — all helped create a cycle of violence, blight and neglect that continues to haunt us.

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Raccoons lifted the lids off the garbage pails left at the curb for the morning pickup.

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