This week I am going to publish your gripes before I investigate them because they are timely and happening all too often. I have already forwarded these complaints to the councilmen/women in these areas and you can expect a follow up in upcoming columns.
Dear Eleanore Turkington:
I was walking past the Parkade twice in the last two weeks, once in the Parkade and the other time on the corner of Captain Thomas Blvd and the other on Thomas Street. There was a young person there walking their mean Pit Bull on a twenty-foot chain. It chased an elderly senior woman at the walk sign near Biagetti’s and terrorized her. Then, another day, the same person with the mean dog was ready to pounce and kill a family walking their small dog West Haven Police I walk my small grandchild in the Parkade Please don’t wait until this fighting Pit Bull kills someone.
Caring Grandparent
Dear Eleanore Turkington:
I just crossed Beach Street near the East Avenue crosswalk, which is clearly marked in both directions for cars to yield to pedestrians. Literally, I was nearly hit by a red jeep Cherokee late model travelling east and a silver Ford F250 travelling west. Can’t the West Haven Police do something about this? They must have been travelling 50 miles per hour. Sickening! Many residents are now walking with children in strollers, dogs, etc. What is wrong with people?
JD Afraid
Dear Eleanore Turkington:
The Beach Street traffic is a very serious problem. For two years we had those pedestrian crossing cones, which you see a lot of in New Haven. (They) are far better at getting drivers to slow down than those tiny little yellow signs.
LG Pedestrian
Dear Eleanore Turkington:
Loud motorcycles, cars speeding on Washington Avenue and cars on Leete Street going the wrong way. Attention West Haven Police Department pull them over give them tickets or send them to jail. Don’t use COVID as an excuse. Someone is going to get killed.
TD Warning
Dear Eleanore Turkington:
I ride my bike on the boardwalk from Chick’s to Bradley Point, usually about four times a week. I CAN’T STAND IT. People do not observe the lines and walk all over the place. When I ride by them on my bike some people say, “Watch where you ae riding that thing.” The problem is I am on the proper side of the boardwalk . This really happens from St. John’s Church to Bradley Point. It is really annoying to slow down to a dragging pace and to wait for people to move and then they get mad like I am doing something wrong. Why don’t they pay attention?
AB Curious
Dear Eleanore Turkington:
There is trash in the woods on Stevens Avenue. I believe it is private property and the owner and apparently does not care what it looks like. Occasionally Public Works drive by and cleans it. I think the owner should be responsible for clean up. I also, cannot begin to understand why people toss trash into the community intentionally. Unfortunately, that area is dark and does not have any streetlights which invites dumping.
C/C Can’t Believe It
Dear Eleanore Turkington:
There is an abandoned car, a two-tone Ford USV with New York license plates that has not moved in about a month between Washington Avenue and Campbell Avenue on Leete Street. Please have it tagged as the street is tight on parking. And this car is using up a much-needed parking space.
Leete Street Resident
Dear Eleanore Turkington:
There are three big potholes between 51 and 56 Nonquit Street. Can you help us get them filled?
WEC Complainant
Dear Eleanore Turkington:
There is a porta potty on the West Haven Boardwalk in the parking lot near the Bocce Court. I know the Boardwalk is closed to those who must drive-in and park but appears to be open to those of us who live in the surrounding neighborhood. Imagine my disgust when having a GI episode and running to the porta potty. Wow I guess someone forgot to clean. Just tow that nasty thing away before it causes a major public health threat worse than COVID.
A Disgusted Citizen
It can be reported the facility is now back on schedule with regular cleaning as witnessed by our editor.
Readers I will follow up on these complaints and publish their results in my next Gripe Vine. If you have a gripe, comment or issue, send them to gripevine4wh@aol.com or mail them to Gripe Vine c/o West Haven Voice, 840 Boston Post Road, Box 4, West Haven 06516. Please include your name, address and phone number kept in strict confidence with me. You can also submit through our online form.