Wheels keep on turning...up

In the continuing series of what I like to call "Beach Lady vs. Big, Arrogant Water Treatment Plant," I recently mailed more than 350 plastic wagon wheels back to the Mamaroneck plant. This is the third delivery of the water filtration devices that I have mailed back and I think that makes well over 600 of in total by now. Six hundred of anything is a lot. Here is my letter, below and a photo of the contents of the package before I mailed it to Mr. Lauro. I will keep you in the loop when I hear back from Mr. Lauro. Thomas Lauro Commissioner, County Department of Environmental Facilities 270 North Avenue, 6th Floor New Rochelle, NY 10801 Dear Mr. Lauro, I am sure you remember me from last year. You wrote back to me in December 2011 about the wagon wheels I have been finding (and sending to you) on West Meadow, Crane Neck and Old Field beaches. You said that you couldn’t access the beach in Old Field, but I thought that was a weak excuse for not cleaning the plastic garbage up. I am enclosing 364 more wagon wheels that I have picked up from the beaches since my last delivery. Obviously the problem still exists and I think you need to come here again, speak to the mayor or Old Field Public Safety or whomever, and do a thorough clean up (Finally!) of our beaches here. For goodness sakes, it’s been a year and a half since the accident. I think the oil leak in the gulf was cleaned up faster than this. Please let me know when you and your crew will be arriving because I can be very helpful in showing you the worst places where the wheels show up. They really turn up after a storm, so maybe you want to plan to come on a day like that. I await your reply, as done everyone who lives in this area. Thank you and I am sure you’ll do the right thing. Sincerely, Carole Trottere Cc: Christine Sampson, The Patch Cc: Old Field Mayor Michael Levine Cc: Suffolk County Legislator Kara Hahn