You saw the before pictures...
Here is the after!
Told DPW used fire hoses to blast the last of the gunk into the river. How much pollution entered OUR water ways because of a handful of people?! đĄ
#DrugsOffTheStreets, #downtownpittsburgh, #notonmywatch
Which one are you?
Are you a spectator or a participant in society? đ€
Only one effects change...Get involved!
Time to TAKE BACK Pixburgh!
This dude asked me where the bus stop was...Clearly in bad shape.
I asked him if he was high. He denied it. He collapsed three times, each time he was helped up.
I sensed an OD situation happening so I called the paramedics.
He denied the help.
Marty Griffin - GET MARTY
Merry Christmas Marty Griffin - GET MARTY & Larry Richert ;)
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Ahead of the Stockton Ave cleanup which got the media attention of KDKA, WPXI & WTAE Marty Griffin - GET MARTY shot me a text and asked me to come on...
Talking about this as a DRUG epidemic, NOT a "homelessness" problem.
Good morning Sh*ttizens...
Today's report coming to you live from the streets of Sh*ttsburgh.
On Friday I posted a video of the camp over on Stockton Ave on the Northside...Shortly thereafter, coincidence or not, "NO CAMPING" signs were posted.
There are two more encampments on the Chestnut Street off ramp and the Island just before on the left.
We also take a look at Coffey Way..,Day Four after the MASSIVE cleanup effort by the Pittsburgh Public Works Department.
Here we are...Only four days and there are two fresh steamersđ© in the Alley. One was taken at 12/10/22 @ 9:29 am. The other one looks like 12/11/22 around 3:00am đ€·ââïž
Marty Griffin - GET MARTY, Larry Richert, Amy Hudak
One caller on the Big K Morning Show this morning brought up an interesting point...What kind of people are we attracting downtown if these little Mom & Pop stores are selling drug paraphernalia?
I'm not telling anyone how to do there jobs, but just sayin'...Maybe Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Zone 2 plain clothes & the Drug Enforcement Administration D.E.A, should stop in and see what these stores are selling. Of course the DEA has a Division Office in Philadelphia and they've got their hands full with Kensington Ave https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=kensington%20philadelphia%20zombies. I wonder how many work out of the District Office in Pittsburgh?
Mayor Ed Gainey, Let's start cleaning up Pittsburgh!
Good morning Sh*ttizens...
Today's report coming to you live from the streets of Sh*ttsburgh.
On Friday I posted a video of the camp over on Stockton Ave on the Northside...Shortly thereafter, coincidence or not, "NO CAMPING" signs were posted.
There are two more encampments on the Chestnut Street off ramp and the Island just before on the left.
We also take a look at Coffey Way..,Day Four after the MASSIVE cleanup effort by the Pittsburgh Public Works Department.
Here we are...Only four days and there are two fresh steamersđ© in the Alley. One was taken at 12/10/22 @ 9:29 am. The other one looks like 12/11/22 around 3:00am đ€·ââïž
Marty Griffin - GET MARTY, Larry Richert, Amy Hudak
One caller on the Big K Morning Show this morning brought up an interesting point...What kind of people are we attracting downtown if these little Mom & Pop stores are selling drug paraphernalia?
I'm not telling anyone how to do there jobs, but just sayin'...Maybe Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Zone 2 plain clothes & the Drug Enforcement Administration - DEA, should stop in and see what these stores are selling. Of course the DEA has a Division Office in Philadelphia and they've got their hands full with Kensington Ave. I wonder how many work out of the District Office in Pittsburgh?
Mayor Ed Gainey, Let's start cleaning up Pittsburgh!
Yesterday morning the Pittsburgh Public Works Department came throught and did an amazing job cleaning up the trash in Coffey Way...
People that observed the clean up effort said some of these guys were MF'ing the alley...LOL...I'm sorry, I don't mean to laugh, but their disgust and disdain for having to clean up what is arguably one of THE MOST disgusting alleys downtown is 100% justified...Even for those of you who might say that's their job!
Trust me...NO ONE signed up for this!
These guys should get hazard duty pay for the job they did yesterday! Mayor Ed Gainey
Marty Griffin - GET MARTY, Amy Hudak & Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Zone 2, and last, but certainly not least Pittsburgh Public Works Department...On behalf of all the employees & businesses serviced by this alley...THANK YOU!!! For helping to bring attention to it, helping to keep it safe & keep it clean!
Marty Griffin - GET MARTY - I REFUSE to accept this as "the new normal!"
How many of the inhabitants of THIS camp which is located on the Northside right outside of the Giant Eagle near the public pool are addicts? đ€
I'll bet you a paycheck, more than are not!
The other issue with opening new homeless shelters is when these people leave/abandon these camps they don't GAF and leave their garbage/waste behind as a blight on the land! Who is on the hook for cleaning/rehabbing the area and returning it to it's natural state?! Let's start with the agencies enabling this by providing tents...Let them fund the cleanup effort!
Cruel & inhumane? I say NO!!! I do not want to see Pittsburgh turn into another Kensington Ave, another Portland, another San Francisco, Los Angeles, etc...!!!
You'd think city leaders would all put their heads together and say our approach hasn't worked in any of these other places, maybe it's time for something different!
Yet, city after city seem to adopt the same cookie cutter policies that enable this urban cancer/blight!
Time to get involved people! Stop sitting on the sidelines and take a more active roll in your communities and step up!
Government is inept and can't/won't do it without ADULT supervision!