Dear Editor:
This is a pet peeve of mine that has been heavily exacerbated by the volume of new construction.
I’m crossing the new blacktop of the ShopRite parking lot, in winter, and already there are scores of gum wads stuck willy nilly. I haven’t even noticed anybody chewing gum since I was a kid, and yet! The cigarette butts chinking every new paver are no fashion statement, but one can hope they will be cleaned out, whereas that gum is permanent.
What is up with gum chewers? I swear that if America’s streets were paved with gold, they’d still be coated with gum.
Fritz Haas