Letter to the editor
Poop was not on purpose
Dear Editor:
The letter to the Editor in the September 10 about issue about composting blue dog poop bags really gave me a chuckle. The writer asserted that San Francisco dog owners collect dog poop in blue bags and then leave them around so they will bio-degrade.
Nothing could be farther than the truth. I have 2 dogs, live in San Francisco most of the year, and can assure your readers that not only do those blue bags not bio-degrade, but that there is no general debate at all going on among San Francisco dog owners about the righteousness of leaving dog poop around on the streets in blue bags.
They do not compost and it is illegal to dispose of dog waste in our green composting bins.
My guess is that the blue bag was dropped inadvertently and that the owner probably had no intention of leaving it for your reader to discover.
Helene Frakes
San Francisco/Twin Lakes summer resident
Might also be that the owner was on a round trip hike, decided not to carry the bag all the in and then out again, and simply left it intending to pick it up on the return. Have done it myself and have seen many others do it on many hikes.
Some unhappy people just have congenitally suspicious minds. And an uncontrollable compulsion for moral exhibitionism.
“Doggie bags” are left around alot. I’ve seen piles of them at Red’s Lake and Horseshoe Lake. The dog owners are probaly trying to send a message to provide trash cans for them.