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No litter on roadways, but plenty inside vehicle

gjefferies@bradenton.com

Jerry Gallagher's Oct. 14 letter concerning trash thrown from cars that litter road ways hit the spot with me.

For years I preached "do not litter" to my four children. While riding in my oldest son's pickup truck last month, I asked why the inside looked like a garbage pit. His answer was, "You told us never to litter so I just throw it in my car."

You can't win them all ...

Molly Bengtson

Bradenton

This story was originally published October 21, 2015 at 12:00 AM with the headline "No litter on roadways, but plenty inside vehicle ."

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