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Article: With Cleveland's help, public space kept clean.(METROPOLITAN)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- August 5, 2004
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Byline: Tom Knott, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Cleveland Ray, a camera-toting inspector with the Department of Public Works, slipped into my neighborhood in broad daylight last week.
He stopped in front of my place and snapped a photograph. Proof of his handiwork came to the house by certified mail three days later, along with a violation notice that indicated a "failure to maintain the abutting public space in a clean condition."
The quality of the photograph was not bad, although I probably would have taken the shot at a different angle. But that is quibbling. Cleveland is obviously a creative person, and I would not want to be the one to stifle his ...