drinking in neighborhood

Homeless people are buying beer at the store and drinking it in the back yard of a nearby abandon house. I got the Department of housing to come out and look at the situation but they say there really is not much that they can do because the house is still up to code. Why is it that bars can not sell beer to be consumed off site but this store can? I also found out that nearby schools have the right to veto a liquor license in Seattle but because the local school is a private school they do not have this right. I have decided however that this stores liquor license is probably their Achilles heal.

more photos of trash

The shopping cart has been there about a week, the uprooted tree stump for months.

more trash

I realize it's getting old, but I happened to have my digital camera with me today as I passed AM/PM Minimart. Here are just some of the piles of trash piled around their property which they refuse to pick up. These are not along side their property, these are right in the middle of their lot. I've become sort of an AM/PM expert and have been trying to stop at them whenever I pass one. They all seem to be the trashiest convenience stores and I think that it is an institutional problem. Mainly by inadequate trash cans but I think also poor design and space planning. The one along MLK in Seattle is probably the worst I've seen to date.