{"id":1143,"date":"2015-05-11T19:00:38","date_gmt":"2015-05-12T01:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gpmcha.org\/?p=1143"},"modified":"2015-05-11T19:00:38","modified_gmt":"2015-05-12T01:00:38","slug":"landscaping-turtles-littering-and-unleashed-dogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpmcha.org\/?p=1143","title":{"rendered":"Landscaping, Turtles, Littering and Unleashed Dogs"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Landscaping<\/strong> &#8211; Due to the torrential rains of late \u00a0and more on the way, we will not be mowing until the ground dries up sufficiently to not cause damage; as it is now, water is standing all over and it makes little sense to mow mud. The landscaping crew was out today trimming shrubs.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Turtles<\/strong> &#8211; As odd as it sounds, we have seen a few turtles lately. \u00a0Earlier today, there was a decently sized Snapping Turtle found near Warrior and the cemetery; this afternoon, there was a Box Turtle in front of the Office. We relocated both to the creel in the West woods.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Littering<\/strong> &#8211; We still have a big problem with people throwing trash in the parking lots, as they drive through the property, and also as kids walk home they drop trash. I can see a better use for our time and personnel than to pick up after others. Please dispose of trash properly.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Unleashed Dogs\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; We still have a number of residents who allow their dogs off-leash. This is a violation of our rules and City Ordinances. We also have too many dogs getting out of their yards and wandering around. Some of these dogs are large and powerful and could easily injury a child or older resident. We will be getting Animal Control involved since the owners of these dogs just don&#8217;t seem to understand why this is important.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Landscaping &#8211; Due to the torrential rains of late \u00a0and more on the way, we will not be mowing until the ground dries up sufficiently to not cause damage; as it is now, water is standing all over and it makes little sense to mow mud. The landscaping crew was out today trimming shrubs. Turtles..<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-default read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/gpmcha.org\/?p=1143\">Read more <span class=\"fa fa-angle-right\"><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,67],"tags":[186,28,72,184,185],"class_list":["post-1143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-information","category-landscaping","tag-dogs","tag-lawn","tag-trash","tag-turtles","tag-unleashed"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2625,"url":"https:\/\/gpmcha.org\/?p=2625","url_meta":{"origin":1143,"position":0},"title":"Don&#8217;t Mess With Texas 2.0","author":"Don Ryan","date":"September 4, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The littering laws have changed September 1, 2017. \u00a0Here they are: Littering is against the law and you can be fined up to $500 for trash less than or equal to five pounds or five gallons (as you may have seen on those blue Don\u2019t mess with Texas signs). 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