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As I recall she had on her cleanup clothes â boots, jeans, long-sleeved shirt and gloves â and was right in the middle of the muck. I was immediately struck by the huge mess she and a half-dozen other volunteers were dealing with â discarded clothes, chairs, license plates, bike parts, shopping carts, suitcases, empty water bottles, cigarette butts and used needles. Lots and lots of used needles.
I was also struck by Hicks. This was no elected official just along for a photo opportunity. Hicks was in the thick of the cleanup for much of the day, despite a steady rain.
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