Shocking Neglect: Brazoria County officials ignored overgrown public nuisance for years, residents demand action

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Shocking Neglect: Brazoria County officials ignored overgrown public nuisance for years, residents demand action
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Residents of Brazoria County have been living with an overgrown mess for years, as evidence shows the Brazoria County Environmental Health Department was informed about the issue in 2018.

It's a dangerous nasty nuisance residents say they’ve known about for years. So, why haven't Brazoria County officials done something to help residents living around it? FOX 26's Randy Wallace tells the full story about a house no one wants to live next to.An overgrown mess has been in the making for many years, and it's no secret to

"Rodents, mosquitos, snakes, vagrancy," said Lisa Martens, who lives across the street from the public nuisance.That's just a few of the things living around the property, located at 199 County Road 294, that residents have to deal with."And yet we could never turn around and sell it for what they are valuing it at, because of things like that," Martens said.

"Every time someone vacated it, it got a little worse until ultimately the last person who vacated it, literally gutted the place," said Martens.

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