This morning's Advocate story on the debris that is currently visible in the Capitol Lake is a "short-term eyesore" that will be covered up again when it rains, according to Jerry Jones, director of the state Facility Planning and Control Department.
Pardon me, but why not clean the damn lake out? Wouldn't that be better than waiting for some rain to raise the water levels so it would be out of sight, out of mind? Is it so hard to have a couple of guys put on some shrimping boots and go pick that trash up and throw it in one of the numerous dumpsters around the Capitol?
This morning's 
