Houston – A community is joining together to help clean up a messy area in Houston. Earlier this month, KPRC 2 reporter Bill Spencer investigated complaints from Fifth Ward residents about several overgrown lots. Since then, a good Samaritan stepped in to help and the City of Houston made good on its promise to remove other debris.
Paul Holly is 59, meticulous about his home and fiercely proud of his Salina Street block.
For a man who sweeps his walkway, trims his own bushes and treats his house like a castle, living three doors down from what neighbors call a jungle has been an unbearable indignity — and a growing threat — for a decade…