INC NEWS - Yard Waste Plan Trashed?

[bragin at nc.rr.com]

i know that i am tired of subsidizing the 80% of Durham residences that
do not participate in the yard waste program.

i suspect that a great number of the Durham homeowners who do shell out
the extra 60 bucks a year to participate in the program could be easily
convinced that future participation is no longer worth their while also.

barry ragin

----- Original Message -----
From: kjj1 at duke.edu
Date: Monday, June 12, 2006 11:40 am
Subject: Re: INC NEWS - Yard Waste Plan Trashed?
To: RW Pickle <randy at 27beverly.com>, inc-list at durhaminc.org

> Randy--And for my money--I would rather have bulk and/or yard waste 
> funded 
> than an enforcement officer.
> 
> Kelly
> 
> --On Monday, June 12, 2006 11:37 AM -0400 RW Pickle 
> <randy at 27beverly.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> > If Stacey is correct (and I have no doubt she knows more about 
> this than I
> > do), then it looks like all of our efforts to get a city-wide 
> yard waste
> > plan has been tossed. Personally, this is of great concern to me. 
> Not just
> > because this is something that INC has pushed very hard for, but 
> because> it contributes to how this entire City looks. It was also 
> a recommendation
> > of the Appearance Committee I believe. I understand there is a 
> desire to
> > come up with a budget that "everyone" thinks the citizenry will 
> buy, but
> > the realities of it are that we'll buy what we're sold. And if we're
> > looking to buy something and it gets tossed because of an 
> arbitrary figure
> > (that's what the budget really is; nothing is set in stone), then 
> it's> hard to buy the other stuff that is being shoved down our 
> throats.>
> > Council wanted this, INC wants this, the City needs this, so 
> where's the
> > problem? We're going to pay for whatever we get sold. At least 
> let us buy
> > some stuff that is critically needed. Perhaps if they cut the 
> funding for
> > cleaning up the illegal dumping they'd get a better picture of 
> what kind
> > of problem we're really talking about here. It's already costing 
> us to do
> > that because there is no city-wide plan.
> >
> > No brushy/bulky item pickups, no city-wide yard waste plan, and a 
> code> enforcement officer that is only funded for 3/4 of a year. 
> Hardly an
> > effort to deal with our solid waste issues that are a blight to 
> all of our
> > communities. The Executive Board meets this week and I'll be looking
> > toward them to come up with a plan of action to get some of these 
> items> back on the table. I was led to believe that because of the 
> Bond passed
> > last year, there would be no tax increase. Since that seems to be 
> out the
> > window, at least the City should do something that benefits the 
> entire> City instead of something for some of these  special 
> interest groups.
> > There is a bigger picture here.
> >
> > RWP
> > 27 Beverly
> >
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