INC NEWS - Yard Waste Plan Trashed?

[RW Pickle]

Maybe we could all just save our $60 (and don't forget about those cart
fees...), get rid of the yard waste program all together, and just start
dumping it at the ends of cul-de-sacs, over banks, and on the sholders of
roads like the rest of the folks do. That would be a large initial savings
in manpower and trucks alone. Then we could just let the Impact Team clean
it up since that is what they do already.

RWP
27 Beverly


> 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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