HI, Trash Lady here. Yes, I am responsible for that mailing. I am also responsible for insuring that garbage is appropriately picked up throughout the City, every week. As a farm kid, I know that Mother Nature will ensure that the lack of snow early in the year will most likely be balanced with more than our usual rate of accumulation in the late winter and Spring. Additionally, as a scientist I know that March is statistically the month with the highest amount and frequency of snow falls. I am very sure that my customers will need the snow cart information sometime this winter, especially since the Council passed a very significant revision to the shoveling policy early this year.
It is, perhaps, fortuitous that the brochure is later than usual in coming out this year, since our snow has also been late. Please be advised that the Recycling Calendar, which is also coming out late, is late for the same reason. When the Administrative Manager, that produced all of our customer information left the City over a year ago, I did not replace that position and assumed the duties myself. Yes, this was done to try to avoid the cost of staffing the position. I apologize for any inconvenience my tardiness in getting these two mailings out has caused any of you. Finally, if you wish to know your recycling schedule, please e-mail me, off line with your address, and I will e-mail you your recycling dates. We are in the middle of a major re-do of our data bases, with the hope that by fall we will be able to have your recycling dates available on our Web site. -----Original Message----- From: Tim Bonham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 12:31 AM To: mpls-issues Subject: [Mpls] City Garbage Mailing I just got a mailing from the City of Minneapolis, saying "It's winter - shovel out your garbage cart!". Have these people looked out their City Hall windows lately??? There is bare ground showing all over the place! You'd have to drive about 50 miles in any direction to find any snow worth shoveling! We've hardly had snow worth shoveling all this season. I think I only had to shovel around my garbage cart about 2 or 3 times since last fall. I wonder how much of our tax money was wasted on this utterly useless, un-needed mailing? Tim Bonham, Ward 12 _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
