--- On Fri, 4/1/11, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [TMIC] OT: the Garbage Story To: "Akua" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, April 1, 2011, 8:49 PM Hi, I agree with what you wrote. I wish some people could be in a wheelchair for just a month to see what you go through.(any shorter length of time wouldn't work) I pay $19.50 a month for trash collection;one week paper is collected,then bottles and cans the following week. There is talk of the city starting a trash collection;don't know if it's a good thing or not.Would have to pay for bags. My neighbor across the street takes my trash out for me every week.I'm truly blessed by good neighbors and relatives who do so much for me. Cheryl --- On Fri, 4/1/11, Akua <[email protected]> wrote: From: Akua <[email protected]> Subject: [TMIC] OT: the Garbage Story To: [email protected] Date: Friday, April 1, 2011, 5:29 PM OT: the Garbage StoryAfter seeing how a show about the need for change ( environmental practices) I wrote my rep. We have to PAY to get recycling picked up and it only happens once every two weeks. I complained that i do not use the city garbage which means no recycling is picked up from me. I pay $24.79 to have garbage picked by another service, because they will come to my back door to get my can. The Tiny City won't. and the city won't collect my recycling unless I also buy a city garbage bag and have that next to the recycling. Here's what my rep wrote Yes you have to have a bag because the city has to pay for our city workers to pick up the recyclable in a special truck that had to be bought, gassed and maintained-nothing is free. Again the cost is in place for every city and either it is paid by the bag fee or by taxes that hide the cost. Ours is the best deal. You need to understand how it actually works and costs. As for your accessibility to the curb-that I can not help you with. If your home requires added expenses due to its location or layout- you can not ask the city tax payers to help you. Other ADA compliant housing is available within the city. my reply: I am bemused and insulted by your reply. I have owned my home for 17 years and pay taxes. My taxes have educated many children, none of whom were mine. Part of being a citizen includes paying for things that others need. So your remarks at the end are galling! How my concern about getting recycling picked up devolved into telling me I need to move, I don't know. I already told you that I PAY for my garbage. How does this translate into" you can not ask the city tax payers to help you" ?????!!!!!!! That my concern about our lack of rigor in recycling and that we CHARGE for it ( other places collect multiple times a week whereas we do it just twice a month and have to pay for it) is met with such hostility, is untoward. You have indicated that you disagree. Fine. But disagreement does not beget insult. That is a trespass. I have always found our system of recycling wanting. When I was able-bodied, I drove my recycling to the recycling station, this was my committment to our planet. Why does the revenue from recycling not offset the cost of collection? Recycling is supported and encouraged all over the world -- it is seen as a revenue source for other municipalities. Here, we are charged for it. I can't see how this encourages people to recycle. Akua --
