Well, yes, "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" is a hackneyed cliche that reminds you of "Ma Perkins" (or am I the only person left in this neighborhood old enough to remember Oxydol's Own Ma Perkins?). But now's the time to nip the city's stealth $500 trash fee in the bud. After the mayor promised that "trash fees are off the table," the city has enacted an ordinance to assess small buildings with commercial zoning $500 per year for trash pick-up. If you rent an apartment or house, or own a 100% residential rental property, and this doesn't apply to you, then dollars-to-doughnuts you'll be in for a rude awakening when the precedent is set and they come after every rental property. And, if you think the owner will have to pay, so what difference does it make, you're overlooking the reality that the cost will be passed on through higher renta. So, if you haven't done so already, register your objections now. There's an easy and efficient way of getting an e-mail message to everybody in City Council plus the Mayor and the head of the new "Office of Business Services" (which is supposed to help us rather than stand by and watch the city hurt us). Just go to _www.icodat.com/notrashfee_ (http://www.icodat.com/notrashfee) , fill in the blanks on the form, use the preloaded "message" (you can also modify it or delete it and write your own), and click on the "submit" button at the bottom of the page. The "word" in City Hall is that the pols have to hear from the solid citizens of this great city of ours before they put a hold on an ill-advised ordinance and give it the attention and the "hearing" a charge like this deserves.
Alan Krigman KRF Management, ICON/Information Concepts Inc 211 S 45th St, Philadelphia PA 19104-2918 215-349-6500, fax 215-349-6502 [email protected] or [email protected] **************Looking for love this summer? Find it now on AOL Personals. (http://personals.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntuslove00000003)
