On Everything you wanted to know about leaf collection but were afraid to ask
Posted on November 13 at 10:41 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Hey JoeSchmo, is your user name indicative of your intelligence, or lack of? So who is the real fool here? That said, I will not continue lower myself to banter with a bully!
On Everything you wanted to know about leaf collection but were afraid to ask
Posted on November 11 at 6:19 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Actually Scooter, my employment is just fine. Been on my own for over 20 years thank you. I have seen many businesses come and go, yet I am still here. I must know a little something about budgeting to have survived this long.
The city can still do a courtesy leaf pickup in a different fashion. Citizens go through the effort to blow them into the street, they can bag them just the same and then have a bag pickup with one truck and no waste of man power and costs. Also, no rush to beat the weather. It can be done in conjunction with your weekly trash pickup. I am still in awe that making a mess of the streets for this season period of time is still acceptable to all of you.
You know, think of it this way. The city is in a budget shortage. So why not offer to contribute and help reduce the burden by doing your own initial clean up as a concerned citizen to help offset the deficit? No one owes you anything, These services are just that, "services". They come and go as economically feasible.
And you are wrong to think I am the only one expressing displeasure. I am however the only one to take the initiative to voice my opinion publicly. Its called being a concerned citizen and exercising my rights as a resident who owns multiple properties and paying my fair share of taxes. But wait, you will hear more in the future from others now that it is on the radar.
On Everything you wanted to know about leaf collection but were afraid to ask
Posted on November 11 at 9:57 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Well, if this is how you feel, and if the service stays, don't complain about a tax increase to make up short falls in the budget, because its coming!
On Everything you wanted to know about leaf collection but were afraid to ask
Posted on November 11 at 9:53 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
No doubt they do a great job Frogger. The question is, "is the service vital or necessary" when there are more vital services being cut or strained because of budget short falls? Not to mention once again, the hazards caused. I don't understand why that is not enough for all of you to see leaf collection is something that can be lived without. I think next year may be a different story as the city stood up and took notice.
On Everything you wanted to know about leaf collection but were afraid to ask
Posted on November 11 at 9:48 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
P.S. No1, to your comment on complaints. Here is a service I like, "Snow Removal". If they cut that would you complain? I think you would!
On Everything you wanted to know about leaf collection but were afraid to ask
Posted on November 11 at 9:42 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Once again No1, it's not about what you think the minimal cost is to you, obviously it still affects the city as a whole. It's not enough. Read the article. Nearly $198,000 is the cost to the city which does not has enough money. I can't believe you think it cost the city less than your fuel. A 15 man crew labor cost, machinery cost, equipment cost, planning and scheduling cost, supervisory labor cost to oversee the operation, do you GET IT NOW? Obviously you have never been self employed to know the true costs of doing business. Maybe instead of professing to be an expert, go to the city and ask to see what the break down is of an operation like the CONVENIENCE SERVICE!!!! I'll try to make it easy, try to compare it to the operation (cost) to run your household with a minimum wage job, but on a much larger scale, or do you even own your home?
On Everything you wanted to know about leaf collection but were afraid to ask
Posted on November 11 at 3:14 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Interesting comments. Not one looked at the real picture here other than your laziness to have our city rid them for you. For all the effort it takes to pile them in the street, you could collect them or mulch.
The person who went to the city did so out of frustration. He does not have one tree on his property. He also stated he never puts them in the street, but did so this year to prove a point. He has always mulched, bagged, and hauled them away to the city compost. A lot of work for someone with not one tree.
The real point is every year there are reports of a short fall of money for snow removal. Many winter accidents result because of limited budget dollars, not to mention the massive cost of a courtesy service such as leaf collection when the funds can be used for vital services like snow or transportation.
There are very distinct hazards from the leaves in the streets. Narrowed road ways, packed or frozen leaves like most years, fire hazards because of limited parking for cars, kids playing in them, and so on...
By the way, vacuum trucks are still not an efficient option either.
How many of you were at the meeting Monday to watch the more than dozen blind residents pleading to the council to not shut down or reduce busline hours or services?
The over burdened Humane Society had to reduce fees it really could not spare to increase the cities budget, which is operating in the red I might add. The city is borrowing money, and taping its reserves to operate. So, what would you all prefer, tax increases, or the re-distribution of wasteful funds to prevent such action? Either way I think you would still complain.
Instead of taxing the over burdened city budget and man power, this could create jobs for the private sector to clean up or haul away for those with limited means, or no means at all.
I find many of your comments very selfish. There is a better way, residents need to take responsibility for their own property care, clean up and disposal of waste such as this!
On Property owners' IDs to go online
Posted on May 26 at 7:58 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
I have deep concerns once again for our privacy, and potential safety risk of putting my information so readily accessible for any outside predator to easily access from the comfort of their shop full of stolen merchandise, or the simple nosy neighbor. I understand saving money on the staffs use of time. But isn't that what we are paying them for? There are other ways of redirecting those calls. No one likes the phone systems that put you through a series of prompts, but that is one way of screening calls. If you are truly using this information for business purposes, than have a small access fee to be paid by the "qualifying" vendors who may need this information. Now you have protected our privacy and raised revenue to boot. Anyone else, tough luck! Get in your car and go research the info at city hall or the court house. The county is no better in their practices of dolling out his personal information. Perhaps we should all use alias names then when we register a property.
On Loan program helps buyers get into foreclosed homes
Posted on January 4 at 1:57 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Also be aware that there will be more foreclosures coming into the market place over the next year. The banks have not released all their inventory as not to flood the market place. That being said, this would be a good sign. It would mean the initial inventory is being reduced and there is confidence in the market. There are still going to be new foreclosures, there always has been. The pace should hopefully be slowing. Only time will tell and heals all. Predictions for interest rates are as described going to be "North of 8%" to pay back the bill for the increase spending to get the country out of this recession.
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On Neighbors rescue man buried in snow for hours
Posted on February 3 at 10:32 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Angels come in all forms, and Mr. Latta's were there for him. A special thanks to Mrs. Nelson and the Harrington's for they were wearing their wings that day!