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Contributor Opinion By Art Stigile: Trash Is Truly Cash
Oct 15, 2009 6:30 - 17 Comments
Remember the Great Trash Debate of 2007? Remember the group of determined Hungerford residents who called themselves Rocktrash and trooped down to each Citizens forum for 5 months to prod certain Council members to come to their senses and support once-per-week trash pickup? Remember the gloom and doom forecasts by opponents of the new trash system? Remember the promise that trash fees would be frozen for 5 years, if the once-weekly system were implemented, and the derisive response from a few noisy naysayers? Remember the vote by Council members Marcuccio, Robbins, and Dorsey against once-per-week service? Remember the November election and the December vote to reverse the previous decision and approve implementing once-per-week service?
It seems like a long time ago, so let me refresh your memory. The vote was 4-1. Mayor Susan Hoffmann voted yes, as she had the entire year before, and newly elected Council members John Britton and Piotr Gajewski supported her, just as they promised during the debates. Why, even Anne Robbins jumped on HTTP/1.1 200 OK
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