Saturday, April 05, 2008
 
In the Pecking Order, Citizen, It's Government > You
Here in the great county of St. Louis (no relation any more to the city of St. Louis, ha ha!), the county council has determined that you, citizen, must not only pay for weekly trash removal under penalty of a fine, but you must now also have weekly recycling pickup, too, whether you want it or not. Oh, yeah, you have to pay for it, too, which makes it yet another unfunded mandate from your elected representatives.

One of the good councilmen, John Campisi, is trying to get an exemption for citizens who don't generate that much. But one of the whiny government officials is afraid of what that would cost the government:
    Garry Earls, the county's chief operating officer, said finding out who would be exempt would be an administrative nightmare. "Somebody would have to pay the cost" of such an effort, he said.

    Companies that add a charge for recyclable pickups "are challenging customers to shop around for another hauler," Earls said. The bidding by hauling companies for the trash collection districts should drive down prices, he said.
Hah, hah! One, Earls is pointing out that it's okay for the government to force citizens to pick up a tab based on its whims, but the government paying for administration of its own intrusive powers, whoa, Chester!

Also, the fair COO fails to note that in many municipalities and garbage collection districts, your government does not let you choose a waste hauler and/or subsidizes a particular hauler. Because that would distract the reporter and the paper readers with facts, when it's more important he get a self-serving snarky remark in.


- posted by Brian J. @ 6:10 AM
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