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sullymw
Citizen
Username: Sullymw
Post Number: 435
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 29, 2004 - 2:42 pm: | 
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I just noticed that my bill went up again. I'm paying $93 a quarter. Does everyone pay the same? |
canismajor
Citizen
Username: Canismajor
Post Number: 301
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 29, 2004 - 5:18 pm: |
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Same here. I was just complaining about this hike to my friend, who happens to live in Caldwell. She told me that everything we get nickel and dimed for here in MW is included in their taxes.....sewer, garbage, parking permits, etc. To add insult to injury, Waste Management collects their trash and will take any item they put out, no matter how big. Seems we get screwed every which way here in MW. |
Spanish Inquisitor
Citizen
Username: Sinq
Post Number: 37
Registered: 4-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 29, 2004 - 5:23 pm: |
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your friend has it made then |
LilLB
Citizen
Username: Lillb
Post Number: 300
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 29, 2004 - 5:24 pm: |
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But do they pick up the trash from the back of her house in W. Caldwell? |
Lydia
Citizen
Username: Lydial
Post Number: 812
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 29, 2004 - 7:17 pm: |
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When I was a kid we had to take our garbage to the dump.
Chicken carcasses, cat litter and sour milk cartons in leaky bags on a hot summer day piled in the back of the car - Yum!
Going to the dump was always a production, drag the trash from the garage, load it into the car, wait in line to check your permit, wait in another line and drag the bags of trash to the huge stinky pile with seagulls screeching and diving around. Ugh.
Contrast that to civilized Maplewood where we pay around $375 annually for 102 trash pick-ups -- that comes to about $3.60 per pick-up, or about the cost of a half-gallon of milk.
Worth every penny in my book. Plus the service is optional, so if you want to take your trash to a dump, I suppose you can.
If you are really resourceful with recycling, you can reduce your trash output to one bag a month or so and offer your neighbor a few bucks to mix it in with theirs.
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flugermongers
Citizen
Username: Flugermongers
Post Number: 322
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 12:08 am: |
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Does that mean I'm getting a few bucks? |
Bobkat
Supporter
Username: Bobk
Post Number: 7124
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 4:52 am: |
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Where is the nearest dump? This looks like a good excuse to buy the pickup truck I have always wanted!!  |
Chris Prenovost
Citizen
Username: Chris_prenovost
Post Number: 199
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 11:20 am: |
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Dammit, Lydia, stop being so sensible.
But Seriously, folks. . .
Waste Management's prices have more than doubled since they were bought out about, say four or five years ago? So have my property taxes.
At least Waste Management's service is still good. And they don't complain about my Christmas decorations |
1-2many
Citizen
Username: Wbg69
Post Number: 923
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 1:28 pm: |
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this fee just went up 1-2 billing cycles ago - that is, 3-6 months ago. now it jumps again?! guess that's what you can do when you're the only game in town.
when I lived in Madison, trash was included in my (low, low) taxes. And we could put out ANYTHING, at ANY time, and we did. And it was good. (But not good enough to continue living amongst heterogeous pretentious snobs.) |
Chris Prenovost
Citizen
Username: Chris_prenovost
Post Number: 202
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 1:54 pm: |
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Heterogeneous, pretentious snobs?
How dare you speak of the BOE that way? |
themp
Citizen
Username: Themp
Post Number: 1337
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Friday, December 31, 2004 - 12:54 pm: |
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The District Attorney of San Diego County, California, Edwin L. Miller, Jr., has issued a 260-page background report on Waste Management, Inc. (WMI), the nation's largest waste hauler. The
San Diego Report, as it has become known, draws the following conclusions, which we quote verbatim:
** WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC.'S METHODS OF DOING BUSINESS AND HISTORY OF CIVIL AND CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS HAS [sic] ESTABLISHED A PREDICTABLE PATTERN WHICH HAS BEEN FAIRLY CONSISTENT OVER A
SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF YEARS.
** WE [the San Diego DA and his investigative staff] HAVE REVIEWED RECENT PRACTICES AND PROBLEMS AND OUR CONCERNS HAVE NOT DIMINISHED. THE COMPANY'S RECENT BUSINESS PRACTICES AND
VIOLATIONS DO NOT APPEAR TO BE DIFFERENT FROM THE PAST.
**...[T]HE COMPANY'S HISTORY REQUIRES EXTREME CAUTION BY THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY CONTEMPLATING ANY CONTRACTUAL OR BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT
** ...[I]T IS CLEAR THAT WASTE MANAGEMENT ENGAGES IN PRACTICES DESIGNED TO GAIN UNDUE INFLUENCE OVER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
** THESE PRACTICES SUGGEST AN UNSEEMLY EFFORT BY WASTE MANAGEMENT TO MANIPULATE LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOR ITS OWN BUSINESS ENDS. IF UNCHECKED, THESE PRACTICES, LIKE OTHER MORE DIRECT FORMS OF
IMPROPER ATTEMPTS TO GAIN INFLUENCE, MAY HAVE A CORRUPTING IMPACT ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND LEAD TO DECISIONS UNSUITABLE TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE PUBLIC
http://www.monitor.net/rachel/r299.html |
monster
Citizen
Username: Monster
Post Number: 475
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Friday, December 31, 2004 - 5:50 pm: |
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another bad part is that the law here in Maplewood says that you have to pay for garbage pickup, even if you don't have much and could go in with a neighbor, doesn't make a difference.
Doesn't say what company, but you don't have much choice. |
johnny
Citizen
Username: Johnny
Post Number: 1161
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, January 2, 2005 - 4:23 pm: |
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Citizens of Maplewood have no other choice but to use Waste Management. The TC puts is out for bid (I'd be surprised if they received more than one bid) and then force us to use whoever wins the bid.
I just found a bill from 2002 and it was for $79 per quarter. Up about 18% in 2 years. Great job by the TC. There has to be a better way. |
Joan
Supporter
Username: Joancrystal
Post Number: 4641
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, January 2, 2005 - 4:44 pm: |
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Dumping fees keep rising dramatically as we run out of places to deposit our garbage. The best way to reduce what we pay for garbage hauling as a community is to significantly reduce the amount of garbage we produce. |
sullymw
Citizen
Username: Sullymw
Post Number: 439
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, January 2, 2005 - 8:32 pm: |
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nice thought, but it will never happen. And now that we no longer recycle plastics, the problem is worse. It would just be nice if there was some explanation for the increases and maybe the TC should protect us better with a contract that doesn't permit so many increases in such a short period of time |
Chris Prenovost
Citizen
Username: Chris_prenovost
Post Number: 206
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Monday, January 3, 2005 - 7:23 am: |
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I am sure that the Town Council acted in the best interest of the taxpayers. |
sullymw
Citizen
Username: Sullymw
Post Number: 440
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, January 3, 2005 - 8:27 am: |
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oh yeah? |
Chris Prenovost
Citizen
Username: Chris_prenovost
Post Number: 208
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Monday, January 3, 2005 - 11:42 am: |
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Yeah! I am sure they represent the taxpayers as strongly as the Board of Education represents the kids. |
eb1154
Citizen
Username: Eb1154
Post Number: 336
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 4, 2005 - 9:28 pm: |
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I believe it's the county's fault for the increase. WM's increase was due to an increase in the fees charged to them by the ECUA. Plus, Maplewood was quite a bit over the allowed tonnage for 2004 and WM had to eat that cost last year.
The Townhsip didn't give up on plastics yet. We said we would keep working on plastics and we have been doing just that. There is something in the works right now. We should know in a few weeks if we can bring back some form of plastic recycling. As soon as I know, you'll know.
Eric |
Rick B
Citizen
Username: Ruck1977
Post Number: 432
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 5, 2005 - 12:54 pm: |
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Please give up on plastics. My recylcling days have been much more pleasant over the last 6 months! |
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