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Residents of Wing Blvd. have begun organizing neighborhood home clean-outs in advance of the "Pay as You Throw" trash program. |
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Sign of the Times ...
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Ya gotta wonder what is Sandwich doing in this transfer station throw as you go system?
Bourne just did a whole remodel dozens of recycling bins, all paved and parking spots, plus a brand new swap shop.
$35 a year car sticker and you can throw anything you want away anyday.
Plus the men in the trash trucks come once a week for your unlimited household trash.
$35. dollars a year versus Sandwich costs and taxes assessments?
Comparing Sandwich to Bourne is comparing apples and fire trucks. Bourne has their own landfill -- in addition to handling all of their own waste, they also earn $1.4 million annually taking in outside waste.
Remember the uproar when folks wanted to sell our own "dumpy little building" on Dewey Ave, or build Costco, or a potato chip factory, or a jail ? Can you imagine the shrieking if we tried expanding the landfill?
(See http://www.townofbourne.com/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=0kN3taMR%2bPM%3d&tabid=193&mid=878 for financial info on Bourne landfill.)
Speaking of the dumpy little building on Dewey...I think we should re-propose selling it and include a clause that those who vote NOT to sell it must pledge 25 hours of volunteer time to fix up the so called memorial (which now has more broken windows than whole ones).
I agree Barb N. I walked over through that neighborhood last week and that property is in shambles. The other home owners have beautiful, well-kept yards and lawns. Their homes are pristine. And in the middle of this lovely neighborhood is this dilapitated building with broken windows and peeling paint. Shame on our town! The location is ideal -- level the old shack and sell that waterfront property.
I don't think we can expand the Sandwich transfer station. There is no room. But the point is well taken. Love the idea about Dewey Ave. But the the plan is to let it fall down. Have you not seen that work for other town buildings? Remember what use be the youth building next to the POP warner field. That was just let go until the only conclusion was to take it down. Dewey Ave. needs a historic restriction placed on it. There are people who want Dewey Ave for this use or that use. Trouble is they don't have any money to maintain it.
Bud has publicly said that if the town were to close the dump (the state owns the land by the way) there would be no need for an override for another five years. CLOSE THE DUMP! No? OK, let's build a second library then. No? Let's fix the Wing School. No? Let's get rid of the asbestos (not only the floor tiles) at the Fire Station. No? Let's put the ADA required elevator at the Golf Course. No?
shall I go on
I am in favor of closing the dump. We will see if PAYT can produce the financial results it has been sold to us on, which has really been political non-speak. After a year we'll see what the results are. As to improving recycling, we'll see about that too. Remember we have been told that DPW expects state mandates on recycling per town. We have been told our "tipping fees" are going up X percent. We have been lead to believe that PAYT will close the $700,000 current taxpayer subsidy to run the transfer station. A lot of assumptions and research that only backed up wanting to institute PAYT was a big part of this action. The same business who came to the BOS to introduce PAYT to the Board and the community is the company we hired. A true irony is the same town gov. that complains about not getting enough from the state, which is true, hires a company stationed out of state. Anon. 6:55 is right on. A decision that looks like a solution, creating more problems. But we'll know for sure after a year.
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