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To the Editor:.
The problem of disposing the trash was the issue at the last Supervisor’s meeting.
Concerns by Mr. Massie about contamination at the dumpster sites is a real concern. The concern by Mr. Estes that some citizens would have to carry a heavier cost should certainly be addressed. The concern by Mr. Gilkey as to who should be served by trash pickup is another problem.
The trash disposal issue has two basic problems. One is the landfill, the cost of building the cells, the treatment of the effluent and the separation or recycling of the trash. The second problem is the trash collection and how to go about it, how best to serve the citizens and at what cost.
The decision by the Supervisors is a non-decision. With their 3-2 vote they left all the problems unresolved. They either should have had public hearings, then possibly appointed a commission that could study the problem and bring in some solutions. For example, how do adjacent communities handle the problem? Do they have trash picktip? Do they have recycling bins? Do they patrol their dumpster sites? What costs are involved when citizens have to drive 50 miles to dispose of their trash? What costs do the environment and the county incur if unauthorized small dumping areas suddenly appear?
The type of governing that occurred with this dumpster vote is non-governing; the citizens of the county deserve better.
WERNER KREBSER
Huntly
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