SAVING SANITATION IS POSSIBLE

THIS POSTING WILL BE ADDED ONTO OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, AS I HAVE TAKEN TODAY TO REVIEW A LOT OF PAPERWORK, AND A LOT OF NUMBERS, AND TALK TO A FEW PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE REAL KNOWLEDGE IT TAKES TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS.
IF OUR "MAYOR", MR. GARNER, WANTS TO REDEEM HIMSELF, EVEN A LITTLE BIT, HE WILL LISTEN, AND GIVE SERIOUS CONSIDERATION TO SAVING OUR SANITATION DEPARTMENT, AND THE WORKERS JOBS, ESPECIALLY AS WE APPROACH WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE GIVING TIME OF YEAR. MERRY CHRISTMAS' DON'T COME WITH A PINK SLIP.
The Sanitation Union has submitted a bid to continue providing service to the City, and we would like to add some additional things to consider about the advantages of retaining our existing crews and how the department can function in the black by making some very basic changes in the way things have been done.
As we have been looking very closely at the sewer department situation lately, and hearing that a rate increase is "unavaoidable", the costs attributed to supporting sanitaition services have risen to the top. Looking closely at these costs, it has become evident that the mismanagement of several key decisions about procedure have obviously led to the exorbinate yearly budget that has been espoused by some of the Sewer Board members.
For example, we have been lugging loads of trash to a landfill over off Fern Valley Road, rather than using the landfill opportunities right here in town. Not only are there major differences in costs of dumping, but with gasoline prices at thier highest point very recently, this method is all but just plain stupid.
Secondly, we have been paying a company to take what bit of recycling material we manage to collect, yet there is a local company that would actually pay us for recyclables.