Sometimes Dallas politics really gets on my nerves.
And like the various U.S. Political Steamrollers, I wonder why it seems impossible for the voters to stop political stupidity.
In order to help balance the city's budget, Dallas has decided they could make a heavy advance in that direction if they were to limit residential garbage pickup to once a week rather than twice, and continue the previously initiated awkward practice of picking up trash once a month.
Here is a town loaded with massive skyscrapers, shopping malls, and millions of real estate taxpayers, and it can't figure out how to pay for city services.
Remember, property owners are already paying a fee for garbage and trash pickup in their water bills.
Instead, the city would rather compromise the health of citizens by allowing rotting garbage to sit idle for a week at a time, while it further putrefies and attracts rodents, insects and feeds germs. All in a city where rodents are already a major uncontrolled problem.
HERE'S THE PARADOX: Even fiscally poor Galveston, Texas, the little island of less than 60,000 residents that has few major property tax payers, is still able to sell its citizens water cheaper than Dallas does, and it provides garbage pick-up twice a week, and trash pick-up once a week to its residential customers.
Perhaps it's time for Dallas taxpayers to look to the city's professional staff to become accountable for problems like this one.
BILL CHERRY, REALTORS
DALLAS - HIGHLAND PARK
Our 45th Year
214 503-8563
Bill,
I moved to Dallas in July of 2007, and our area has always been on trash pick up once a week. The only change for me is they are moving the date from Wed to Fri.
That's interesting, Richard. The city has always picked up our garbage on Mondays and Thursdays and they pick up trash (tree limbs and junk from the garage) sometime during the last week of each month.
They claim it was that way for everyone, just different days.
They've apparently hired a public relations firm to try to keep the public outrage to a minimum. Real slick stuff being mailed...even gave the campaign a name and logo.
Bill,
Here garbage and trash are synonymous...what's the difference where you are? We have garbage pick-up every second week and recycling and green-box pick up once a week.
Jo
Our city tried to vote in one trash provider, we would have to use them so not more then one truck would go into a neighborhood. It did not pass.