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Trash fee"A New Trash Fee"..This was the topic of the Outerbelt Civic Association Meeting of June 3. It was a year ago that we were told that the people in the City of Springfield would begin to pay a $90 a year trash fee. A fee that we still consider to be a tax charge on top of all the other taxes we pay.
During the campaign we heard from the Mayor that he was going to do away with the yearly $90 trash fee. This was one of his campaign promises. The campaign is over and the City of Springfield is going to "privatize trash pick up." We have now come full circle. Our trash was picked up because we pay taxes to the city, now they want us to pay for every bag of trash we produce.
This is privatization at its worst. We are going to help some company or companies make profit with our money. It will cost us $775,000 in administrative fees to start this new program. Who will be monitoring this program and at what cost? We will be paying for bags that will only increase in cost as time goes on. We are being told that plastic bags will no longer be used as they are not biodegradable. This program will produce some serious illegal dumping. Let's be realistic, we have people in the City of Springfield who will not be going to the store to buy "blue plastic bags with logos on them" to put garbage in. Most people will be buying necessities like food, gas and heating fuel.
This new trash fee proposal is a debacle. It is unacceptable and intolerable. The only people this new proposal is good for are the people who will profit from the money we will be charged. This is about fairness, honesty and taking care of your constituents. This new trash fee proposal will not be good for anyone.
Members of the Outerbelt Civic Association
Walter Gould, President
Mary Dionne, Vice President
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