As in GARBAGE and who should be the next Mayor of the City of Ottawa.
Ottawa, like many other municipalities in Ontario have gone to garbage pickup once every two weeks and I simply hate it.
Of the half dozen core functions of municipal government I would place garbage pickup 3rd right behind fire and police protection.
And yet, Garbage seems to be getting the dirty end of the stick, if I may be so bold to say.
We have black boxes, blue boxes, green boxes and yes – every two weeks – actual garbage pickup.
When I was a kid in Brighton we had garbage pickup two times a week – on Tuesday and again on Friday and now with much more taxes and much less service that basic function has been cut by 75%.
We have money for the arts, for the countless non-profits, for rainbow flags …for just about everything but the basics.
What gives?
I rather like our current Mayor – Jim-bo Watson, even though he is a left winger.
After the fiasco of Mayor O’Brien – aka Rob Ford lite – Watson was and is a breath of fresh air – he is distinguished and has brought civility back to a most fractious council.
But …. but I am prepared to vote for another if the other is a contender and would bring back weekly pickup.
The Green Bin can be picked up weekly – why not real trash?
Every two weeks I struggle to fit a two weeks of garbage in the bin and simply dread the thought of missing a pickup and having to wait a month to unload the trash.
So on to the Fall Municipal Election Jim-bo and be aware there is something you can do to assure my vote.
Get back to basics and pickup the trash.
As I see it…
‘K.D. Galagher’
