P-I: "Wind-blown recycling, garbage angers Seattle residents"
Blustery winds whipped uncollected recycling and garbage through streets and alleys Monday, frustrating and infuriating residents who set it out as instructed by the city over the weekend or before going back to work.My trash was last picked-up on December 12. It won't be picked up again until January 3. Our recycling won't be picked-up until January 9.
Jim Conchie of South Seattle said his garbage hadn't been picked up since two weeks before Christmas. He said Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels should stop pushing ambitious global climate initiatives and concentrate on core city services, like garbage pickup and snow removal.Why insult the third world? Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at December 29, 2008 08:44 PM | Email This"It's time for the mayor to give up all his high-flying fantasies and get back to providing basic services," said Conchie, who lives east of Columbia City.
Conchie said the high winds had blown trash throughout his neighborhood, making it look like "a third world city."
Looking out the window, I see clear, dry pavement. What's your excuse?
Posted by: tensor on December 29, 2008 08:55 PMPlease pick up your own trash, and stash it in the receptacles we use for such purposes, until the collection is made. Whining about how a nanny state should help you is the height of socialism.
Posted by: tensor on December 29, 2008 10:35 PMGo clean up your trash pile and QUIT WHINING. The audacity of some of you people claiming liberals are whiners when these threads are the best you can come up with?
I eagerly await your 'Uhh..... well you're a liberal, Andrew! I couldn't think of anything else as a comeback, so I had to fall back on that LOLOL WHAT NOW'
Posted by: Andrew Brown on December 29, 2008 10:38 PMTensor, mine is all tied up to, but looks terrible. Pick it up. My roads have been fine...what no chains for garbage trucks? I understand it's a hassle, but if Mayor fatass wouuld put salt down we'd be fine. I even salted my street and walkway to keep it safe. I can't believe this is still the same place my forefathers helped build.
Posted by: Dengle on December 29, 2008 11:07 PMFeel free to move to Mississippi, Alabama, or any other red-state paradise. It's not the Third World, really. Just our version of it, courtesy of conservative policies in action.
Posted by: Tensor on December 29, 2008 11:15 PMWhat alternate universe are you living in? This State/County/City is run by Democrats from the Governor on down (and has been for 30 years), so your tired old "blame the conservative policies" line is the height of ignorance and/or a disconnect with reality.
Posted by: Rick D. on December 30, 2008 04:39 AMI think blue Michigan was the biggest loser. Tensor if you want liberalism in action, try Detroit with it's 75% dropout rate, boarded up homes, scandal-plagued government, etc.
Posted by: hank o'hare on December 30, 2008 04:42 AMThis is not whining, it is a reasonable expectation of correct priorities and leadership. I've never understood the mindset of many in this area - criticize the leaders and get the blow back from your fellow citizens.
As, "you're whining" "you just don't understand the complexities" "crawl back under your rock" and on it goes.
Logical explanations have no effect on these people. The red state move sounds better every year. I may not like red state winters but I cannot fathom living in this liberal insanity during my retirement years.
So tensor are you going to ask the city to refund your part of the tax money that goes for this service. Bet not!
Maybe Obama will give Seattle some cash for trash service.
The next 4 years are going to damn funny.
Posted by: Medic/Vet on December 30, 2008 08:13 AMThe crybaby whining over one or two missed trash pickups already has me chuckling.
Keep up the good work!
Posted by: scottd on December 30, 2008 08:48 AMTensor - you speak only nonsense. Alabama and Mississippi are not 'Third World' countries. What an idiot you are!!! And yes that is an ad hominem comment since you personally have insulted everyone living in the South.
Posted by: Me on December 30, 2008 09:47 AMIf you are having a problem with your trash (I'm not however, it is secured and "safe"), why not just put the excess trash bags in the trunk of your car and drive them to the transfer station? Do the same with your recycling. A little fast talking and they'd probably let you unload the trash for free (recycling is free).
Problem solved.
And then get on with life.
Posted by: G Jiggy on December 30, 2008 11:02 AMI'm interested in reading more about this.
Posted by: Andrew Brown on December 30, 2008 11:15 AM (1) A company must not refuse service to an applicant or cancel service to a customer when there are unpaid bills from a prior customer at the same premises unless the company has objective evidence that the applicant is acting on behalf of the prior customer with the intent to avoid payment.
(2) A company may refuse service to an applicant or cancel service to a customer when:
(a) The customer has not complied with state, county, or municipal regulations concerning the service.
(b) In the company's judgment, providing the service would be hazardous, unsafe, or dangerous to persons or property.
(c) In the company's judgment, driveways or roads are improperly constructed or maintained, do not have adequate turn arounds, or have other unsafe conditions.
(d) The customer has an overdue bill from the company for the same class of service at the same or a different location, and satisfactory arrangements for payment of the overdue unpaid bill have not been made. For purposes of this rule, class of service means residential service or commercial service.
(e) The customer requests service at a location where there currently resides a former customer who has an overdue bill from the company for the same class of service at the same location, and satisfactory arrangements for payment of the overdue bill have not been made.
(f) The customer has obtained or retained service from the company by dishonest or fraudulent means, for the purpose of avoiding debts, including, but not limited to:
(i) False statement of credit references or employment;
(ii) False statement of present or prior premises address;
(iii) Use of an alias or false name; or
(iv) Rotation of service among roommates or persons living together.
I know if I had three weeks of stinking garbage creating a problem, 20 bucks to make the problem disappear wouldn't be to much.
Posted by: G Jiggy on December 30, 2008 03:42 PMFire Nickels and Sims. Throw both of their lard asses in a prison camp.
Posted by: GregNickelsIsAFatAss on December 30, 2008 07:21 PMI was mocking the original author's failed attempt to paint Seattle as less than a Third World city. I still hope that anyone disgusted with liberal Seattle's response to snow will move to the Deep South, where snow is a rarity, and red-state conservatism rules. Why are you not there already? Oh yeah, the whole quality of life thing, which is obviously higher in the blue states. (Why is that?)
Hey, Tensor: Not all of your garbage is secure. You're still posting.
Indeed, that was my comment (#6), to the previous whining post, The City of Accumulating Garbage. Stealing my joke is really creative (by your standards).
Both Seattle City and King County in particular use this as an opportunity to came back with higher demands in a few months.
Bingo. City/County bureaucrats will feel pressure to "do something," which really means "do nothing, but look busy." At our expense, they will form committees, which will formulate plans. At best, these plans will come to nothing. At worst, these plans will lead to purchase of plows and salting/sanding trucks. As I showed in previous comments, use of such vehicles in our recent storm would have contributed to the creation of black ice on our hilly streets, with higher probabilities of accidents. Buying and maintaining this equipment will cost money for many years, in anticipation of a storm which comes once a decade. All of that money and effort will be wasted, but we'll have to pay for it. No thanks!
Posted by: tensor on December 30, 2008 08:51 PMI'd be happy to drop it off for free and Rabanco reimbursed me my travel. Or if Rabanco gladly credited me the 3 weeks they missed.
Posted by: Dave on December 30, 2008 09:46 PMIt's like the garbage strikes they have in New York. Garbage multiples in piles six feet high and everybody bitches about how bad it smells . . . but they do nothing about it.
If it was me faced with a pile of garbage that was ripe, I'd haul it to the dump and then call them up and tell them to not bother to send a bill. It's called a "contract of merchantability". They didn't do what they said they would and you don't have to pay. If you can drive a bag or three of it out, they sure can drive in and pick it up. It works a lot better than howling about smelly garbage.
As for me personally, we have plans around our house for dealing with inoperative services from electricity to garbage and we don't care because we don't have to.
Scroom.
Posted by: G Jiggy on December 30, 2008 11:03 PM"Twas the week before Christmas, and next to the Sound,
Not a creature was stirring, for all were snowbound.
Greyhound busses quit running, no matter the fare,
And the mail men and garbage said they just couldn't get there!
The children were sliding Queen Anne Hill on their sleds.
While roofs were collapsing on old people's heads.
And mamma in her boots and I in my cap,
Were stuck in the snow and ice and such crap.
When at the Home Depot there arose such a clatter,
I trudged from my car to see what was the matter.
A group of sad souls were waving their cash,
They couldn't buy shovels, they'd sold in a flash.
Tires were spinning and just wouldn't go,
And chains lay broken in the dirty old snow.
Then, what to my surprise did my eyes look over and see?
Eight representatives of SDOT,
With a fat politician so lively and quick,
I knew in a moment it was Mayor "Salt Nick".
More rapid than gun bans, his excuses they came,
"To save our environment the roads stay the same!
On Broadway! On Boren! On Yesler and Denny!,
To clear off these roads would cost such a penny!
Sliding down Thomas and onto a wall!
The busses hung over I-5, ready to fall!
Still, he insisted it wasn't his fault,
As the world's greenest mayor he wouldn't use SALT!
That stuff's corrosive, could hurt the fish.
(But the Puget Sound's SALT WATER you ignorant kish!)
So snowy Seattle continued to stew,
But Mayor "Salt Nick" just hadn't a clue.
While I stood there astonished, on nearby TV sets,
I saw the airport was packed, no de-icer for jets.
Since others couldn't get down the roads to the ferry,
The city decided to close Denny and Cherry.
Police cars and firetrucks were highly impaired,
Citizens got no impression that Mayor Salt Nick cared.
A house that caught fire, or a rape in progress,
Was less important than "going green" in Seattle - I guess!
An accident closed the I-90 bridge,
And people couldn't drive down Phinney Ridge.
Shovels, and salt had just flown off the shelf,
And I laughed when I heard him in spite of myself.
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head,
He tried to convey we had nothing to dread;
He spoke many words, but did little work,
Yet Seattle knew they should never have elected this jerk.
Then thumbing his nose at his citizens' plight,
He turned to the crowd and exclaimed "We've done right!",
And then to his limo refusing to yield,
He left to get solar panels installed on Qwest Field.
But I heard him exclaim, as he skidded past me
"Happy Christmas to all, heck, I give myself a 'B' ".
Seattle has money. It's boneheaded "decisions" that have trash strewn everywhere. Worse, the arrogance of a Mayor that thinks he can solve the world's psuedo problems (like global warming) and ignores the basic functions of city government.
For the life of me, I can't figure out why there has not been a garbage truck in my neighborhood yet. Nobody knows what to do. Mayor Fatso said "help is on the way," and that garbage would be picked up Saturday and Sunday. Didn't happen. Thursday is a holiday (my neighborhood's pick-up day). Do we leave the trash out? Do we take it back inside until the following Thurs? Do we just go through it in Lake Washington? Do we keep it out there to feed the rodents?
Posted by: bananaland on December 31, 2008 12:31 PM