I'm a Libertarian living in Humboldt County, CA. I've lived here in Eureka since 1973 and joined the Libertarian Party in 1992. This blog will mostly focus on local political issues, but I may stray into state and national issues as well, when I can't help myself. Please post your comments by clicking on the "comments" link at the bottom of each post. Although I do moderate comments, you need not be a registered user to post them.
Well, I guess it wasn't for real since today is the 15th and the fires never happened- at least I didn't hear of any. I was hoping this guy was on to something.
posted by Fred Mangels @ 7:19 AM
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I can't say whether angels are real, but I think they are. This afternoon, the Blue Plastic recycling bin angels dumped a carload of huge blue bins in my part of Eureka. Most of the bins are in front of people's houses. I suspect they'll be moved into people's back yards just as soon as they find a way to cut holes big enough in their fences to wheel these behemoths through.
Each bin is big, bright blue and butt ugly. Another reason to hate City Hall.
I think the bins are pretty attractive. Never mind that I was opposed to this in the first place, and still am.
I might add I have the paper side of the bin filled to capacity already. The container side has plenty of room left.
Hating City Hall? No need for another reason for that.
I'm glad you like the big BLUE containers. But don't they make our "Victorian Seaport" look a lot more like "Leggo Village?"
Anonymous the first must spend a lot of time in alleys.
Not at all. The big blue recycling bins are lined up in front of houses for a half-mile in every direction from my house.
And even if all the bins are moved into people's back yards, so as not to visually pollute the neighborhood, they will visually pollute the back yards of all Eurekans!
I don't think they look bad at all. It is kind of funny, though, that so many are still out in the street even. I imagine some people don't even know what they're for despite the brochure the city sent out with instructions.
Might many of these people be ones opposed to the mandatory service decree? Might make a fun protest if everyone who doesn't like this just left the bins where they were delivered.
Anonymous is concerned about how the containers look in our alleys, but all of the crappy-looking cars in front of our houses are bigger and uglier.
Get used to them.
"Happy to Recycle" is free with his advice. His unwanted advice.
The worst thing about the bins isn't their color. It is their SIZE. (They are too big.)
His unwanted advice..
No. His, or her, advice is most welcome.
It is their SIZE. (They are too big.).
Yep, they are big, and I can see how that could be a problem with smaller yards. Still, I've filled up the paper portion of mine near to overflowing, already. I can't wait to get it dumped.
If there's an argument to be made, seems to me, it should be whether we should have gone to this expense in the first place? Never mind whether recycling is economical- or even makes good sense in all instances?
Keep in mind that, if every community does this, it will likely reduce the value of recyclables and make it more expensive to recycle in both the short and long run. We might also expend more energy recycling due to the hysteria of environmentalism.
Let's hope other communities realize what might be our folly and decide to keep recycling voluntary, or at least keep it done at the garbage depository.
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