City hall strikes again

Our city hall has done their ineffective best to move us toward curb-side recycling long after most major cities in Canada have been doing it for many years. Their last announcement regarding the cost to taxpayers caught a few off guard - $21 per month per household. That didn't sit well with some councillors and they rejected the plan. But only recently did it come to light that the $21 was actually broken down to $8 for regular solid recyclables, $9 for organic recyclables and $4 for regular garbage - which used to be covered by our property taxes. So they tried to sneak a $4 fee we were already paying into the mix. Too bad - $17 still sounds better than $21 and now they've pared the proposal down to just the $8 for regular solid recyclables while putting the $4 for regular garbage back into property tax.

Oh - those private companies that have already been offering curb-side recycling to folks willing to pay for the last couple of years? They are not invited to partake in the solution.

Smart.