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So yesterday I tried to make progress on my to do list by taking a box of household cleaners I had in storage to the county for safe disposal.
the office is not open on friday. after fuming in my car for a couple of minutes I put the box under the sign and took a photo.
a deputy magically appeared and told me I couldn't leave that box there.
I told him that I was taking a photo to document my frustration that a govt office is not open the full week.
part of me wanted to ask him if perhaps there might be a crime happening somewhere that he might want to go do something about rather than baby sitting the lot of a closed office... but I refrained.
(of course, had the deputy not been there I would NOT have left the box sitting there. that would have been mean. [NoEvil])
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Daniel_187
01-29-2011, 17:54
I hear you brother. The one by me is closed from 12/23/10 to 2/1/11(remodling). I give up. The place I work at went from the T-12's to the T-8 light blubs and trying to do the right thing and recycle them turns out to be a HUGE pain in the ass, when you have more then 6 to recycle.
craigslist has a free section....
theGinsue
01-29-2011, 21:19
Elhuero - you do realize that el Paso County has a sheriffs office sub station right next to this place don't you? Oh, and they have cameras watching things too.
How do *I* know this? The few times I've ever wanted to do the right thing and properly dispose of hazardous waste it was to that very facility - and it was on a Friday, when they're closed.
Taxes go up, services go down.
I hear you brother. The one by me is closed from 12/23/10 to 2/1/11(remodling). I give up. The place I work at went from the T-12's to the T-8 light blubs and trying to do the right thing and recycle them turns out to be a HUGE pain in the ass, when you have more then 6 to recycle.
Take em to home depot, they have drop box for old bulbs help provide work for a (hopefully) legal minimum wage worker, when i used to work construction my company would not recycle to save their life, wasn't worth it for them, so when I would try to take cfls and other floursent bulbs to the depot while picking up stuff
What were you tring to dispose of?
Many cleaners aren't as bad as the warning labels would make them appear. You can neutralize some, let others evaporate, etc. It just depends on the details.
As long as their hours are clearly posted online, it's actually does make sense to offer four ten-hour weekdays and the one Saturday.
a deputy magically appeared and told me I couldn't leave that box there.
I told him that I was taking a photo to document my frustration that a govt office is not open the full week.
What did he say when you told him that?
Colorado Springs budget crunch has made national headlines several times. Either you get low taxes, or you get government offices that are open seven days a week. Of course most people's response would be, "Buuuut I need to use XYZ government service, it should be open! Cut the other programs I don't care about so the ones I do are available!"
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_14303473
http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/from-colorado-springs-lessons-for-americas-budget-cutters/19788505/
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123691065
It'll be interesting to see what happens with their experiment in the long term.
H.
Bah, this is a socialist program anyway. Let the private sector do the disposal!!
Right? Lower taxes, less govt, more private sector?
Oh, guys I'm sorry. I got no lovin last night and I'm all backed up! Don't you know a guy can die from this?
LOL
Byte Stryke
01-30-2011, 10:07
What did he say when you told him that?
Colorado Springs budget crunch has made national headlines several times. Either you get low taxes, or you get government offices that are open seven days a week. Of course most people's response would be, "Buuuut I need to use XYZ government service, it should be open! Cut the other programs I don't care about so the ones I do are available!"
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_14303473
http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/from-colorado-springs-lessons-for-americas-budget-cutters/19788505/
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123691065
It'll be interesting to see what happens with their experiment in the long term.
H.
I have an answer.
Cut Government fat.
The "Site office manager" of LMNOP Doesn't need 140K a year to sit on his ass and BS With the guys about what he did all weekend while doing minimal administrative duties.
There is not enough economic threat for the government. just about everyone else has faced paycuts and layoffs, Comparatively the government FAT at the top has not seen this.
I'm not talking about the Clerk that faces the lines of people everyday, or goes in and punches the clock and works his ass off everyday for 30-60K.
I'm talking about the guys that go in at 10, break for lunch at 11, Come back at 2 only to leave at 3:30 while bilking the taxpayers for an exacerbating amount of money. Congressmen/Women, Senators that don't show up for > 10% of their votes.
http://adm.elpasoco.com/Environmental%20Division/Household%20Hazardous%20Waste/Pages/default.aspx
A quick google search even from my phone was all that was necessary to tell you the hours.
Sorry man but this is like taking your kid to school on a saturday and getting pissed that teachers aren't there.
I don't even see why this building should be open 4 days a week. 2-3 would be more than sufficient. Saves taxes too.
StagLefty
01-30-2011, 10:33
I have an answer.
Cut Government fat.
The "Site office manager" of LMNOP Doesn't need 140K a year to sit on his ass and BS With the guys about what he did all weekend while doing minimal administrative duties.
There is not enough economic threat for the government. just about everyone else has faced paycuts and layoffs, Comparatively the government FAT at the top has not seen this.
I'm not talking about the Clerk that faces the lines of people everyday, or goes in and punches the clock and works his ass off everyday for 30-60K.
I'm talking about the guys that go in at 10, break for lunch at 11, Come back at 2 only to leave at 3:30 while bilking the taxpayers for an exacerbating amount of money. Congressmen/Women, Senators that don't show up for > 10% of their votes.
^+1 But I doubt if I'll see any action that's needed like this in my lifetime [Beer]
Flush it all and let the City deal with it. The waste water plant is open 24/7...
hollohas
01-30-2011, 10:59
What did he say when you told him that?
Colorado Springs budget crunch has made national headlines several times. Either you get low taxes, or you get government offices that are open seven days a week. Of course most people's response would be, "Buuuut I need to use XYZ government service, it should be open! Cut the other programs I don't care about so the ones I do are available!"
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_14303473
http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/from-colorado-springs-lessons-for-americas-budget-cutters/19788505/
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123691065
It'll be interesting to see what happens with their experiment in the long term.
H.
^This.
Would you rather they tax and spend more?
CS has voted over and over again to keep taxes relatively low and voter approved initiatives like TABOR have also kept the city from taking in a lot of money. They don't have enough money to run everything so they shut many services down...or reduce the hours of others. Has been happening for years. It's not a bad thing when a city shuts things down because they don't have funding. If only our federal government would take a clue from this and start cutting services rather than running up debt. Just about the only profitable CS city organization is CS Utilities and now the rest of the city is trying to create a shell game to take that money from the Utilities to use elsewhere.
The one thing to take away from this is the Colorado Springs voters have kept taxes and fees low and during a recession they bring in even less so that's why you have fewer and fewer services in CS everyday. If you want that place to be open on Friday, vote to raise your taxes...
I personally think it's more important to keep one more bus running, keep one more fireman working or keep a library open rather than keep a recycling place open 7 days per week, IMO.
theGinsue
01-30-2011, 12:58
How about offering self-help drop-off bins clearly labeled for the different items than can go in them and leave the bins open and available 24/7.
This would only require minimal oversight and sorting throughout hte week - like 2 or 3 times a week, yet would be avaialble to the public all of the time.
Seems just a little too win-win to ever get implemented.
JohnTRourke
01-30-2011, 13:19
just do like the illegals and chuck it in a field somewhere.
seems to work for them.
(mostly sarcasm)
just do like the illegals and chuck it in a field somewhere.
seems to work for them.
(mostly sarcasm)
Illegals have cleaning supplies? [ROFL1]
Byte Stryke
01-30-2011, 14:59
Illegals have cleaning supplies? [ROFL1]
dX5aO-4tFG8
ChunkyMonkey
01-30-2011, 15:03
just do like the illegals and chuck it in a field somewhere.
seems to work for them.
(mostly sarcasm)
Well hell, thats better than the ones who dumped oil, paint, and spoiled rice in my dumpster!
Byte Stryke
01-30-2011, 15:20
Well hell, thats better than the ones who dumped oil, paint, and spoiled rice in my dumpster!
I Swear that rice wasn't spoiled Yesterday
[LOL]
ChunkyMonkey
01-30-2011, 15:22
I Swear that rice wasn't spoiled Yesterday
[LOL]
Well, I didnt see it...but it smelled like rotten rice..and I know what rotten rice smell like!!
dX5aO-4tFG8
That's awesome.
How about offering self-help drop-off bins clearly labeled for the different items than can go in them and leave the bins open and available 24/7.
This would only require minimal oversight and sorting throughout hte week - like 2 or 3 times a week, yet would be avaialble to the public all of the time.
Seems just a little too win-win to ever get implemented.
Whoa whoa whoa there ginsue, there is not making sense here ok? We don't want to hear you excelent ideas got it? Solving problems is not what the government wants to do, we all know this, there is no money to be had in solving problems.
theGinsue
01-30-2011, 16:29
Ah, dang. Brain-fart moment there.
What the heck was I thinking?
Sorry about that guys. I'll try to keep from letting it happen again.
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