suburb now charging to have garbage taken...

[legoalex2000]

http://www.dailyherald.com/news/cookstory.asp?id=117853

amongst my readings of the daily herald, mount prospect is now going to charge $211 to have umlimited garbage pickup. as far as i knew, garbage pick up as free for the suburbs, as it was coming out of taxes.

disgraceful... there is nothing better to read...

ramos

[Craig.]

I can understand them putting up taxes a little to pay for any additional costs but not a seperate charge.

The proposals, which include a fee for ambulance service

Now that, is wrong

[legoalex2000]

pff, we get charged $1.75 for a 911 call, this is a chicagoland-wide service.

Ramos

[ozzy72]

Sounds like another "Dodgy-Daley" happening

[flyboy 28]

We've had to pay for garbage pickup ever since we've lived out here. And this is about as close to the middle of the desert you could get in New Jersey..

[Saitek]

It has not got to that quite yet. The Council tax is horrendous. Over a

[ozzy72]

Ben I think the council tax includes the rubbish disposal...

[Ivan]

Time for Afvaltoerisme (AKA dumping your rubbish in public bins while driving to your work)...

[Jared]

We've always had to pay for it here in Ohio..

[Corsair Freak]

We have orange stickers we have to put on each one of our garbage bags. No sticker.... no pickup.

5 Stickers = $5

[Saitek]

Ben I think the council tax includes the rubbish disposal...

Yeah, but they have a tendency to up the council tax and cut the services. I don't think I said otherwise.

[flyboy 28]

We have orange stickers we have to put on each one of our garbage bags. No sticker.... no pickup.

5 Stickers = $5

That's just flat out indecent.

[Pinchaser...]

This all has to do with Kevin moving out of Mount Prospect....  ::)

[beaky]

That's just flat out indecent.

It's criminal, but there's an easy way around that...
get the damn biggest bags you can find; wait until you have about a months' worth of trash bagged up in regular-sized bags,then  put them all in the one big bag with one sticker.
As to where to "stage" the bags; most homes have a guest room...

[Hagar]

Ben I think the council tax includes the rubbish disposal...

Too right it does & they will only take what they fancy taking. We have to pay an exorbitant price for special green bags to put garden refuse in & guess who supplies them? It's possible to get far cheaper green bags but they won't take them unless they have the council logo on them.

[quote]The Council tax is horrendous. Over a