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Posted on: May 20, 2020 at 08:40:55 CT

meatiger MU

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And I would guess those guys have shorter terms, and things in the contract that allows the HOA to get out of them.

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Ever since the city (Kansas City) took over our trash pickup - playhard NWMSU - 5/20 07:34:16

pickle will not approve of this (nm) - lqf2b8 MU

- 5/20 08:29:28

Who cares? - Macgrantt MU - 5/20 09:27:43

Bring on the "statist" posts...yay(nm) - Gyro MU - 5/20 09:13:22

In pickle's case - meatiger MU - 5/20 08:35:36

Looks like it did(nm) - Tigrrrr! MU

- 5/20 08:36:41

Not really - meatiger MU - 5/20 08:40:14

It wasn't a monopoly. - kmawv8 MU - 5/20 08:42:39

Just because it's temporary doesn't mean it isn't a monopoly - cnk ATL - 5/20 08:51:31

wut? of course it was - SwampTiger MU - 5/20 08:49:21

It very much is a monopoly - meatiger MU - 5/20 08:46:42

Some cities charge for curbside trash removal and you - kmawv8 MU - 5/20 08:57:03

Have lived in both types - meatiger MU - 5/20 09:02:11

There are other trash companies KCMO could have gone - tgr MU

- 5/20 08:50:52

Not anymore - meatiger MU - 5/20 08:53:20

There are at least two companies in KC. - tgr MU

- 5/20 08:57:36

So the OP was incorrect - meatiger MU - 5/20 08:58:36

So it was a single company - meatiger MU - 5/20 08:12:07

govt created monopoly (nm) - SwampTiger MU - 5/20 08:26:39

yep - meatiger MU - 5/20 08:34:35

HOAs can go overboard sometimes but I do like having - lqf2b8 MU

- 5/20 08:37:38

That should be the case for a city run trash removal contrac - kmawv8 MU - 5/20 08:41:18

Politicians rarely make decisions based on merit - lqf2b8 MU

- 5/20 08:47:36

it creates artificial barriers to entry (nm) - SwampTiger MU - 5/20 08:51:20

Who's making the decision for the HOA? - kmawv8 MU - 5/20 08:50:48

A lesser mind indeed (nm) - lqf2b8 MU

- 5/20 09:15:07

RE: Who's making the decision for the HOA? - meatiger MU - 5/20 08:52:57

Agreed - meatiger MU - 5/20 08:40:55

Just curious, why would you guess that? - kmawv8 MU - 5/20 08:45:08

Because in the city's case - meatiger MU - 5/20 08:47:43

Not sure, but they were terrible(nm) - playhard NWMSU - 5/20 08:20:26

Not a surprise if a single company - meatiger MU - 5/20 08:23:07

Usually these contracts are bid ahead of time and signed - kmawv8 MU - 5/20 08:28:31

Yep - meatiger MU - 5/20 08:32:05

Sort of. They have agreed upon pricing to the city to - kmawv8 MU - 5/20 08:36:10

RE: Sort of. They have agreed upon pricing to the city to - meatiger MU - 5/20 08:42:03

Just moving to another city is rare. The business requires - kmawv8 MU - 5/20 08:43:58

yeah..for a city that size - meatiger MU - 5/20 08:50:29

Tony Soprano always gets his contracts renewed. nm - Nebraska99 STL - 5/20 08:37:48

Not anymore. He ded (nm) - kmawv8 MU - 5/20 08:46:49

I'd undercut that fat wop and bankrupt the mob(nm) - lqf2b8 MU

- 5/20 08:40:10

If you were that private company, how did you let it get so - tgr MU

- 5/20 07:42:03

Our trash lady (deffenbaugh) is a raging B. I had a shelf - bactgr MU

- 5/20 07:40:00

Is she hot?(nm) - meatiger MU - 5/20 08:23:53

I bet she can hit a softball further than anyone on the - bactgr MU

- 5/20 08:58:35

i just got a major erection - meatiger MU - 5/20 09:02:43

Worthless post without a picture.....laqueef(nm) - Tigrrrr! MU

- 5/20 09:08:12