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Some cities charge for curbside trash removal and you

Posted on: May 20, 2020 at 08:57:03 CT
kmawv8 MU
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most certainly have a choice to opt out of theirs and dispose of your trash other ways. Some cities just build the cost into taxes. I get that the model funding it from your taxes is a monopoly, but not all cities handle trash removal that way. I don't know specifically about NKC.
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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




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