Comrade Miller leading his clowns in their daily excercises........TRASHY IDEAS ON GARBAGE
Mayor Miller never ceases to astonish me, and never disappoints. First there was the little green "compostable" container which was so short that the wheels were useless if you were over four feet tall -- and it therefore had to be carried.
The raccoons loved it as they could open it at will, and we were supposed to go to Home Depot and pay to get a fix.
Then there was the inspired recycle bin, which complemented Dalton McGuinty's insane scheme to put deposits on bottles which were already being 90% recycled anyway. Miller cannot take credit for originating this madness, but he supported it.
"It's the right thing to do," said he, despite the fact it cost the city $2 million per year and didn't make a bit of difference.
Not wanting to return wine bottles to a beer store, I watched with interest as the "pickers" descended on the blue boxes and picked out the returnable bottles.
"This is great," I thought to myself. I have paid the deposit, these guys are showing initiative and effort, and for that are getting whatever I have already paid. So the only loser is me, and I'm happy to reward this kind of industry as a very efficient form of charity. So to encourage this sort of harmless and positive behaviour, I took to segregating the bottles myself and leaving them in a separate container. Win-Win.
Alas, with Miller in control, it was too good to last, and along came the recycle container, which put the "Pickers" out of business and which oddly combines paper, metals and plastics -- whereas before it was imperative that we had to separate them. Go figure.
And now we have the "garbage" container for which I had to pay $200.
I watched one morning as the truck pulled up and noticed that the person on the back was a girl. Well, I thought, if the machine does the heavy lifting, at least it opens opportunities for ladies.
Try to imagine my astonishment when she hopped off the truck, tilted and opened the container, pulled out the green garbage bags, threw them into the truck, closed the container top, and off they went. So instead of just picking up the bags, they now also have to pull them out of a four-foot container.
Words fail me.
If there are two ways to do anything, David Miller will invariably pick the wrong way.
Garbage, thy name is Miller.
I'm moving to the country.
ERIC BROOKS
TORONTO
(Enjoy the higher taxes)
WASTE OF PAPER
Re "Newsletter 'shameless'" (Bryn Weese, Nov. 7): Why doesn't Mayor David Miller read his previous publication, Waste Watch, then scrap this $1 million waste of paper -- a 24-page newsletter "Our Toronto" that mostly honours Hizzoner. Miller claims this newsletter is "informing Torontonians about City programs and services." Who decided to print this newsletter in 10 languages only? Doesn't each community rate their own language newsletter? And how can they be delivered accurately to those the mayor had them printed for? When is it enough already?
STELLA MAZZACATO
MISSISSAUGA
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