Cake? No thanks!

We’ve listened patiently the past two years as a few opponents have loudly insisted that Jefferson City’s trash/recycling program is somehow unfair to them.  Now they have placed a proposition on the April ballot that seems innocent enough, but would have severe consequences for Jefferson City.  Supporters of Proposition A want to deal with their trash however they see fit. They pretend that it won’t affect the trash/recycling services for the rest of us.  They’d like us to believe that we can have our cake and eat it, too. Please don’t be misled.

Our contract with Allied Waste requires that the City of Jefferson have an ordinance in place to ensure that all residents deal responsibly with their trash.  Proposition A would gut the current ordinance.  The City of Jefferson would be in violation of its contract and could face legal action costing taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Worse, passage of Proposition A would free Allied Waste to charge residents whatever the market would bear.  How much would that be? No one can say for sure but we know that residents of Cole County outside of the city limits without a contract are already paying as much as $10.00 more per month than city residents while getting less service.

Do you like curbside recycling? There’s no assurance that it would even continue if passage of Proposition A voids the current contract.  We could be back to the days of storing recyclables in the garage and hoping that the community recycling bins aren’t already full by the time we get there.

Tell supporters of Proposition A to keep their cake. We have a contract with Allied Waste that guarantees us an “easy to use” trash/recycling program and costs us less than most other communities in Missouri.

DON’T THROW A GOOD THING AWAY.  GO TO THE POLLS ON APRIL 5TH AND VOTE “NO” ON PROPOSITION A.