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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#1F497D'>Visionaries:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#1F497D'>See below for an article from today's Daily News -- any typos are mine alone.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#1F497D'>Apologies in advance to Andy Boyd, who is an excellent recycling ambassador, but this has gone so far beyond ridiculous I can't think of any words appropriate for a public forum to express my disgust.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#1F497D'>The longer this has dragged on, the more insulting it's become that our City Council apparently thinks we are too stupid to tell the difference between the roll-out trash carts and the roll-out incorrectly colored recycling bins. Maybe they themselves are just that stupid, but the folks I know aren't nearly as stupid as the Council seems to think we are.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#1F497D'>To recap: since August, we've had the pretty significant <b>inconvenience</b> of glass no longer being picked up in "preparation" of moving to single-stream recycling and <b>none</b> of the benefits.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#1F497D'>Then adding insult to injury, the "additional" glass recycling bin that was placed in the old Gilbert Auto parking lot was a flippin' joke: the opening was so high off the ground that most of us would have to deposit glass bottles one at a time because lifting a <b>heavy</b> bin up to dump it wouldn't be possible -- or safe -- for many. My understanding is that there were several complaints lodged during the first couple of weeks yet the problem remains.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#1F497D'>I've also not noticed any decrease in my sanitation bill for the decrease in service and increase in inconvenience, but I sure have noticed the time we've been losing to haul glass and the increased gas costs we're incurring from picking up glass for recycling from elderly friends who can’t handle the weight of loading, hauling, and disposing of heavy glass and other friends who don't have cars.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#1F497D'>The "new" expected date for us to actually move to single-stream recycling is <b>February</b>. I’ve lost count of how many times it’s been delayed already.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#1F497D'>Signed,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='color:#1F497D'>A Thoroughly</span></b><span style='color:#1F497D'> <b>Disgusted </b>Saundra Lund<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#1F497D'>Moscow, ID<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#1F497D'>The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them. That's the essence of inhumanity.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#1F497D'>~ George Bernard Shaw<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Moscow single-stream curbside recycling postponed yet another month<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>By Terri Harber, Daily News staff writer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>All of the replacement roll carts for use in Moscow’s curbside single-stream recycling program should be delivered by the first of the year and pickups should begin by Feb 1, the Moscow City Council was told Monday night.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>The City Council rejected the original 4,800 roll carts earlier this year because the green-gray shade looked too similar to the existing trash roll carts. They were concerned trash would end up in the recycling carts and vice versa, which can be expensive to process and cause the cost of the program to increase greatly.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Councilors also loaned Latah Sanitation Inc, the contractor that does curbside trash and recycling pickups around the city, about $124,000 — half of the money needed to pay for the replacement roll carts. LSI will pay back the city its share of the money once the original carts are sold off.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>The roll carts should be delivered to customers in mid-January so they can start packing them with recyclables, said Tim Davis, Moscow’s sanitation operations manager.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>This news came after approval of a new contract with LSI that adds 12 years to the existing solid waste franchise so it ends on Sept. 30, 2035. Wording about the new single-stream system was added as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Downtown public restroom: the councilors approved a concept by Design West that will cost nearly $158,000. The estimate includes 1 percent of the total for art and a 5 percent overall contingency cushion.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Councilor John Weber voted against the design because of cost.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>“We’re buying a Cadillac when a Chevy or Ford would work as well,” he said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Councilors Wayne Krauss and Walter Steed said they understood Weber’s apprehension. Krauss said the cost wouldn’t be that much lower with a differently pitched roof, for example. Downtown “should have a restroom that isn’t going to have a negative effect,” he also said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Steed said he has reservations about the cost estimate. If the project runs over budget, “I’ll raise objections.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>The restroom will have a heater and will be open year-round, but it will be locked at night.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Weber also commented that the process of making the structure blend in with other downtown buildings was like “putting lipstick on a pig.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>FOG discharge ordinance: the council also approved new rules about the discharge of fat, oil and grease (FOG) into the sewer system. While the rules would most often apply to the operation of food businesses, other sewer users who send large amounts of this goop through the sewer system could be asked to stop or be subject to fines before being charged with a misdemeanor. The acronym FOG will be used to educate customers about what discharges do to the city’s sewer lines and treatment plant before fines are levied. Heavy FOG producers will have a year to install traps to grab the fat, oil and grease so it doesn’t clog up the city’s pipes and reach the treatment plant.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoPlainText align=center style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Terri Harber can be reached at (208) 883-4631 or by email to <a href="mailto:tharber@dnews.com">tharber@dnews.com</a>.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>