Northwest Indiana Discussion

Gee Ken, y ou need to expand that a bit... you left out assuring that Microsoft, GMC, etc pay their fair share of taxes.

You'll never see a recycling bin in front of my house, I can't wait a week, I take my recyclables over to Sterks parking lot on 119th @ Calumet. I also compost so no lawn and leaf bags for uncle kenny.

Instead of recycling out front, why couldn't recyclables be placed in a bag next to garbage cans and have recycling vehicles follow garbage trucks on pick-up day and outsource seperation? I don't believe any jobs would be eliminated but I want our workers to work smarter, not harder.

I wasn't aware Mircosoft and GM had business interests located within the city limits, where are these institutions located Tommie?

Anyway if a landlord such as yourself is concerned, that situation is easily resolved so it wouldn't cost landlords anything.

Just an educated guess but I figure it is done that way for the same reason given as to why a big trash hauler supposedly can't service Hammond cheaper than the city. Some alleys are hard to access. So it's easier to just drive down the city street, especially since not all houses have a contribution on collection day. What you suggest would take more time, fuel, and thus cost more money in the end.

Oddly just the other day I was wondering why trash collection is done by the alley and not by the curb. But it took just a min to realize what a traffic mess that would make on residential streets if not main roads. So it works for recycling because not everyone recycles but most everyone has a trash can that needs servicing.

God bless our workers in recycling, they work hard, harder than they have to IMO.

Have you ever observed these individuals, they seperate at the curb, then they seperate again at the center. WAY to labor intensive.

Your concerns about negotiating alleys are legitimate and something ALL HSD Commissioners are well versed in.

Reinvent, reinvent, reinvent. The status quo won't be an option for much longer.

As far as I know the HSD has never resorted to layoffs, I'd like to keep it that way.

I separate my recyclables. If more people would do that, it would be a lot easier on the workers. I have 8 bins full, for the every 2nd week recycling pick up. I wish the pick ups were once a week. IMO, recycling should be mandatory. Maybe a money incentive for households who recycle might be a good idea. Giving participating people a buck or 2 off their garbage bill, might work.

Gee Ken, are we limiting our perspective. Your federal taxes filter down to use here in Hammond funding projects. The federal taxes you pay would be much less if we, you and I were not subsidizing big business; many of whom pay little to no taxes.

I didn't read a limitation on the application of a theory Ken.

And as to landlords Ken, I live under the Hohman Avenue Bridge.

Since you mentioned it Obama's peeps made a big gaff for today's agenda. He's going to a plant to hawk his jobs bill but the company is exporting the jobs to South America. LMAO

Valpo picks up recycling every week - the same day as garbage. One bin - separated when they put it in the truck.

Now JCMT believes I have influence on the Federal level, no wonder you reside under a bridge.

All I can rely on is my life experience and a high school diploma. So here it goes. When I first started working at the Chicago Board of Trade, the commodore 64 was cutting edge technology and the CBOT was a not for profit organization. Geez, plenty of our markets still had their close posted on a chalk board.

We went from that to a for profit entity to a publicly traded company and finally merged with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

Workers, feared losing their jobs. But you know what? As things progressed there were more jobs, more interesting jobs, higher paying jobs.

So public sector employees everywhere (not just Hammond) have the same fears, currently. Humans, fear the unknown, it's a natural occurance.

JCMT's fear manifests itself as anger, again not uncommon.

Some people are fighters (flee or fight) when confronted by the unknown.

We need more fighters.