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Walton County Considering Recycling Program

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Bob Wells said:
It does cost, but it is paid through a 1 cent sales tax within Walton County.
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I have to chuckle because apparently some of those that work answering the phone don't know this. I called to have some yard debris picked up and the lady told me she couldn't find an account for me. I said, 'well, I don't know that I have an account' and she told me i couldn't get a truck to come out unless i had an account.

"Lady, I'm calling from South Walton County, south of the bay, our taxes pay for trash pick up". She had no idea what i was talking about. :blink: I told the driver for regular trash pick up and he got on the radio to the yard waste truck and it was picked up the next morning. :roll:
 
We all pay for trash pickup.

In fact we have all overpaid a great deal of money for trash pickup due to being billed for fraudulent addresses for years.

One would think just a fraction of that money would be able to cover start-up costs for curbside recycling.
 
sunspotbaby said:
I have to chuckle because apparently some of those that work answering the phone don't know this. I called to have some yard debris picked up and the lady told me she couldn't find an account for me. I said, 'well, I don't know that I have an account' and she told me i couldn't get a truck to come out unless i had an account.

"Lady, I'm calling from South Walton County, south of the bay, our taxes pay for trash pick up". She had no idea what i was talking about. :blink: I told the driver for regular trash pick up and he got on the radio to the yard waste truck and it was picked up the next morning. :roll:
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All o fWalton County receive the service, not just the south end.
 
Frankly, I wouldn't have a problem paying a fee for trash pickup. Although I live outside the city limits, we're on city water and my water bill is only $13-$15. (We have a well for sprinklers), so a fee for trash pickup and recycling would hurt too much. And some of the whiners who complain about taxes sometimes annoy me. We can't pay our teachers a decent salary and the school district finds it necessary to hire entry level teachers to save money. Frankly, I'd like to go back to when my property taxes were double what they are now. My home was worth a lot more then too. As far a recycling, I'm not for being forced to recycle but it's good for us all to do so. Unfortuantely some people will never comply.
 
I am not saying we pay too high of a rate for trash pickup, but that the $600,000 we were overcharged by by Dayco ought to be more than enough to start a recycling program. One of the few cases of found money.
 
Zebraspots said:
I am not saying we pay too high of a rate for trash pickup, but that the $600,000 we were overcharged by by Dayco ought to be more than enough to start a recycling program. One of the few cases of found money.
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Was the County reimbursed for this?
 
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