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September 13, 2006
Do You Believe in Miracles? Okay: They did it. They saved curbside recycling. Well, maybe.
In one of the more impressive grassroots efforts since those people hung those balloons from that bridge, Chattanoogans Recycle came in under the wire with 7,133 signatures needed to get a curbside recycling ordinance on the November ballot. Only two weeks ago, the group had only attracted 2,250 signatories. Now the Election Commission – that poor, poor Election Commission – has to verify that at least 6,372 of those John Hancocks were from registered voters living within the city limits.
Campaign leader Frank DePinto was, as you might have predicted, gleeful. “It was fun, it was meaningful and hopefully this Campaign will have been an asset to this Wonderful City,” he wrote in a statement. Then he explained why the vote mattered.
“Presently, the mayor and City Council are trying to institute 'selective curbside recycling' for just some neighbors in Chattanooga, not all. This would be neighborhoods that have had a good record of curbside recycling, neighborhoods that are probably wealthier, better educated, etc; while not allowing for recycling in less educated, not as wealthy neighborhoods; although these people would be paying the taxes for curbside recycling for the wealthier neighborhoods i.e. Segregated Recycling. This will not happen if the initiative passes in November. Curbside recycling will be a service for ‘all Chattanoogans,’ not just a select few. This will be accomplished by a more aggressive recycling education to the entire city.”
And so it will. If, you know, people vote for it.
BlogBeats | By colrus | 12:45 AM
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