Wow, now the police are gonna do what? Ticket people who are already so broke, they have to pick through trash to make ends meet or arrest them and further burden the police dept, the courts, etc, causing far more expense? When they can't pay the ticket or the fine, then what, the ACI. When was the last time the Barrington PD was called because of a squabble about someone coming along and taking trash that they can make a few dollars on or other trash that is still usable? It sounds to me like Mr. Deangelis has too much time on his hands. The town decided to outsource the trash pickup and because trash pickers are taking some of the profit from the recycler, he is going to throw a fit and have the police stop people from taking what someone else is throwing away. I have never read or heard about such a gutless idea. The people who pick through trash are, for the most part, the poorest people around and now he proposes to make it harder on them. The town of Barrington has far worse problems, I think this is one they should see as a non problem.
If someone is illegally entering another's property and removing something without permission, then that is a matter for the police. Under his proposal though, in order for a Barrington resident to allow someone to take their trash, they'd have to leave it on their property, because, according to him, if it's on the curb it belongs to the town. It seems to me that if there is less for the trash and recyclers to pickup, then, naturally there is less for them to drop off and less making it in the landfills. Less cost for the town because the trucks have to dump off their loads less often, less fuel used. I just don't understand what bothers him about a couple of people who drive around on trash day to see what they can take and use or make a couple extra dollars off of. Is Barrington that broke?
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