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My collection day is Friday. Like most people, I work Monday to Friday. I leave my house at 7:30 and return around 5:30 to 5:45. I do my yard work and house work on weekends.

This past weekend, I spent 7 hours raking my yard. I have 6 lawn and leaf bags filled mostly with dry, dead grass and some leaves. They will have to sit waiting to be picked up until Friday.

Knowing there is a storm with heavy rain and high wind coming tonight and tomorrow morning, I called the town yard to ask if they could please come pick up these bags so they wouldn't blow all over the place.

John Massed told me that if I was so concerned, I should bring the bags to the transfer station myself. I thanked Mr. Massed for his suggestion and told him I worked until 5:00pm and got home after 5:30, long after the transfer station closed for the day. He responded that if I was so concerned, I should leave work early and bring the bags to the transfer station myself.

I asked if there was really nothing he could do and he replied again that if I was so concerned, I should bring the bags to the transfer station myself.

He wasn't rude about it, he just kept repeating the same answer over and over.

What good does it do to keep the transfer station open when most residents are working? They really need to look at whether the transfer station is meeting the needs of the taxpayer.

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