File # |
Date |
Name |
District |
Opinion |
Comment |
Action |
CCI
19-3 |
2/11/2019
7:48 PM |
Bruce
Becker |
|
Against |
I
strongly oppose any penalties for compliance regarding the payment of the
citywide garbage system. This system was implemented without fair and upfront
disclosure regarding costs. It favors the trash haulers while harming the
citizens; why harm them further? |
+1
|
CCI
19-3 |
2/11/2019
7:21 PM |
Dave
B (St Paul) |
|
Against |
Odd
our Mayor signed off on this while telling the Library fines just make people
feel bad. City Council just wants to hammer us into compliance with their
flawed trash program. Pls vote no. |
+2
|
2/11/2019
6:14 PM |
|
|
|
I
have been a resident of Saint Paul for over 20 years. I worked very hard to
become a zero waste composting recycling reusing
anything possible that I can do to keep our environment friendly. Now I am
forced to pay for garbage to be hauled away when I have none! Isn't that the
goal we all should be working toward is to be more self-sufficient more
efficient to our environment more eco-friendly? Then
why is the billing upside down where you get a better rate for more garbage?
Why is there no option to opt out because we're zero wasters.? For residents
to have zero choice and then force them by putting the bill on their taxes is
totally disgraceful I thought Saint Paul was better than that! And as for the
people that drop off their garbage on boulevards in parks that is still continuing to happen so this is not a solution for
that issue. I am hoping we can find a resolution that we all can live with
and can vote on thank you |
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CCI
19-3 |
2/11/2019
6:14 PM |
anonymous |
|
Against |
Please
do not change the charter to stifle civil disobedience, aimed at the over
5000 petitioners, and many other St Paul residents, who do not support the
ill-thought-out thrash plan. How about truly building community by enlisting
active community members who oppose the plan as written, and listening to why
so many issues of this thrash plan have been rejected by so many St. Paul
residents? Admitting errors in this plan is not a bad thing,
and would serve the City and all of its residents well. Imposing more
fines and penalties for "civil disobedience" is NOT the answer. This
plan has many drawbacks that need to be addresses with those providers you
contracted with. Instead of the overkill of threats and penalties, I strongly
suggest that those who do not support it should not be put in a category that
will stifle dissent, but rather be used as a resource to fix what is broken.
You have no right to stifle free speech. Nor do I believe you should subvert
the ordinance as it is now. |
+4
|
CCI
19-1 |
2/11/2019
4:19 PM |
Anonymous |
|
Against |
I'm
posting as "anonymous" because I'm feeling a dangerous change occur
lately in the St. Paul City Council. Question: These "special
meetings" that the Council is requesting authority to hold....are notices of them to be published beforehand? Are
the meetings conforming to Open Meeting laws? Are the proceedings going to be
recorded and available to public view and comment? What is going on here?? |
+3
-1 |
CCI
19-3 |
2/11/2019
4:03 PM |
Anonymous
(additional) |
|
Against |
There
are those who aren’t paying the new trash service invoices. There are those
who are active in the St. Paul Trash referendum work. All have angered the
Council to the degree that NOW the Council sees a need to silence the
resistance. The Council knows that if the referendum is successful, their
trash policy, and all the fines and penalties, and all the additional charges
on your property taxes related to the trash ordinance GO AWAY. Today, the
Council seeks the Charter Commission to partner with it to silence the trash
resistors. Who will it seek to silence tomorrow? |
+8
-1 |
CCI
19-3 |
2/11/2019
3:32 PM |
Anonymous |
|
Against |
Going
back to the founding of the City of St. Paul in 1854, the City Council has
never found it necessary to ask for a change to the City Charter to punish
acts of Civil Disobedience. For 165 years, the country, along with St. Paul,
has been through two World Wars, a Depression, major labor unrest during the
trucker's strike of the 30's, protests here and around the country over Vietnam,
Civil rights protests, the turmoil around the 2008 Republican National
Convention, and so on. However, NOW, the fearful Council decides it needs the
Charter Commission to grant it iron fist authority to impose fines and
penalties on those protesting its ordinances. What is this issue that causes
the Council to tremble and to attempt to stifle dissent? It's the Mandatory
Trash Collection Policy imposed on the residents of St. Paul. Does the
Charter Commission stand for the people's right to peacefully challenge their
government, or is the Commission a collaborator to deny citizens this right? |
+9
-1 |
CCI
19-3 |
2/11/2019
8:40 AM |
Eric
Lein (again) |
|
Against |
A
fairly large number of city trash "customers" are refusing to pay
for empty, unused and unnecessary trash carts that are mandated by the City's
new garbage program. If the City's public works garbage department has its
way, our civil disobedience (i.e., citizens' refusal to pay private haulers
or the City for unconscionable charges) will be punished via levies on our
property taxes. The recommended amendments to Chapter 6.03.1 of the City
Charter say loud and clear, "CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE SHALL BE CRUSHED!"
Please do NOT adopt these changes without first submitting the proposed
amendment to all voters citywide. |
+8
|
CCI
19-3 |
2/11/2019
8:26 AM |
Eric
Lein |
|
Against |
St.
Paul’s new trash collection scheme rewards customers who create more solid
waste. Perversely, responsible stewards of the environment who create less
waste for landfills and further the goals of the Waste Management Act are
punished with higher rates for a service they do not need and cannot opt out
of. The City granted itself authority to enforce payment for empty, unused
& unnecessary trash carts via property tax levies. PLEASE DISCOURAGE THIS
KIND OF UNCONSCIONABLE PUBLIC POLICY. Please do NOT adopt these proposed
changes to the City Charter without a citywide vote. |
+9
|
CCI
19-6 |
2/11/2019
8:02 AM |
Eric
Lein |
|
Against |
I
support Peter Butler's position. I draw your attention to the following:
"People who sign the petition and then move to another St. Paul address
will have their signatures rejected. People can easily register or update their
registration on election day. Requiring an exact match between a petition
signature and a current voter registration record makes it harder to sign a
petition than to actually vote." To encourage voting, Mr. Mansky urged the City Council to require landlords to
provide voter registration information to renters. Voters' right to PETITION
for referendum is just as important as the right to VOTE. Please do not
"simplify" the City's job by devaluing and hindering petitioners'
efforts. |
+3
|