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TRASH TROUBLES: Mayor Cicilline Holding Firm on New Program
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Monday, Nov 23 at 9:08 PM Raven wrote ...
The only ones gaining anything from Mayor Cicilline's new recycling program are the stupid Providence City Rats! Mayor Cicilline cares more about the rats in Providence than he does for the citizens who actually voted for him. Well guess what...the next election, the same people whoes trash he did not remove, are going to vote him right out of office.
32571106Monday, Nov 23 at 8:55 PM Steve B wrote ...
What's the latest on the trash removal? Has anybody heard anything?
32570546Monday, Nov 23 at 12:07 PM Ronin Providence wrote ...
Its always something with this guy. If it's not the failure of our streets to be plowed, or the debacle that resulted in the last big snow storm a few years back, it's this nonsense. Next time we get a chance, lets vote out the "QUEEN" of Providence, and lets bring back the "Prince"! BRING BACK BUDDY!!!!!
32540051Monday, Nov 23 at 10:25 AM Mr. Elmgrove Ave wrote ...
Dear Mayor Pink Shirt, Recycling is great, but (pun intended)your trash program stinks! 3 family house, 6 bins? What's wrong with this picture? How about rolling something out after putting some real thought as to how it's going to be properly executed. Sincerely, Another Resident of Elmgrove Ave.
32533961Monday, Nov 23 at 9:08 AM Charles wrote ...
This is ridiculas! Why should the landlord have to provide the bins? This has nothing to do with the landlord. The tenants get their trash picked up for FREE! They need only to follow a couple of rules. It just goes to show how people are not good at following a couple of rules. I see the same every day when driving in RI. People break the rules while driving too! Most tenants are lazy. Some home owners too!
32530589Monday, Nov 23 at 7:51 AM me wrote ...
Lincoln has same program and theres no trash buildup here ....come on mayor take your head outta sand pick the trash up your city is disgusting right now , why i stay out of providence !!!!!
32528786Monday, Nov 23 at 7:04 AM To: John Guise Channel 6 wrote ...
Could you ask Governor Donald L. Carcieri why he is allowing Mayor Cicilline to leave piles of trash on the streets. Pretty please! We need help from someone higher up the command chain to help us.
32528259Monday, Nov 23 at 1:25 AM Rich Providence wrote ...
The recycling program is necessary and Cicilline is right for sticking to his guns. The only problem is that the City did a terrible job of advertising the program before it went into effect. TV and radio ads starting in September could have gone a long way.
32523661Monday, Nov 23 at 1:21 AM Rich Providence wrote ...
If you don't use the city recycling bins (or don't want to pay for them), you can use your own bins but you need to put one of those "Green Up Providence" stickers on the bin. The stickers are available for free where they sell the bins. And be sure to have 1 green bin and 1 blue bin for each unit! That means 3 green and 3 blue for a three-family house. It seems like they don't pick up any trash if all of the units don't participate.
32523576Monday, Nov 23 at 12:12 AM Upset in Providence wrote ...
It is my understanding that the city is to pick up any recycling as long as it is in a bin marked for recycling. Unfortunately we are a very large family in a single family home and we produce more recycling than the 'provided' bins allow. We have used trash cans in the past spray painted with the words Recycle on them and have never had a problem. In the past 3 weeks they have taken my recycling bins and all yet leave my trash on the sidewalk. This is getting ridiculous!
32521726Sunday, Nov 22 at 10:21 PM David wrote ...
It's about time the mayor did something about the City's horrendous recycling rate. It's unfortunate that so many people did not get with the program. I hope there is a plan to both pick up the garbage and get the recycling done properly.
32518709Sunday, Nov 22 at 10:09 PM kate wrote ...
And to the people who don't live in providence.....keep your comments to yourself because you don't have a clue as to this problem!!! clam up! david has to stop_____g and do his job....
32518341Sunday, Nov 22 at 10:03 PM kate in providence... wrote ...
Excuse me....residents were recycling!they still wouldnt take our trash...soooo what is that problem? 1 green trash bin for 1 home...great but what if you have a handicapped child with diapers??? we should have 2 barrels and 4 bins if u want to recycle
32518164Sunday, Nov 22 at 9:44 PM Governor Donald L. Carcieri wrote ...
Tomorrow, Monday, November 23, I am going to order Mayor Cicilline to stop the recycling program immediately and give his trash removal staff overtime until all the piles of trash that he left behind is removed from the city streets.
32517626Sunday, Nov 22 at 9:16 PM Buddy Cianci wrote ...
Dear Mayor Cicilline: What do we have to do--get on our hands and knees and beg? Please remove the ____ing trash! Did you forget that we pay your salary? What the __ll is your problem?
32516731Sunday, Nov 22 at 8:31 PM Carly Trettor wrote ...
our mayors STINKS!
32515236Sunday, Nov 22 at 6:18 PM Ejf wrote ...
I have lived in Providence my entire life and have never been more ashamed in the leadership of the capital city. The Mayor is inept and dare I say it, "STUPID". I will definately not vote for him in the next election and I advise everyone else to look else where for someone who will give Providence the respect and leadership it deserves
32510444Sunday, Nov 22 at 5:55 PM Good Question wrote ...
What are the prices of the fine for 1st, 2nd or 3rd violation? Who will be fined the landlord or tenant, why, and how will it be proven who is at fault? How will the fines be calculated? Will it be a certain fine amount by the amount of recycling bins that are missing, or by the amount of big green bins that are put on the street? We have a legal rite to know the answers to these questions. This is not as easy as the the Mayors office is making it out to be. We all need more information.
32509646Sunday, Nov 22 at 5:39 PM Rip Off! wrote ...
First the city of Providence illegally exaggerates the value of our properties and charges us taxes on the inflated value. I have 1 house that Providence is charging me taxes on $340,000 and I only paid $86,000 and I can't even sell it for $125,000. Now, Mayor is trying to rip us off even more by charging us a fine for recycling violations when we never got a list of the rules and how the violations will be justified and who will be at fault...landldord/tenant. This is totally messed up!
32509106Sunday, Nov 22 at 5:30 PM Concerned wrote ...
ATTENTION JOHN GUISE FROM CHANNEL! Can you please ask the Mayor who he plans on finning if recycling is not done correctly. If the landlord supplied the bins to the tenant, then the tenant should be fined. Otherwise, the landlord should be fined. This should be outlined in the recycling rules, that is, if anybody ever even created the rules. This is a legitimate question and deserves a legitimate answer. Can you also ask him how he plans on proving who is at fault? Please tell us on the news.
32508804Sunday, Nov 22 at 4:21 PM Street Guy wrote ...
Looks like the mayor has "trashed" his re-election
32506409Sunday, Nov 22 at 3:46 PM Providence wrote ...
Stupid! This administration is incapable of potty training the masses.
32505126Sunday, Nov 22 at 3:45 PM Linda, Cranston wrote ...
I think this is ridiculus, I am single, don't have recycables every week, but still have to drag bins out to the curb empty, which means the trucks have to stop only to find empty bins. What a waste of time and money.
32505101Sunday, Nov 22 at 12:43 PM Lenny wrote ...
First who is going to get the summons at an apartment the tenant or landlord. If it's the tenant how do you prove which (first, second or third floor). Of course it will have to be the landlord who has nothing to do except supply the bins to the tenant.
32498699Sunday, Nov 22 at 12:28 PM Disgusted by ABC 6 wrote ...
All the comments are supposedly reviewed by ABC 6, before "deemed appropriate for posting", but somehow all the discriminatory remarks about Providence residents, and the threats to the mayor are being posted.... sounds like someone is trying to start a hate war here....
32498076Sunday, Nov 22 at 11:33 AM Anonymous wrote ...
way should i buy the bins they will blow away get hit by cars stolen etc. tenants dont care way cant you do like warwick and supply big bins for every body now there is a good running city .
32496144Sunday, Nov 22 at 11:03 AM Steve B wrote ...
Kira D, what you said could not be any further from the truth! Mayor David Cicilinne made the "health hazard" because he is the main person responsible for keeping the streets sanitary. Me and many landlords in Providence are obeying the laws and are getting our trash removed. We also believe that the people who that dont follow the recycling law should be fined. However, for the Mayor to turn his back on the tax paying citizens and refusing to remove the trash is down right insobordination!
32495179Sunday, Nov 22 at 10:00 AM P 0 IN PROVIDENCE wrote ...
To all the people in other towns and cities that are writing in and saying, "we have been recycling for years we never had a problem, just do it".We also have recycled for many years here in providence. When"crackdown" this starts in other towns, and it will, lets hope you don't have a mayor that could not run a city if his life depended on it. Then when your thrash is piled high on your streets, I will be the first to write in and calling you idiots the way some of you are doing now.
32493416Sunday, Nov 22 at 9:45 AM Kira D wrote ...
The Mayor should 100% stick to his position. Residents are responsible for obeying laws AND for practicing good environmental stewardship, though it is unfortunate that a law had to be passed in the first place to accomplish this. Further, residents should re-evaluate their household waste production since it appears out of hand; if they weren't so wasteful (and recycled) there would be considerably less garbage on the curb in the first place. They made their own 'health hazard'.
32493069Sunday, Nov 22 at 9:31 AM you must be kidding wrote ...
Does anyone out there REALLY think that the typical Providence Tenant cares ? A large % of Prov residents are tenants you know. This will all get dumped on homeowners who have already lost up to 75% of their property's values. Do you really think that tenants are going to comply? So the property ownere will be running to their rentals taking out the sorted trash for their tenants? Great! America, gotta love it. Like I said before, use some of my TARP money to buy some more people.
32492784Sunday, Nov 22 at 12:51 AM M. E. Dallaire wrote ...
It is no great wonder the people of Providence don't understand the need for recycling or how to do it, for that matter. After reading all the letters which they have submitted, I was shocked to discover they can't spell even the most simplest of words. I live in Warwick where we have been recycling for years without any problems whatsoever. Instead of moaning and groaning about following a procedure a five year old could do, why don't you all just get with the program!
32486204Saturday, Nov 21 at 10:10 PM Steve from R.I wrote ...
I think the D.E.M needs to step in , The program was rushed and everyone did not get their bins on time..people are robbing the bins as we speek.. its sad that some of this trash will find its way to the bay..
32481744Saturday, Nov 21 at 8:47 PM Dave P wrote ...
The program is not the problem..... My problem is what happened to all the notices? I got nothing on my door, I don't listen to the radio and I don't cruise the internet looking for messages from my Mayor! The evening news is to depressing and I could care less. Just pick up the trash, really, it's not gonna hurt if you cave a little and care about your city and it's residents!
32479681Saturday, Nov 21 at 8:18 PM Raven wrote ...
Where does he live?
32478761Saturday, Nov 21 at 8:17 PM Great Idea! wrote ...
What is Mayor Cicilline home address???
32478696Saturday, Nov 21 at 8:04 PM Morgan Ferguson wrote ...
ATTENTION PROVIDENCE RESIDENTS!!! When the City doesn't pick up your trash, leave it at the Mayor's house. Let the rats feast there. Then he'll get the message. Direct action always works!
32478319Saturday, Nov 21 at 7:26 PM David Cicilline wrote ...
Ok everybody, I think that I owe you all an apology. I admit that I made a big mistake and will cancel the recycling program for 4 weeks while I think of a better solution. The new recycling rule will be a requirement for 1 blue recy bin and 1 green recy bin per household. Also, if two recy bins (blue and green) are not put out on trash day, the trash will still be removed, however, the home owner will receive a $10 citation. You will all receive a notice of this in the mail shortly.
32477216Saturday, Nov 21 at 7:11 PM Attorney wrote ...
I smell a law suite brewing against David Cicilini. I hope that you are reading this Cicilini. Your city worker subordinates have already agreed that you have created a health hazard and a safety hazard and this is terms for a neglegence law suite against you. I also believe that some of your coworkers will take the stand against you because they are some of the people that have garbage piled up on their street. I hope that you have a good attorney!!!
32476851Saturday, Nov 21 at 6:34 PM Helene Gerstle wrote ...
I agree that this program was handled in the worst way. I have recycled before and will continue to recycle, but my neighbors, who are single moms with kids they can barely afford to feed and clothe, are not going to buy recycling bins-the garbage will pile up and the rats will be back. Not very well thought out if you ask me. Boston gave everyone a recycle garbage can-probably got the money through a federal program. No thinking at City Hall.
32475729Saturday, Nov 21 at 5:51 PM you must be kidding wrote ...
Let me see, I buy recycle bins for my house, a 3-family so I need 6 of them, and I must expect that everyone else is going to buy theirs too and bring them out every week even if they are empty until AFTER the regular trash is picked up? So someone steels my recycle bins and you will not pick up my trash. What am I paying my taxes for? This is another atack on property owners who will be fined in the end. Use some TARP money to hire some people at the landfill. Unemployment is 14% .
32474219Saturday, Nov 21 at 5:22 PM TJN wrote ...
Regardless of the recycling drive, a city cannot allow garbage to pile up on the streets. Creating a worsening health hazard is not acceptable, period!
32473286Saturday, Nov 21 at 4:23 PM I recycle in Providence wrote ...
Please people...what is so hard about putting the recyclables out when you put out your regular traash? I got the notice. I understood it and so did other people. This is typical of Rhode Island...nobody wants do do anythig and it's always someone else fault. Pitiful. Other cities do this. Step into the 21st century for goodness sake!
32471541Saturday, Nov 21 at 4:19 PM Ed wrote ...
How many people take their recylcebles to MASS, to get the nickles. It is time to take the bottles and cans, to get the money. If you take bottles and cans for the nickles don't leave a mess, and be quiet. It is better to park your car and walk with a big bag to collect them. If you need to leave them and then come by to pick up the bags do that but, be considerate fo the people whose trash your are picking through.
32471429Saturday, Nov 21 at 3:03 PM Tom from Downtown wrote ...
Hey Mayor...here is a tip - Twitter is not considered "Notice" to the general public regarding city issues. Wake Up!
32469456Saturday, Nov 21 at 2:45 PM Redeemables wrote ...
For those of you bringing up the redeemables for money as a problem, that is a moot point. There are many many many other items that can be recycled. Recycle what you can't get your money back on like milk bottles and paper and cardboard, and plastics that your food came in. Redeem for money those that can be redeemed if you choose but don't say that is the only thing that you use that can be recycled and that is why you shouldn't do it.
32468956Saturday, Nov 21 at 2:42 PM Another town resident wrote ...
Do you really think that if David puts off the recycling rules for 3 weeks that it would make a difference?? In 3 weeks people will still be complaining because recycling is not convenient for them. Granted that the bins being stolen is an issue however that happens in other communities (speaking from experience) Some of us live in communities that don't even have trash or recycling pick up, we have to do it ourselves. Your lucky you even have pickups.
32468859Saturday, Nov 21 at 2:33 PM gator wrote ...
lets bring our trash to the rich snobs in the suburds, who think there better and smarter than the people of providence, take the trash to where the money is, let them dispose of it
32468569Saturday, Nov 21 at 2:25 PM Tom pawtucket wrote ...
in 2012 if you don't recycle more then 35% of the trash then your tipping fees at the landfill will go up $28 more per ton they are forcing people to recycle more or it's gonna cost more in the long run i know i work for Pawtucket
32468241Saturday, Nov 21 at 2:20 PM Mayor of Ratville wrote ...
On behalf of rats throughout the area, we would like to thank the Mayor or Peopleville. Thanksgiving came early this year for us rats and we have many reasons to be thankful. My constituents have long suffered at the sight of covered bins hiding our primary food source, but with all this delicious trash lying around, we are FEASTING! We will be sending the Mayor a Christmas card too. Can somebody sign it for us? We don't have thumbs and can't hold a pen.
32468114Saturday, Nov 21 at 2:02 PM Morgan Ferguson wrote ...
Let the trash pile high in the name of recycling? Great envirnomental policy mayor. George Bush could do a better job than you, and he's an idiot.
32467564Saturday, Nov 21 at 1:25 PM Justin wrote ...
you recycle or your trash doesn't get picked up. Whats so hard about that idiots! But wait lets start a revolt because of it? LOL. You are all whats wrong with this state. Good luck to you idiots.
32466336Saturday, Nov 21 at 1:21 PM jerry wrote ...
lol you voters elected him not me thank god. I would like ABC 6 do a story on follow the money to see if the mayor is getting any "donation" from waste management or its workers and how much.
32466146Saturday, Nov 21 at 12:56 PM dakota wrote ...
When we first started "recycling", they gave all of us 1 bin for free. Afterall they will make money off of the recycling. Supply every household with 1 free bin, mark your address on it, there won't be a need for people to steal others. It should be ok for people to take the the .05cent bottles/cans to cash in, maybe that is their only survival money, maybe they lost their job,. Otherwise, why give it to the state , we give enough to it in taxes. Help out your fellow man, I help, I seperate min
32465216Saturday, Nov 21 at 12:38 PM kenny wrote ...
BRING BACK A REALLY MAYOR!!! BUDDYYYYYYYYYYYYY
32464599Saturday, Nov 21 at 12:36 PM Anonymous wrote ...
You know they should of warned us about the new trash policy before! Now i bet most of us have rotting garbage on are sidewalks right?( Well not me cause i already got my bins) But there are trash cans everywhere around my neighborhood that hasn't even been picked up yet!! OMG just they should of just gave us a break just until we got everything settled in first.
32464526Saturday, Nov 21 at 12:35 PM aliceare wrote ...
It was the poor people who elected the mayor because they thought he would care for them. I remember his election pictures and where he came from. I hope he is out now for real.
32464519Saturday, Nov 21 at 12:20 PM Antonio wrote ...
On the next election everybody have to come out and the this mayor out of providence he is the trash that has to be take out of providence.
32463964Saturday, Nov 21 at 11:33 AM taxpayer000 wrote ...
Shame on the Mayor. Yes people in Providence recycle but why change what has been working. He really needs to start packing because he will not be re-elected
32462381Saturday, Nov 21 at 11:21 AM cicillinesucks prov wrote ...
can't wait until the next mayoral elections
32462051Saturday, Nov 21 at 11:04 AM Elaine Doyle Smithfield wrote ...
Providence residents need to get their act together. My town as well as many others in the state recyle. There was not a problem. We got our instructions in the mail and we read them and carried them out without much effort. Stop complaining and get with the program.
32461539Saturday, Nov 21 at 10:58 AM JT wrote ...
UR Kidding, and Joe, The issue isn't if Prov. people can recycle. We can and do. The issue is trash won't be picked up if 1. Recycling isn't left (impacting people who take it over the lines for $, and single people who leave it once a month), and 2. it's not in the proper contianer (which there is a cost for. People can't afford their houses, forget cans - so they are being stolen). The entire program and punishment was not well thought out. The rats will soon come back in full force!
32461336Saturday, Nov 21 at 10:56 AM jerry wrote ...
not only the alot of people dont care what their city looks like but even the mayor doesnt care if people stay away from his city because its going to be infested with rats and have trash all over the city, other mayors may have ripped the city off but they seem to help it more than the "honest" mayors
32461266Saturday, Nov 21 at 10:33 AM anonomous from prov wrote ...
they way the people can prove there point is we need to set up a day and time were we all bring our garbage together and dump it right infront of city hall! We the people run this city, state and country! Come on wake up lets take it back!
32460604Saturday, Nov 21 at 9:43 AM Unreal wrote ...
if you petition the state of ri to redeem the 5 cent deposit on the plastic bottles and cans we would be recycling with a reward to the recyclers. You see there in is the problem of our recycling numbers. Archaic laws in our neighboring states prompted recycling theft from ours to cash in for their personal gain. Bringing with it ridiculous laws to recycle to get their municipalities numbers up. Want an end to the problem? Stiff fines to recycling thieves!!!!
32459261Saturday, Nov 21 at 9:08 AM Padraig R wrote ...
I bought the bins .Wrote the address on them within 2 hours they were stolen.If the bins were n/c would that happen.Is this a police matter
32458361Saturday, Nov 21 at 8:56 AM stubborn dave wrote ...
stubborn david standing his ground surrounded by garbage, reward the recyclers with the 5 cents thats on the cans and plastic bottles, there is 90 % of the recyclable trash, i know the city collects the value of the aluminum and plastics, you might as well say pay your taxes for garbage removal, and put your money in the form of aluminum and plastic in our recycling buckets or else. get your greedy city mayor hands out of our pockets are people too obtuse to see its all about the cash!!!
32458074Saturday, Nov 21 at 8:33 AM next election wrote ...
At the next election, we the people, need to learn how to take out the trash, good luck David. if you petition the state of ri to redeem the 5 cent deposit on the plastic bottles and cans we would be recycling with a reward to the recyclers. Extortion does not work, recycling buckets or no trash pickup sounds like an ultimatum. just look how many empty buckets will be along side of the trash bags filled with cans and plastics.stand your ground David and nothing will be solved.
32457599Saturday, Nov 21 at 3:31 AM Joe, Providence wrote ...
Here is just another example of people who are too lazy or stupid to get with the program. Perhaps you never read your mail, a newspaper, or ever watch the evening news; but when your trash was not picked up and you were told to recycle, get the bins required and move on. Instead we see people who act like 2 year olds claiming they are "confused" It appears RI is in more serious trouble than just high unemployement. We have a populus who are in capable of sorting trash. Enough is enough.
32454661Saturday, Nov 21 at 2:41 AM U R Kidding wrote ...
Why is it too much to ask people in Providence to recycle? If they speak English they should be able to do it, honest. (I would be ashamed, not angry if I lived in Providence right now...)
32453984Saturday, Nov 21 at 2:39 AM Dave P wrote ...
He needs to be removed from office! He says that the city was given notice about this program by mail, tv, radio, internet and flyers on your door. I received NOTHING! I don't spend my days looking for messages from my Mayor, nor do I listen to the radio. I'm going to leave my trash at the curb until it's removed or my landlord is fined and buys the bins!!!!!
32453954Saturday, Nov 21 at 2:30 AM Alex Providence wrote ...
The recycling initiative is fine, but the lazy trash truck drivers don't even do their jobs. They will not take large items that do not fit in the trash bins. What do we do let it rot in the sidewalk? there is a mattress across the street from my house that is growing mold already because it's been out there so long. Should we drop all this off at Cicilline's front door? Maybe they'll pick it up from there!
32453846Saturday, Nov 21 at 1:49 AM Chris Strong wrote ...
The Mayor has taken the wrong approach to his recycling initiative. I've already seen people throwing their trash in private dumpters or placing it in front of other residences. The only people who are suffering from this rediculous policy are the people who abide by the rules. Providence has enough problems right now, the last thing we need are piles of trash everywhere! I just can't see this "tough" guy getting re-elected.
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