It was good to hear that all four Sedgwick County Commission candidates who appeared at a recent issues forum — Gwen Welshimer, Dr. James Donnell, Michael Kinard and Kelly Parks — said they’d support franchising trash pickup. Two candidates who didn’t attend — incumbents Ben Sciortino and Dave Unruh — also favor franchising.
As we argued in an editorial, trash franchising is the best way to ensure that Wichita residents get the best deal on trash prices as well as the benefits of additional services such as curbside recycling and yard waste composting.
Wichita needs to take control of its trash policy. At present, corporate trash companies are in the driver’s seat.
Posted by Randy Scholfield
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Hell no.Trash service in my neighborhood–on a good day–is just plain crappy, regardless of who does it.Competition is better. Let me vote with my dollars to see who does the better job, and let me switch when I find someone better.
I’ve never had bad service from the provider that services my trash needs.
My guess for the consolidated trash service is that Wichita Politicals want to exercise more of their will.
More political will will be higher costs (it’s always passed on to the consumer.)
A bird in hand, or perhaps in this case, trash in hand…
How about “pay-as-you-throw”? Let me pay based on how much trash I produce. That way I can pay my curbside recycler’s fee with my trash savings.
If we franchise we need to chop up the County into small enough segments to allow independants to bid. In particular, an independent based in an area might serve it better.
There are significatn savings to be had - my HOA has a deal with Waste Management that gives us lower rates. The reason is that their trucks have to travel less to service a number of homes. (Unfortunately, this is the ONLY thing my HOA does right!)
Thank you hilltop.
I thought the title was about all the trashy people living in this town.
Franchising is a good idea but it should show favor on the smaller, local haulers against the bigger corporate types.Money saving tip: Share a dumpster and the cost of service with a neighbor or two. If your household can fill one of those big dumpsters in a week on your own, you are throwing too much away.
Good points JR. One problem though - City Code requires that you purchase trash pickup even if you don’t need it.
I come from Topeka (albeit 6 years ago). There waste and water are one in the same, its all handled by the county. A resident has the choice to not use City Waste pickup, and they will only receive a water bill.
Said resident can use one of the other waste pickup companies.
Maybe this wouldn’t work in Wichita, maybe it would. But Wichita is one of the few cities that doesn’t offer a county/city driven waste pickup service. And my parents never had any problems in Topeka…
There is a company that is looking to place a Municipal Recycling Facility in Sedgwick County. What this facility would allow is that 80% of the material thrown into the trash would be recycled. With no need for paying for recycling, while lowering the rates due to no need to export our garbage out of the county. This will lower the rastes for trash service, rid the need for franchising, and place Wichita and Sedgwick County among national leaders in recycling.
They should contact the waste Control and recycling Coalition.
They have contacted them, but they seem reluctant to help out, due to the extent of the proposed facility and lack of City and County Leadership support.
I see in the article comments on the WE website that someone did a little digging. Looks like that cheap trash service is being subsidized up in Omaha. Residents there probably do not know how much trash pickup costs.
This posting is about the long standing corruption of Sedgwick County Kansas. Many years ago my ex collaborated with feminist officials in Sedgwick County to file knowingly falsely sworn oaths concerning child support.
They issued a warrant and I was arrested based upon the officials and my ex bearing false witness. I refused to plead guilty all those years ago and was released & returned with the Court’s knowledge to my home in another state. During the last nearly eight years that have passed, these same officials have consistently proceeded wrongly under the color of law.
I guess my point is that Sedgwick County Kansas judges & court officials have NO ethics. These judges in any other State would not be trusted to work as dog catchers…hardly make life altering decisions about peoples lives! I read Pilshaw used to be a waitress,she might reconsider this occupation once she is voted out of office in 2008,given the poll results from the 23 July 2006 poll.No one should be shocked when any Sedgwick County judge,Court official or county employee does anything unlawful or unethical,they are all one REAL Court hearing and examination from JAIL!
The profit motive mentioned in this letter refers to money in interest and charges which would have yielded between 14% to 19% to Sedgwick County. Additional revenue is guaranteed by the matching of federal funds,dollars for dollar collected. During the years,these officials unlawfully grossly inflated the amount owed by 21% to ensure a greater windfall of federal matching funds. They finally lost this issue in 2006 (eight years later) wholly because of an inquiry by my home state Governor. If there is any profit motive for them,Federal & State law are simply abandoned. No unlawful or wrongful act is off limits to these vile persons,their actions are knowingly and maliciously criminal,they are nothing more than a white washed sepulcher full of dead bones. This is a copy of a communication sent to officials in Sedgwick County. Alterations were made to remove the specific names of those involved:
I contacted your office today and they told me you had the day off. I called again and left a voice mail. I am writing to let you know of significant developments throughout the last year and somewhat beyond. My youngest son,of your long standing child support issue,came to live with me the day before his 18th birthday. He came from a homeless shelter because his mother,(your Sedgwick County client)had left him homeless for many months during calendar year 2004 before he reached the age of majority.
Members of my family went to Kansas in the summer of 2004 while he was 17 and homeless to bring him to me,his Father. He would not come during the summer of 2004,because he feared his mother more than being homeless. I know,in retrospect,that my son knew your corrupt county and his mother would perpetrate some drummed up charge of kidnapping or child abduction against me,so he remained homeless rather than taking that risk. My youngest son had first hand knowledge of your unique brand of “justice.” His circumstances reminded me just how diabolical,and unlawful both your officials and his mother have been these many years.
Some years ago your client,the ex,orchestrated a four year embezzlement scheme from her employer. She hid the proceeds of her crime throughout the house. Her odd behavior of hiding of money throughout the house has carried over to the current day. My son told me that his mother would hide money throughout the house and then challenge him that he could have the cash if he was clever enough to find it.
My son was apparently more than clever at this “game” as he located her pass code and ATM card and withdrew about $180. His own mother contacted your prosecutor and prosecuted my son to the fullest extent possible. The woman stole multiple thousands from her employer over years. Her Father and I,in mercy,paid a debt we did not owe to keep her from going to jail years earlier…yet she and your prosecutor made a wreck of this boy’s life. In true Sedgwick County Kansas fashion he was prosecuted and denied his civil & constitutional rights. The ex,your prosecutor,and various assorted Kansas officials portrayed that my son’s Father was “unknown” or another man at proceedings in both calendar year 2001 & 2003.
State records reflect that your prosecutor,and the Kansas SRS knew very well I was this boy’s Father. He was denied the right of parental notification to the only parent (me) who really loved him. The many falsely sworn oaths in the child support matter had failed to yield the desired results, so your officials purposely hurt my son. He was jailed for nearly two and a half years. During those years he joined a loosely organized group known as the White Odinist pagans,which most closely aligns in ideology to the pagan beliefs from Germany during the second world war. This shows what can be expected from Sedgwick county and the State of Kansas in dealing with youths.
I would have suffered the corruption of your falsely sworn oaths,your vile and unlawful acts to protect my son,yet your prosecutor and officials hid my identity from the juvenile Court,I never knew of the proceedings. Your officials knew that my past custody of my sons would endanger their profit motives for your state treasury. An examination of the ex and her husband,their reprehensible acts toward the children,coupled with questions to the children would have resulted in the worst case scenario for the Sedgwick County profit motivation—outright custody of both sons to me,their Father. The proof of the fabrication of the identity of my son’s Father is amply available in your own Court’s juvenile records & documents…of course your pursuits towards me continued before,during and after these events.
The calendar year (2006) started off with events which are the unique trademark of the Sedgwick County Kansas culture. I am sure the events of the holiday season of last year,culminating with the main event on 4 January 2006 would gladden even the heart of the unethical Kansas SRS attorneys.
I was stopped on two minor traffic citations here in my local area on 9 December 2005. The officer contacted your Sedgwick County Sheriff’s department and the demeanor of the whole traffic stop changed. When the matter went to Court (February 2006) I was found not guilty of both citations because of Constitutional violations by the officer. The officer testified his actions were influenced by contact with your Sheriff’s office. I wasn’t surprised,Constitutional violations and wrongful acts under the color of law equals Sedgwick County Kansas.
I knew the summer of 2005,through contact with the Sheriff’s office,that this had been changed to a Kansas only matter. The actions of the officer here were predicated on the inspiration of your Sheriff’s department. In the past,their point of contact had violated the law in his actions,and I can certainly imagine him telling an officer to rough me up or deny me rights guaranteed to all Americans…all part of the Sedgwick county experience. I had previously filed a complaint with Sheriff about their point of contact and his actions.
On the morning of 4 January 2006 this same local town officer and another cop stopped a friend’s vehicle in my driveway and pointed a loaded weapon at me. I yelled for my wife to call the Sheriff. When they realized the Sheriff was really en route,both local town officers left without citation,ticket,or arrest. The next month the lead local officer testified under oath,in Court,that his actions had been motivated by your Kansas officials. My subsequent phone conversations with the town’s Chief of Police yielded the results of eliminating the threat of escalating weaponry by the town police force in support of your Kansas objective.
This is after all,my home and State,not the corrupt environs of your county. It is always the same story with every office of government & law enforcement. First they rush to assist your objective,then I present the facts,evidence,and documents and they abandon your wrongful and unlawful conduct.I have written hundreds of emails and countless letters describing in detail how you operate in Sedgwick County. I have contacted legislators in your own state who responded in recognition of the propensity for wrongful acts by your Court & government officials in Sedgwick County. My new goal for this year is to develop the evidence in brevity and send two correspondence per day illuminating your county corruption in full.
I ordered and received most of the Court and state documents this past year except of course for the hidden files & documents which were buried by your officials. It was a quite a task getting any documents from your little secret society down there. I was perplexed that there was no Court transcript since a Court reporter had been at the various proceedings,another crooked Kansas Court tactic I would surmise. The documents revealed the long trail of knowingly falsely sworn oaths controverted directly by other Court documents.
Your side incurred heavy losses when the light of a Governor’s inquiry forced the revelation that there were years of falsely sworn oaths,false balances,wrong amounts,and the obvious intent to commit fraud. Your client,arm in arm with prosecutor,in the summer of 1998 swore affidavits that I should be charged with non support from 1988 to 1998. Court records proved that I had Kansas Court ordered custody of the children from 1989 to 1991. Your prosecutors and the ex lied under oath to both the Governor of Kansas & my home State in these matters. Later that year,the complaint was amended to a period ranging from 1996 to 1998,another falsehood since payments were remitted during the specified period of allegation.
Eight years of falsely sworn oaths by Sedgwick County officials and the ex herself fell by the way side this past year when your own Court documents were scrutinized and evidenced no child support was owed for periods for which they all had falsely sworn in violation of 18 USC 1001. I was amused that not even the Kansas SRS attorney wanted to go in to Court proceeding with a briefcase full of falsely sworn affidavits from your officials. The Kansas SRS hasn’t fallen asleep at the switch though,they have been instrumental in ensuring false credit reporting in violation of the FCRA. Kansas SRS documents revealed incorrect employment information,documents sent to the wrong state,and complete falsehoods.
I know that one rep of the my home State CSRU who fabricated this State’s payment record (in support of your county) showing no payments from 1996 to 1999 wasn’t laughing when the Governor’s office made inquiry. The Kansas record showed payments when this rep “conveniently” swore under oath there were no payments from 1996 to 1999. This State’s CSRU rep got caught for purposely fabricating that I still had to pay current monthly support in late 2005. She did this to make it appear that this was a live,current CSRU case and not about arrears. Both States had accurate documents showing current support ended no later than October 2004. I am sure she was hoping that an incident like January 4 2006 would lead perhaps to my summary execution by “well meaning” law enforcement officials.
The unthinkable in your world happened to this rep of the child support empire. SHE GOT CAUGHT,committing criminal acts for no other reason than that I was a Father and she was supporting the previous wrongful acts of her sister Kansas officials. These wrongful acts are the product of the misery and suffering in their lives,at some point it obscures the line of lawful conduct.
She never knew that I was a single parent who only relinquished custody of my young children to serve this ungrateful country. She never realized I broke my neck and struggled against devastating & crippling injury. She only knew I was the enemy and that both my life and my sons lives’ had to be destroyed. She failed and so will you,the “you lie and all swear to it” mentality of Sedgwick County quickly falters outside the borders of your county.
I would be remiss to omit the July 1999 warrant from Sedgwick County and your crooked judge. I was particularly entertained that the clerk swore her oath before the judge’s assistant to avoid the penalty for lying directly to a District Court judge. These women knew the difference between a convicted felon and a pre trial release person. They knowingly and falsely swore and affirmed to ensure the worst possible treatment by law enforcement and no extradition hearing before another state’s Court. This was the penalty for refusing to plead guilty to their falsely sworn charge.
They knew very well the case was based on falsely sworn testimony. The female ADA desperately wanted a male victim for the newly passed Federal child support laws in 1998. I am sure they thought we will destroy one from the herd with no connection to Kansas and without resources. I was not the reed blowing in the wind or the lamb to the slaughter this corrupt ADA had hoped for…No one could have imagined that nearly eight years later not only would stand against your vile officials,but would take ground from the very Goliath sent to destroy my family and I. My daughter and third child unaffected by your corruption has flourished,while my sons in Kansas have been devastated by the ex and your county.
I will send exculpatory evidence to persons within Kansas and other states to ensure that in accordance with the Brady decision exculpatory evidence does not go unexamined. I have in times past thought of sending you the exculpatory evidence,to force you to testify truthfully in proceedings,but alas the falsely sworn oaths of the past destroyed any credibility or faith I would have in your office.
Your Kansas Statutes state that any recognizance or probation cannot exceed the life of the domestic order per KSA 21-3605. Your office,the DA,and Judge abuse the law to continue this pursuit because you believe you are above the law,which you are not.
I have rejoiced at each and every victory when the ADA was reversed due to her obvious feminist agenda,when the judge was voted the worst judge in the 18th judicial district. I knew long ago through personal experience the findings of the July 23rd 2006 Kansas poll on ethics and fairness which were confirmed by the newspaper & public awareness.
This system will never again have the benefit of the lawyer I had as defense,a man who violated the Sixth Amendment by transferring my attorney-client privileged narrative to the prosecution. It is very sad,I knew this attorney for over 25 years and he was too frightened of your system to provide an adequate defense.
I have stood firm through 3 Governors,several judges,multiple prosecutors,over zealous police,a defense attorney who gave my defense narrative to the prosecution,and the consistent falsely sworn oaths of your officials & the ex.
When you jailed me,I fasted and prayed. When I was poor the family of Christ uplifted me,when I defended this country,you conspired to bear false witness against me. When I was sad,you took unlawful actions,when I would not bow,you hurt my son.
It is my understanding that a new Family Law became involved with this matter. His position or beliefs will not absolve him from standing before a much greater appellate,the Judge on that day will not suborn or allow falsely sworn oaths to prevail as your judges do.
I raise my voice in praise to God,who has for yet another year (now approaching eight years) delivered me from the unjust of Sedgwick County Kansas. The false premise that child support owed authorizes unlawful conduct by Court & government officials,yet again soundly defeated,not by thousands spent to line the pockets of Kansas attorneys,but by the effectual fervent prayer of a sinner,saved by the blood of Christ,who prayed against tyranny. We indeed fight not against flesh and blood ,but against powers & principalities,who drunken with power and evil,search for whom they may devour. I am thankful to have been delivered these many years from the unjust of Sedgwick County who call darkness to be light and evil to be good.
I will never forget the day in December 2004 when I was literally tossed from a jail cell,after praying and fasting for victory over your corrupt forces…that day I remembered visiting Tarsus,years before,where the Apostle Paul was born. I understood in some small way how he felt after release & victory over the Roman empire…it is a good day when God hears the cry of the afflicted against any corrupt government and empire. The Kansas case about child support filled with rampant and multiple Constitutional violations,wrongful criminal acts by Kansan officials,and an abundance of falsely sworn oaths could and will never bear the illuminating light of justice.