Friday, November 16, 2007
Ceeon Quiett explains the city's position
It's actually quite simple: if you're ninety year-old grandmother, or a man who's just had a hernia operation, couldn't safely carry it down the porch stairs and out to the curb, it must be storm-related.
As Ms. Quiett put it in a letter to the editor:
So it only makes sense that the city enacted an ordinance that left residents responsible for the disposal of any waste that must be storm-related:
To be fair, the "industry norms" excuse that the garbage haulers give doesn't sound completely ridiculous, but there was a paucity of bids for the contracts and potential bidders claim that the "unlimited pickup' provision was the reason that they dropped out of the bidding. In her letter, Ceeon Quiett claims that the contracts were publicly bid, but she also calls her boss a "champion of transparency". If city government really were transparent, i.e. if all city RFP's were viewable by any visitor to the city's website, we'd all have a much better idea whether misleading RFP's were really publicized to frighten away competition.
Also in Quiett's letter:
"Fleecing of America" here we come. Let's give the feds even more to investigate.
Yep, I have real empathy for anybody who's still agonizing over the Hobson's choice tomorrow between a council candidate who says mean things about homeless people and one who writes ordinances to help her campaign contributors make millions -- at the city's expense. Oh wait, FEMA will pay for it. I wouldn't want Ms. Quiett to think that I'm being counterproductive.
As Ms. Quiett put it in a letter to the editor:
SDT, Richards Disposal and Metro Disposal, vendors secured via the public bid process, face similar requirements under the city's solid waste collection contracts, except that SDT's agreement does not include construction material and is the only contract that includes sidewalk cleaning and sweeping.
What is not included in any of the solid waste agreements is the collection of storm-related debris.
So it only makes sense that the city enacted an ordinance that left residents responsible for the disposal of any waste that must be storm-related:
White said the city's trash vendors are in compliance with their contracts. She pointed to a section of the city code that places strict limits on "bulky waste," including a 25-pound cap on bundled construction and demolition waste and a provision that says debris generated by private contractors or at small-business locations is not covered.
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the ordinance was adopted by the City Council in April, five months after Nagin signed the sanitation contracts and six months before FEMA terminated its mission to provide free debris pickup in New Orleans.
The measure was drafted by the Nagin administration and sponsored by Willard-Lewis.
To be fair, the "industry norms" excuse that the garbage haulers give doesn't sound completely ridiculous, but there was a paucity of bids for the contracts and potential bidders claim that the "unlimited pickup' provision was the reason that they dropped out of the bidding. In her letter, Ceeon Quiett claims that the contracts were publicly bid, but she also calls her boss a "champion of transparency". If city government really were transparent, i.e. if all city RFP's were viewable by any visitor to the city's website, we'd all have a much better idea whether misleading RFP's were really publicized to frighten away competition.
Also in Quiett's letter:
The city cannot afford to ignore any opportunity for federal reimbursement.
"Fleecing of America" here we come. Let's give the feds even more to investigate.
Yep, I have real empathy for anybody who's still agonizing over the Hobson's choice tomorrow between a council candidate who says mean things about homeless people and one who writes ordinances to help her campaign contributors make millions -- at the city's expense. Oh wait, FEMA will pay for it. I wouldn't want Ms. Quiett to think that I'm being counterproductive.
Labels: Ceeon Quiett, Cynthia Willard-Lewis, garbage collection
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"Yep, I have real empathy for anybody who's still agonizing over the Hobson's choice tomorrow between a council candidate who says mean things about homeless people and one who writes ordinances to help her campaign contributors make millions -- at the city's expense"
Heh, nice one.
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Heh, nice one.
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