Posted by Beachman on 11/2/2009, 3:45 pm, in reply to "I have another OT subject: is street sweeping needed on a weekly basis?"
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Street sweeping brings up some interesting thoughts....first, nothing detracts from a neighborhood that streets and structures that are not well kept....having spent my entire life in East Long Beach I can tell you first hand that I have seen a significant drop in the cleanliness and pride in our neighborhoods in the past 5 years....probably due in significant part to the increase in renters and the decrease in homeowners out here.....thus people are far less likely to police up their own streets than in the past due to the ownership vs. renter issue.....so I would not be in favor of going to twice monthly street sweeping.....second, the revenue generated from the street sweeping parking tickets more than pays for the costs associated with street sweeping and if you cut that revenue in half you just exacerbate the situation and I don't see an upside in that.....a far better way to save money would be to outsource the sweeping and the trash collection, but both of those aren't gonna happen with this city council!!! They'll let 16 yrs die in front of Wilson H.S. before they would take this route to fiscal prosperity!!
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: If the city is in dire straights from a budget
: standpoint, is it really necessary to have
: street sweeping on a weekly basis? I
: understand the reasons behind street
: sweeping, etc., but when a street sweeper is
: often accompanied by 2-3 parking enforcement
: vehicles handing out tickets. Seems like a
: fuel and manpower being used on a weekly
: basis. Why not cut it back to bi-weekly or
: monthly?
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: http://www.longbeach-recycles.org/home/street_sweeping/street_sweeping.htm
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: MY wife and I are both voting 'NO"
: enough is enough and in these difficult
: economic times I think that it is absolutely
: arrogant of the School District to try to
: pass a tax like this.....I predict a defeat
: even though it is going to be a very very
: low turnout election!
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: Measure T would allow:
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: Approval of Measure T would authorize the
: Board of Education (“Board”) of the Long
: Beach Unified School District (“District”)
: to levy a special parcel tax (“Tax”) of $92
: per year on each parcel of taxable real
: property that receives a separate property
: tax bill located within the District. The
: Tax would be levied for five (5) years,
: commencing on July 1, 2010.
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