Open letter to the City Council
An Open Letter to the Providence City Council
Greg Gerritt: ProsperityForRI.org
Dear City Council,
More and better recycling is one of the more important efforts Providence has undertaken in recent years, one that will save the city considerable money and contribute to its further development. Everyone is aware that the roll out of mandatory recycling has been a bit bumpy. But the roll out of mandatory recycling has been a bit bumpy in every city. But other cities stayed the course and the bumpiness went away in just a few weeks, as it will in Providence.
Rolling back mandatory recycling will be a huge waste of money and resources, setting back this effort by years, and will bring you nothing but shame.
I want to know why you waited until now to act? All of you are astute politicians, and if you were paying attention you would have known that city efforts to publicize the program were a bit weak. So where were you and your ward committees and block captains? Why were you not organizing neighborhood meetings throughout October preparing your wards and neighborhoods for this change? I see now that some council members are distributing recycling bins in the community, but why did you not do this in October?
The resolution to roll back recycling can only bring you shame. You should vote it down. And any council member who is not out this weekend with their ward committee distributing recycling bins ought to be ashamed of them self.
Sincerely,
Greg Gerritt
37 6th St
Providence RI 02906
401-331-0529