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The Niagara Beautification Commission annual community cleanup is Saturday, May 9.
You can register below. Volunteers in the annual event work all morning and collect tons of trash which is dutifully collected by Casella, the city’s residential waste service provider.
Here’s my idea:
Let’s really pump up the spring cleanup. Let’s get some many people and drag so much detritus to the roadside Casella gets overwhelmed.
Imagine if we did such a good job Casella had to change its rules of engagement because it’s too much work. It is “Good Trouble” in the John Lewis sense. Let’s make it happen!
https://www.keepniagarabeautiful.org/beautify-niagara-registration
Sunny, with a high of 66 and low of 43 degrees. Sunny during the morning, clear overnight.
As predicted, this budget message highlights challenges—but avoids accountability. Many of the so-called ‘unexpected’ costs are predictable in public education. Refusing to raise the tax levy for over a decade may sound responsible, but it has likely contributed to the very need to now use reserves.
I don't fully understand how it works, but the district is supposedly close to the tax cap. In other words, it likely has little wiggle room to increase the tax levy. I only know the problem, not the solution.