There’s more info from Boise City’s site. Code violations go back to 97. Do a code enforcement search for the address then read the activities.

http://pdsonline.cityofboise.org/pdsonline/Permits.aspx?id=1

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It’s quite the junk yard.

I think at some of the larger airport there are noise meters along the approach paths to monitor decibel levels and coordinate that to the flight schedule to find noise violators.

Because every once in a while a single jet will go out at full afterburner and I bet its a pilot on a cross country and they may not care about the local noise ordinances. They are just here for a gas stop. Same with some of the older model commercial jets like a 727 very loud compared to the current B737/A320.

This is even stupider than those people from Hidden Springs who complained about keeping the trash at Seaman’s Gulch. I mean, after all, they could have bought their homes after viewing them at night on Sundays when the trash trucks don’t run.

Hard to miss the airport though.

Now according to my information the price is not an additional $13.80 per month but total. While I’m glad to hear this, it does make me wonder about the Guardian’s story on the ability of the recycling to be successful.

EDITOR NOTE–Somebody help. I think the truth is somewhere in between. City raised the monthly fee about 18%, they provide new cans–one for trash and one for recycle. Allied cuts labor force in half on truck with single driver using joy stock device to pick up can. Allied also cuts labor AND mileage in half on recycle by doing it bi-weekly instead of weekly.

Trash service runs $17.80 per month (billed out two months for $35.60). If you get the cheap cans it is an extra $12.80 per month, or the default is $13.80 (a 77.5% increase).

If you argue they must pay for the cans, do a little internet search. You can find many similar models (perhaps the same not sure because the make isn’t listed) for $150 to $400. These prices aren’t from Home Depot and are heavy duty, meant for serious residential use. On top of it, these are single can pricing. If you buy in bulk lots (many discounts start when you buy 100 or more, how big is Boise?) the price drops. So $400/$13.80 = 28.98 months – that means in just under two and a half years, these garbage cans will be paid off. Do you think we will stop paying?

What also doesn’t make sense, why does an extra can only cost an extra $1 per month? If the added price was to cover the true cost of providing a garbage can, would they take a serious loss like this? It makes me think their price per can might be more around the $100-$150 dollar range.

I would rather buy and OWN the can then keep paying $13.80 every month. Why is that not an option? If you think about it, in 2.5 years will you all remember the 70%+ rate increase we are getting in trash collection when they ask for an additional 15% increase? I doubt it.

There is more to the issue than the caller understands or is willing to acknowledge.