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15 years ago @ KCRG - Iowa City Moving Forwa... · 1 reply · +2 points

Where will it all end? Big Brother is getting too big. It's probably time to move to a more hospitable place while it's still allowed.

15 years ago @ KCRG - Keota Fire Clean-up Co... · 0 replies · +6 points

It may be allowable under Iowa code but the unelected administrator / inspector/ bureaucrat in charge has complete discretion. This too is in the Iowa Code. Don't you think that Bill, knowing that it is cheaper to haul it elsewhere, would have done so? If I had the option 5 years ago, there is no question that mine would have gone elsewhere.

There may be some unreported money changing hands here. I would start by checking the pockets of the DNR's Marion Burnside.

15 years ago @ KCRG - Keota Fire Clean-up Co... · 0 replies · +1 points

No matter what they say, SEMCO has known that they are high ever since they started accepting "hazardous" waste years ago. They certainly knew about it when I had to use them 5 years ago.

Normally, when companies come up with a pricing structure, the first thing that is checked is the price of the competition to see if their plan would be competitive. The problem here is that there is currently NO competition. Theirs is the only game in town when it comes to disposing of "hazardous" waste. It is a pure monopoly with the blessing of the state. Why would SEMCO even consider offering a discount?

I suspect there is more to the story than we are being told. There are reasons other than humanitarian ones for them to even consider lowering the price. Perhaps real competition or new regulations are coming. Stay tuned.

15 years ago @ KCRG - Keota Fire Clean-up Co... · 0 replies · +10 points

You can blame the DNR for this problem. According to their rules, the "hazardous" waste can only be landfilled in the same district where the waste was generated. Yes, Milan, Illinois tip fees are a fraction of the costs at SEMCO but the fire victims have no choice in where the asbestos goes.

This guy got off cheap. My tip fees at SEMCO were nearer $100,000. I probably had less than a bushel basket of actual asbestos but since it was mixed with brick, all of it had to go, wetted down, covered with $600 worth of plastic while monitored by a bunch of (paid) goons in white suits. By the way, when asbestos goes to the landfill it goes in the same pile as your trash bags with diapers and such. They just charge about 10 times more because they can. The entire scheme is a joke designed to line pockets and create jobs with the DNR and EPA.. The scheme is lorded over by an unelected, vindictive, mercurial bureaucrat in Des Moines.

15 years ago @ KCRG - $150M Going to Univers... · 1 reply · +4 points

So if Hancher was so severely damaged that it was unusable, why would they heat and clean it for 2 seconds, let alone 2 years? Since the flood, a million dollars has been spent maintaining and heating Hancher- for what? Whoever is making the decisions, along with the building, should both be gone already- and please don't heat it for another winter.

15 years ago @ KCRG - Cedar Rapids, Iowa Cit... · 0 replies · +5 points

The EPA will not be happy until they are able to fine people for exhaling C02. Iowa City is suing them for onerous regulations? What delicious irony...

15 years ago @ KCRG - Another Busy Postgame ... · 1 reply · +16 points

What am I missing here? Those with enough money to buy press box tickets are served alcohol while watching the unwashed ma*s*s*es below, receiving tickets for tailgating.

It must be good to be king.

15 years ago @ KCRG - Delhi Boats Go On The ... · 1 reply · +8 points

Thumbs up! My thoughts exactly.

15 years ago @ KCRG - Maquoketa Man, Charged... · 0 replies · +11 points

I am sure that we don't have the whole story here- but lets just say that I am not among those crying for Andrew.

15 years ago @ KCRG - Pastor Charged With sS... · 0 replies · +2 points

Maybe they had to add the extra "s" in the title to get past the blog censor.

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