Tag Archives: Town of Auburn

A few kind words

This post isn’t glass related; if you were hoping to find one, sorry…try back in a couple of days. No, I’d like to take a moment to instead give some praise to someone I’ve called out in the past: the … Continue reading

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That’s right, I’m the idea man

The town officials were whining in an article in The Auburn Town News, the local weekly, about complying with a rule that states that towns need to post notices of meetings two days in advance, not including weekends [the article … Continue reading

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Awww, ya caught us.

I’m out and about, picking up the kids from daycare this afternoon and my cell phone starts playing the dulcet tones of John Carpenter’s “Halloween” theme.   Thinking maybe it was my wife, I pick up and…it’s the school superintendent … Continue reading

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The response from trash talk.

True to my word, here’s the response I got to my email.  I’ve included the name of the sender since there’s really no good reason not to, here’s the response I received from my email: Hi Tom, I will be glad … Continue reading

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Trash talk for the Town of Auburn

I have some other stuff I need to deal with this evening, so I can’t make it to the public questions forum at the high school.  But I do love a good paper trail, so I’m posting the email I … Continue reading

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Isn’t this anticompetitive behavior and restriction of trade?

Annoyed about my town’s choice to grab its ankles instead of doing a proper rate increase for trash hauling, I’ve started calling around to other trash haulers in the area to find out what residential service would cost me from … Continue reading

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Nooooo, it’s not a rate increase, it’s environmentally friendly

I happened to look at the bulletin board while I was at the post office today and noticed a flyer about a change to the trash pickup here in town.  Our 96 gallon trash can is going to be replaced … Continue reading

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Why you don’t abuse emergency message delivery services

Quick, think of the trip between here and the closest supermarket. You likely drive it every day, tell me the speed limit in each area you pass through.   You can’t.  You probably know, and you’ll likely notice the signs … Continue reading

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So what do I do here?

I have a little one in my town’s school system and as part of him being in school, we signed up pretty much every method of contact we have with the school’s “One Call Now” system.  This is, in theory, … Continue reading

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Rude police

Today while out driving over to get my son I ran across a crew cutting trees.  They had a lane blocked and there was an officer theoretically working a traffic management detail. While visible, she was half way up the … Continue reading

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