THUMBS UP to a key element of a proposal to make changes to garbage collection in Sparks: So-called single-stream recycling that will allow residents to throw all recyclable material into one large bin. The proposed changes are under discussion between the city of Sparks and Waste Management, the company that has the trash-collection franchise in the city.
THUMBS DOWN to another key element of the proposal: Getting rid of the extra six bags of trash that residents are now allowed to place at the curb for pickup every week. In exchange, residents would be able to place extra trash outside during a four-week period in the spring and another four-week period in the fall and would receive 20 stickers a year for additional bundles of garbage. They also would get four free trips a year to the dump. Some residents are not convinced that’s a fair exchange.
THUMBS UP to the outpouring of support from the public and the law-enforcement community for slain Carson City sheriff’s deputy Carl Howell and his family at his memorial service last week at the Reno Events Center. The Carson City deputy was killed after responding to a domestic disturbance. We would like to extend our thoughts and prayers to the loved ones he left behind. Rest in peace, Deputy Howell.
THUMPS UP to 39 North Downtown, the nonprofit group promoting the revitalization of downtown Sparks, for planning and supporting the new event at Victorian Square this summer known as 39 North Marketplace. The marketplace concluded its successful run last week with a variety of activities that attracted families and others to the heart of Sparks—a community-enriching endeavor that we hope continues well into the future.
THUMBS DOWN, again, to state legislators for approving a law with a major discriminatory flaw. We gave a THUMBS DOWN last week to lawmakers for creating the Education Savings Account program that allocates state funds, based on per-pupil spending, for private school tuition.
The flaw: The state money, about $5,000 a year per student, is only available to students who want to go to a private school after attending public school for 100 days. And as we previously noted, that means students already enrolled in private school miss out, unless they want to transfer to public school for 100 days and then return to their private school.
Does that make any sense? Certainly not to the parents who are already using their own money to send their children to private school. And a lot of them let their feelings be known at a meeting last week. It’s time for legislators to address this glaring inequity, but a special legislative session has been ruled out by the governor.
Finally, THUMBS UP to the arrival of football season, especially for our local high school squads, which are featured in today’s Sparks Tribune in a special preview section. Let’s hope the fumbles are few and the touchdowns many for those squads.
THUMBS UP to a key element of a proposal to make changes to garbage collection in Sparks: So-called single-stream recycling that will allow residents to throw all recyclable material into one large bin. The proposed changes are under discussion between the city of Sparks and Waste Management, the company that has the trash-collection franchise in the city.
THUMBS DOWN to another key element of the proposal: Getting rid of the extra six bags of trash that residents are now allowed to place at the curb for pickup every week. In exchange, residents would be able to place extra trash outside during a four-week period in the spring and another four-week period in the fall and would receive 20 stickers a year for additional bundles of garbage. They also would get four free trips a year to the dump. Some residents are not convinced that’s a fair exchange.
THUMBS UP to the outpouring of support from the public and the law-enforcement community for slain Carson City sheriff’s deputy Carl Howell and his family at his memorial service last week at the Reno Events Center. The Carson City deputy was killed after responding to a domestic disturbance. We would like to extend our thoughts and prayers to the loved ones he left behind. Rest in peace, Deputy Howell.
THUMPS UP to 39 North Downtown, the nonprofit group promoting the revitalization of downtown Sparks, for planning and supporting the new event at Victorian Square this summer known as 39 North Marketplace. The marketplace concluded its successful run last week with a variety of activities that attracted families and others to the heart of Sparks—a community-enriching endeavor that we hope continues well into the future.
THUMBS DOWN, again, to state legislators for approving a law with a major discriminatory flaw. We gave a THUMBS DOWN last week to lawmakers for creating the Education Savings Account program that allocates state funds, based on per-pupil spending, for private school tuition.
The flaw: The state money, about $5,000 a year per student, is only available to students who want to go to a private school after attending public school for 100 days. And as we previously noted, that means students already enrolled in private school miss out, unless they want to transfer to public school for 100 days and then return to their private school.
Does that make any sense? Certainly not to the parents who are already using their own money to send their children to private school. And a lot of them let their feelings be known at a meeting last week. It’s time for legislators to address this glaring inequity, but a special legislative session has been ruled out by the governor.
Finally, THUMBS UP to the arrival of football season, especially for our local high school squads, which are featured in today’s Sparks Tribune in a special preview section. Let’s hope the fumbles are few and the touchdowns many for those squads.
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