Wading knee deep in trash, literal and political

There’s nothing more frustrating for those of us who deal in facts to see rumor, opinion and plain horseshit posing as debate. The one thing that stinks more than the actual trash rotting on our streets is the national conversation about waste management. We demand real answers and vow to use these pages to showcase them for our readers in upcoming issues. As evidenced by repeated, unsustainable promises that a ‘temporary solution’ was found while trash piles continued to grow, our politicians continue to not deal with us honestly concerning this matter. Not only did it take several days for the ‘solution’ to actually take hold, but let’s take a serious look at the very notion of a solution for garbage that is not long term. Waste is a health risk, and to dispose of it in an environmentally responsible way that does not poison the people living near it