Stormy Debate Over Garbage Tax and Container Plan
Budget approval spurs council showdown on how to charge apartment owners and commercial properties for garbage service. Proposal includes a per cubic yard or per unit fee with opposition from several communities and a push to expand brush collection and test containerized collection with 500 containers and two trucks. Some see the plan as inequitable while others tout cleaner services and job changes.
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Cme
Tntair Howell Kilgore
Lubbock Amotment Assatld
Guadalupe
Nephtali Deleon
Henry Duknson
27Th St
AL J. Malouf
30Th St
Jack Eastman
20Th St
Milny
O. D. Hollins
Teak
City budget hikes rely on new revenue measures
City officials outlined $838,523 in new debt service and $2.59 million in capital bonds to support sawdust projects and staffing. Costs include 10 sanitation crews, airport fire station staffing, police and sanitation salaries, hospital plan benefits, and pension rises. council members debated a 14 cent debt service tax and sanitation charge as the best funding method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Police
Sanitation
Prion
Lubick Transit Company
Hollingsworth
Canyon Lakes
Morris Turner
Jack Baker
Turner
Baker
Wilderness Plan Discussions Set
Public meetings in El Paso Texas and Carlsbad New Mexico will cover wilderness proposals for Guadalupe Mountains and Carlsbad Caverns National Parks. Rep. Richard C. White says 39,000 of 77,500 acres in Guadalupe Mountains and 24,000 of 46,753 acres at Carlsbad Caverns are proposed for wilderness status.
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Washington
UPS
el Paso
Carlsbad
N.M
Guadalupe Mountains
Carlsbad Caverns National Parks
Richard C. White
D-Tex
White
National Park Services
Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Carlsbad Caverns
Scattered Showers Development After Slight Front Across South Plains
Scattered showers develop across the South Plains after a slight cold front Thursday night. Reports from Lubbock Littlefield Sudan and Amherst note light rain and pea sized hail with no damage. Cooler air moves in across the state with sunshine returning by morning.
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Ny Lane Arthur
Aymanche-Juvenal
South Plains
Sudan
Amhers
National Weather Service
Littlefield
Hub City
Lubbock
NWS
Amherst
Panhandle
Sabine Pass
High Island
Louisiana
Texas
Mercury
Thurst
Dalhart
Rene Oe
Mico
Friona
Dimmitt
Muleshoe
Jones Stadium
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Richard
Mauric Que
SSI
B.A. Darwin
50Th
Enenam
Wille Bab
Gsehwend
S10
Conneil
Brannoof
Aubbook
Shlomo
Duane Jordan
Ith St
League of Women Voters
Parkway Drive
Bill Horn
The
Friends of
Stev. Daniel Higgins
St St
Counel
Caty Hall
Fred Senter
19Th Street
Library Board
W.R. Collier
Collier
Libra
Bismarck
Line Creek Park
Kansas City
New Plymouth
New Zealand
Yataraimaka
Urathcone
Edule A
Hong Kong
Dacron
T. T. Gill
T.T. Gill
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