Dude, the leaves are still on the trees!

Dear Town,

I like the leaf-removal services offered by our town. Once the leaves are down and raked, it’s wonderful to have the mega leaf vacuum come by and remove them from the curb.

However, the leaf vacuum is on my street right now. There are some leaves down on the street, but most of the leaves are still on the trees. I see only 2 small piles of raked leaves on the entire street so far. It rained all day yesterday, so there are new leaves that came down with the wind and rain, but it rained all day, so no one was out raking. In short, at this point hauling the mega vacuum out seems like a waste of town resources.

I don’t know how this service is scheduled, but perhaps a town employee could do a drive-by before sending the big truck out --  I imagine it’s quite expensive to operate. From living on this street for a few years, I know that the truck often comes by when we don’t yet need it, and then when we do need it, it doesn’t come by.

An observation from a resident,

Marie

Comments

[nat]

Geez, they are rushing it, aren't they? Here, they gather the leaf bags several times over the course of the season, which makes sense! I hope your leaves blow into the neighbor's yards!!

[Suzanne]

Dear Marie,

As a result of our mandate to keep your streets leaf free (even if that means operating the leaf sweeper when there are no leaves on the actual ground), we have had to raise your property taxes. Well worth it, don't you think?

Sincerely,

Town

[Melody]

*I liked Suzanne's comment* Grin.
You mean to say that in the US they have big trucks that suck up piles of leaves? How bizarre. What a waste of money.

[Marie]

:-)

Dear Town,

My tax payment may be late. I'm busy & have to work extra to pay for unnecessary leaf truck outings.

:-)

ps -- I'll take a picture for you next time it comes around, Melody!

[Uisce]

sounds like snow removal where they run the trucks over the first flake and wait a few hours after the storm's over to finish up.

now what about a vaccuum that sucks the leaves right off the trees? they they can schedule it for whenever they want! :)