Posts Tagged “Earth First”

A local guy at a local rag wrote today that Earth First is coming back to bid on the city’s trash contract in 2010. He writes about this years’ bid. “Earth First’s was the lowest and would have saved the city about $2.2 million a year.”

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Tags: City of Fort Wayne, Earth First, Gregg Walbridge, Jerry Henry, Kevin Leininger, Tom Henry

It was quite a show at council last night as some 65 residents of the near east side, neighbors to the recycling transfer site, vented their anger. And, they were angry.

The roar started almost as soon as Council President Tom Smith opened the mic last night to citizen comment. One after another minister and a few private citizens parade to the mic to chastise council members for approving the placement of a transfer site in their neighborhood, on the site of the old Pontiac Street Fruehauf/Fort Wayne Foundry campus. Only problem was that council had not approved it. That, however didn’t seem to matter. Nor did civility.

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Tags: Earth First, Fort Wayne City Council, Glynn Hines, Karen Goldner, Rick Stevenson, Summit Recycling, Tim Pape, Tom Henry, Tom Smith

Rick Stevenson, the self-proclaimed altruistic savior of Wayne Township penned an article in Frost Illustrated today. His complaint is with Summit Recycling & Transfer on Pontiac Street, which as you all (should) know is a Jerry Henry enterprise.

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Tags: Earth First, Jerry Henry, Rick Stevenson, Summit Recycling

As I’ve commented earlier, any savings the city would have realized from contracting Earth First for the garbage contract would not have been passed on to Fort Wayne residents.

Now comes this.

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Tags: Earth First, Jerry Henry, National Serv-All, Tom Henry

From Talk of the Town

A thrill more than two years in the making was realized for a new Whitley County business Tuesday night as Whitley Environmental was awarded the $2.2 million recycling contract through the Whitley County Solid Waste Management District.

It’s worth the read. Go here.

Tags: Earth First, National Serv-All

Having some fun.. Enjoy.

Tags: Ben Smith, Earth First, Fort Wayne City Council, Harrison Square, John Shoaff, Karen Goldner, Liz Brown, Mitch Harper, Tim Pape, Tom Didier, Tom Henry

Over in Whitley County, they’ve been busy bidding their recycling program. Rather than making an executive decision to simply shove aside other bids, the Whitley County Solid Waste District Board actually held a vote on Tuesday. The result was a decision to start the process of negotiating with Whitley Environmental for the county’s recycling service.

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Tags: Earth First, Gregg Walbridge, Jerry Henry, Recycling, Whitley Environmental

From King Henry’s office comes this:

Fort Wayne, Ind. – The City of Fort Wayne has reached an agreement with National Serv-All to provide garbage and recycling collection services for 2010 at 2009 rates. National Serv-All’s current four-year contract with the City expires December 31, 2009. The proposed one-year deal, which requires approval by the Board of Works, would freeze rates at current levels, and calls for monthly meetings to improve service.

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Tags: Earth First, Gregg Walbridge, Jerry Henry, National Serv-All, Paul Lagemann, Tom Henry

No time today, and we also need to do a little more research. Stay tuned.

Tags: Earth First, Gregg Walbridge, Jerry Henry, National Serv-All, Paul Lagemann, Tom Henry

I decided to take time from cleaning the gutters today to give a small retrospective of Mayor Henry’s term in office. I’ve listed below some of Henry’s major non-accomplishments. It’s not all-encompassing, so feel free to add your thoughts in the comments section.

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Tags: Budget, Earth First, Fort Wayne City Council, Glynn Hines, Gregg Walbridge, Hardball Capital, Harrison Square, I&M, Jerry Henry, John Shoaff, Jon A. Bragalone, Karen Goldner, Liz Brown, Marty Bender, Monosodium Glutamate, National Serv-All, Tim Pape, Tom Didier, Tom Henry, Vince Robinson

This really made my day. Tracy Warner has finally had enough of the Henry administration and their lack of transparency. No, let me rephrase that. He’s had it with the bullshit coming from the 9th floor.

Today, access to city records is strictly limited; the administration is less than forthcoming about far too many aspects of government; and even information that is clearly a matter of public record can be difficult to see.

On Sept. 7, for example, The Journal Gazette – whose reporters are no longer permitted to look through the city’s claims – asked for billing records showing how much money has been paid to lawyers representing the city in the case involving Indiana Michigan Power’s lease of City Light. This is clearly a matter of public interest, and residents of Fort Wayne have every right to see how many of their tax dollars they are paying to which lawyers.

Two days later, the city said it would comply.

Five weeks later, the newspaper is still waiting for those records. Citizens still don’t know how much they are paying the lawyers to wage a debatable fight that has yet to even go to court.

Warner and the Journal Gazette were at one time the primary cheerleaders of the Henry camp. Now it seems Warner is yet another jilted media girlfriend. There’s no doubt that Henry’s “Earth First” cover-up gave impetus to Warner’s rage.

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What a nice surprise on a chilly fall morning. I think from now on I’ll refer to him as “one-term Tommy.”

Tags: Earth First, Jerry Henry, Tom Henry, Tracy Warner