Posts Tagged “Gregg Walbridge”

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

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

Here is a recap.

Jerry Henry, an honest guy, but a tough businessman, is said, by opponent Mark GiaQuinta, to be a principle of Earth First, the company which was low bidder for the city garbage contract. Gregg Walbridge, a real estate developer is the managing partner of the recently formed company. I heard a third name, but can not remember it. Earth First is also the name of the earth liberation people who burn buildings in Colorado. I love their work. This Earth First has no trucks and no dump, but can get a loan to rent trucks and will pay a dump fee to the Republic site. I also heard that there is a key player who owns the land to the north of the Republic dump who will greatly benefit from this as his land will now become more valuable, they say, I do not remember that name either, but the tax rolls should shed some light. GiaQuinta said the money in garbage is made by the landfill operator, not the hauler.

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Tags: Earth First, Fort Wayne, Gregg Walbridge, Jerry Henry, LLC, National Serv-All, Tom Henry, Waste Management