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Thursday, January 15, 2009
Talkin’ trash in Gwinnett
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Sometimes, it’s simply best to leave things be.
I say this as the Gwinnett garbage fight heads to court.
Representatives for Waste Pro - one of two companies that had been granted exclusive rights to pick up and haul garbage in the county - are scheduled to appear in Gwinnett County Superior Court today to argue that it did not violate a judge’s ruling by soliciting business.
Their appearance is due to a suit filed by Robertson/Allied Sanitation, which operates in Gwinnett. The suit charges that Waste Pro has continued to solicit business despite a ruling by Superior Court Judge Michael Clark. He put the brakes on the county’s new waste collection plan, saying it violated state law by delegating governmental functions to a private entity - Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful Services. (That agreement has since been dissolved.)
The county had to resort back to letting any licensed hauler do business in Gwinnett till a waste removal plan is worked out that’s bullet proof from legal challenges while still true to the mission of making Gwinnett cleaner and more beautiful.
Stay tuned.
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