Below is an excerpt from Beth's editorial from this week.  The entire editorial may be found in this week's print copy of the Weston Chronicle or online here.

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The Weston Chronicle

After the election, “Moving to Canada” searches have increased a lot.
Now there’s a village in Italy that is advertising houses for $1 to Americans who want to immigrate. I imagine these come under the creative realtor heading “Unique Fixer-Upper.”
For most of us, the alternative comes down to living with the results.
Doesn’t mean you have to like the results, and that you can’t fight them.
Let’s take Matt Gaetz. No let’s not. Totally out there. If you don’t like him (or if you do) write to your Senators to express your feelings about him. The remaining moderates in the Senate are going to need a lot of support.
But he may just be a trial balloon to keep your eye on the most outrageous thing of the moment so you don’t see the other incredible things going on in the coming administration. 

Not in my Backyard
The increase in tipping fees at landfills are going up, and will no doubt get worse. No one wants one near them, so what’s the solution? Throwing less stuff away would help. Buy stuff that doesn’t have a lot of packaging is another. 
Jacob Petersen, Redgate, said he doesn’t have a lot of great suggestions that would make significant changes. 
“Recycling at the curb would probably would take weight out of the trash stream but on the flip side you have to run another truck and the fee for recycling is still $65 per ton.
“We could place tighter restrictions on the amount of trash people are able to put out, which would lower the weight and for people with additional trash we could charge a different rate.  
“Locks (on dumpsters to discourage use by others) would help to a degree , but more than likely it will end up in another dumpster.”
So, it’s up to us - figure out a personal solution or pay for the convenience.

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Beth McPherson, Editor

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