North Kingstown - the highest tax "self service government" in Rhode Island. The Dolan-NKGOP gift that keeps giving! They gave us the Halley buyout, high taxes, and now... SELF SERVICE!!!!

Many towns in RI have CURBSIDE CITY BRUSH PICK-UP . Why not NK? Because of the "North Kingstown Tax-N-Steal Republicans... the party of HALLEY" !

Here is a town by town list of storm debris pickup. Who wants to count the "self service" towns? Yup, Dolan and her NKGOP party of Halley the lobster gorfer, sure specialize in "SELF SERVICE". Nice system... THEY have your wallet, YOU pickup your own storm debris!

http://newsblog.projo.com/2011/08/storm-debris-collection-guidel.html

Barrington: The DPW is picking up storm related yard debris from curbside.

Bristol: town workers will pick up storm debris neighborhood by neighborhood.

Cranston: The city will pick up tree limbs for residents as cleanup efforts continue. Tree limbs must be placed curbside.

Cumberland: Residents are being asked to put branches no more than 3 inches thick at curbside

East Greenwich: Public Works director Joe Duarte says leave yard waste such as branches and leaves at cubrside

East Providence: Recycling coorinator Steve Mutter says branches. limbs and other tree-related material should be placed at curbside.

Johnston: Residents need to pile storm debris as close to the curb

Middletown: The town will pick up yard debris weekly for residents enrolled in the "pay-as-you-throw" program through the week ending Sept. 23. The town will haul fallen tree limbs and branches less than 4 feet long and 8 inches wide left curbside

Newport: Residents must cut branches into 3-foot pieces, bundle them and leave them curbside

North Providence: Residents are asked to place debris curbside

North Smithfield:Town administrator Paulette D. Hamilton says the city will make regular pickups for yard waste no larger than 3 feet long and 2 inches in diameter.

Pawtucket: Residents are asked to place storm debris curbside

Providence: Residents should put tree limbs and branches on the curb

Warwick: Residents are asked to leave debris curbside

West Warwick: Residents are asked to cut branches into 4-foot sections and put them curbside.

Woonsocket: The city is asking residents to put their storm debris in paper bags or barrels and leave it at the curbside

I went to the dump yesterday and cars and trucks with debris were being put on the scales. Why do they need to be weighed if it's free?

Dont forget Embry in this. He, Stamm and others support the Golf Course as an "enterprise entity" yet every budget they give it moeny. If it is truley a profit center, shouldnt it be self sustaining and fund itself through revenue? Stamm, Dolan, Bestwick and Hueston need to be replaced.

Deb, I think there is some arrangement with the state in terms of how much trash vs. how much recycling NK collects that has to do with state payments to NK. The higher the recycling to trash rate, the more money NK gets. Also, probably reducing the amount of trash total helps. Not sure of the details.

As to the golf course, I am not a golf fan, but it provides a revenue stream to the town. As I understand it from various budget articles, the revenue exceeds the maintenance and other costs the town forks out. I suppose it could be a self-run entity as john boscardin suggests, but why add another layer of bureaucracy and non-transparency?

it already IS an "enterprise fund" and iirc it has lost money. the town is LYING to try and buy more things, as usual !