Brett Farrey

Madison’s new trash system, the one with the ginormous trash cans, will fail before Winter’s end, less than a year after starting this venture. What a waste of taxpayer’s money.

Why it will fail

The trash cans need to be on semi-flat surface, and as it is, they have a hard enough time staying upright on a relatively flat grass surface. What happens when it snows? What happens when there’s so much snow the only place to put them is on the sidewalks or on the road. Either of those of places are going to anger a lot people. I also think they’re ugly as hell. People typically put out their in the morning and then leave for work, so the streets are lined with these ugly trash cans.

I drive down Raymond Road to and from work, and it’s unbelievable to see the number of trash cans, let alone how disturbing it is to see a large percentage of them knocked over. Last week, there were a handful of them knocked over in front of an apartment complex which were blocking an entire lane of traffic. This was just up the street from Raymond and McKenna.

So, who came up this bonehead plan anyway? I’m guessing the same bonehead that came up with Trolley idea.