Posted By: Macthediver
Talked to the mayor..(Story Time) UpDate! - 04/04/20 02:37 PM
Everyone know we are under a stay at home advisory Covid-19 lock down..Ok.. City hall is closed only doing certain hours with certain people working. I get it..
Here in our city they have what is called City Yard Waste drop site...Usually opens April 1..With everyone being on stay at home limit travel people want to get out do yard work. Weather been pretty decent so I've been out doing spring yard, garden clean up..
Was fixing to rake some leaves haul some brush to city drop site. But of course when I check web site it says do to covid-19 closed until further notice.
Kinda set bad with me..There is usually only one person works at that site. He writes down your license plate number may or may not look to see your not dropping anything illegal..Brush goes in one place, leaves, grass in another. It's not rocket science..
So I call the yard waste number and of course get a machine. That too didn't set well with me. So I called my alderman and to my surprise he answered.. Had a nice little chat with him didn't get nasty but told him pretty much what I thought about it all.. He said he talks with or see mayor almost daily would voice my concern. I figure yeah ok right! Then on noon news they report.."City is asking people to please store their yard waste at home until further notice...What!
Late in day phone rings check caller ID and is my alderman....Huh.
He said he talked to the mayor and they are trying to figure something out for yard waste.. but concerned about employees and contact..Said they were thinking of doing some neighbor hood drop sites.. I'm like they said on noon news hour after I talked to you City asking residents to hold their yard waste.. He says wish I could say I got that info out that fast but I didn't talk to mayor myself until late afternoon?? OK Again nice civilized chat I thanked him. He did say I should call Mayor myself..This was Thursday evening..
So Friday morning 9am I call mayors office and of course get a machine.. Left a message wanted to talk about yard waste could please call me back. 20 or 30 minutes later phone rings ID says city number so I answer it. Turns out is city Yard Waste Manager gal..First thing I ask her is. So mayor has Secretary screen his calls and this got pasted to you huh..I called the Mayor..She say yes kinda works that way sometimes..So I go over whole thing with her. She says yep they are concerned about people being out moving around want to have people stay home.. I'm like you got one guy there doesn't even have to talk to anyone get with in 6ft.. yes but people who unload tend to stand around visit with each other..Also said when they didn't have a person monitoring was to much illegal or improper things dumped..
Once again we had a nice chat and when I told her I was a retired Fire Fighter. The conversation changed some and we had each other laughing..I ask how they were doing with it all she said things were goofy..The city has all their people split up spread out working different shifts. Trying to give workers ability to work but not drag something home to family.. I get that.. I told her they just need to make sure all six street worker don't lean on same shovel.. Isn't that what they always get accused of..
We chatted a bit more and I left her with.. Tell the mayor I said he is a chicken for passing this call to you..She said well secretary is the one sorted it out. I said yes I know that. But you tell him I said that anyway..we both laughed..and of course I'm still not getting a place to dump my leaves and brush. I actually had nice chat with her though about lots things, stupid city things.
Fast forward later in day phone rings I look at ID City Of LaCrosse...Huh? so I answer it and it's the mayor..First thing I ask is Oh! did the girls tell you I said you was a chicken if ya didn't call me back?? So you calling me??
Thought my wife was going drop over when I said that..
Mayor is like aahahaha what?? ..So we have same discussion again that I had with alderman and yard waste lady..Mayor gave me same standard song dance line.. I'm like I get all that been there done it..Said I understand what your trying to do..But your not going to control every one. Why punish people that can do it right.. and you don't need to try be everyone's Nanny...So we close out conversation with him using the same old line about we're trying to figure it out for folks.. I thank him for his time said appreciated him calling me back, said good bye..
I said a lot more to him than I can type here but this is the high lights. I never got nasty with him or the others I talked with.. My wife was listen in though and says to me.. Geeze should you be talking to Mayor that way saying that stuff??
Me! Ya Think?
I don't work for him he works for me..to dang many people seem to forget that.. Yes them people are supposed to be running things.. But they do it for us we are their boss not other way around.. I never got nasty with the guy said any thing personally insulting, just told the man what I thought..How didn't see that site as big issue infecting people..Nothing wrong with me saying what I said. Didn't call him a Nanny told him didn't need to act like one and I didn't need one..Big difference..Told wife he maybe mayor but no different for me than talking to any other man.
So guess we'll see. Probably won't be much happens unless others been bugging him too..But I had my say..
Mac
Here in our city they have what is called City Yard Waste drop site...Usually opens April 1..With everyone being on stay at home limit travel people want to get out do yard work. Weather been pretty decent so I've been out doing spring yard, garden clean up..
Was fixing to rake some leaves haul some brush to city drop site. But of course when I check web site it says do to covid-19 closed until further notice.
Kinda set bad with me..There is usually only one person works at that site. He writes down your license plate number may or may not look to see your not dropping anything illegal..Brush goes in one place, leaves, grass in another. It's not rocket science..
So I call the yard waste number and of course get a machine. That too didn't set well with me. So I called my alderman and to my surprise he answered.. Had a nice little chat with him didn't get nasty but told him pretty much what I thought about it all.. He said he talks with or see mayor almost daily would voice my concern. I figure yeah ok right! Then on noon news they report.."City is asking people to please store their yard waste at home until further notice...What!
Late in day phone rings check caller ID and is my alderman....Huh.
He said he talked to the mayor and they are trying to figure something out for yard waste.. but concerned about employees and contact..Said they were thinking of doing some neighbor hood drop sites.. I'm like they said on noon news hour after I talked to you City asking residents to hold their yard waste.. He says wish I could say I got that info out that fast but I didn't talk to mayor myself until late afternoon?? OK Again nice civilized chat I thanked him. He did say I should call Mayor myself..This was Thursday evening..
So Friday morning 9am I call mayors office and of course get a machine.. Left a message wanted to talk about yard waste could please call me back. 20 or 30 minutes later phone rings ID says city number so I answer it. Turns out is city Yard Waste Manager gal..First thing I ask her is. So mayor has Secretary screen his calls and this got pasted to you huh..I called the Mayor..She say yes kinda works that way sometimes..So I go over whole thing with her. She says yep they are concerned about people being out moving around want to have people stay home.. I'm like you got one guy there doesn't even have to talk to anyone get with in 6ft.. yes but people who unload tend to stand around visit with each other..Also said when they didn't have a person monitoring was to much illegal or improper things dumped..
Once again we had a nice chat and when I told her I was a retired Fire Fighter. The conversation changed some and we had each other laughing..I ask how they were doing with it all she said things were goofy..The city has all their people split up spread out working different shifts. Trying to give workers ability to work but not drag something home to family.. I get that.. I told her they just need to make sure all six street worker don't lean on same shovel.. Isn't that what they always get accused of..
We chatted a bit more and I left her with.. Tell the mayor I said he is a chicken for passing this call to you..She said well secretary is the one sorted it out. I said yes I know that. But you tell him I said that anyway..we both laughed..and of course I'm still not getting a place to dump my leaves and brush. I actually had nice chat with her though about lots things, stupid city things.
Fast forward later in day phone rings I look at ID City Of LaCrosse...Huh? so I answer it and it's the mayor..First thing I ask is Oh! did the girls tell you I said you was a chicken if ya didn't call me back?? So you calling me??
Thought my wife was going drop over when I said that..
Mayor is like aahahaha what?? ..So we have same discussion again that I had with alderman and yard waste lady..Mayor gave me same standard song dance line.. I'm like I get all that been there done it..Said I understand what your trying to do..But your not going to control every one. Why punish people that can do it right.. and you don't need to try be everyone's Nanny...So we close out conversation with him using the same old line about we're trying to figure it out for folks.. I thank him for his time said appreciated him calling me back, said good bye..
I said a lot more to him than I can type here but this is the high lights. I never got nasty with him or the others I talked with.. My wife was listen in though and says to me.. Geeze should you be talking to Mayor that way saying that stuff??
Me! Ya Think?
I don't work for him he works for me..to dang many people seem to forget that.. Yes them people are supposed to be running things.. But they do it for us we are their boss not other way around.. I never got nasty with the guy said any thing personally insulting, just told the man what I thought..How didn't see that site as big issue infecting people..Nothing wrong with me saying what I said. Didn't call him a Nanny told him didn't need to act like one and I didn't need one..Big difference..Told wife he maybe mayor but no different for me than talking to any other man.
So guess we'll see. Probably won't be much happens unless others been bugging him too..But I had my say..
Mac