City of Portland wants a leaf district at tax payer expense.

I was reading in the paper that the Mayor elect of Portland wants to create a leaf district (to clean up leafs in the street). Now I do not live in Portland but just felt I had to comment on this idea. This is a classic example of government waste and a need to create a bigger government at tax payer expense. There are only a small percentage of people who push their leaves into the street and instead of cracking down on them their idea is to make everyone pay for this.

Now where I live for example, my street has 17 houses on it 11 have yard recycling and 2 have landscaping crews that take care of their yards. 5 of these houses have no trees or bushes (no leaves) of the 12 remaining houses only one does not take care of his leaves. This is about 7% of the people on my street. Why in the world should we all pay more in taxes for just 7% of a problem? Why can’t the city go to these idiots and make then clean up their own leaves. This is just another stupid attempt to get more tax money and hire more city workers.

The end result will be more people will push their leaves into the street. After all if I am paying taxes to clean up the leaves then why should I do it myself? Then what’s next? Why not put my tree trimmings in the street or better yet my grass clipping. We could all cancel our yard recycling and just dump it all in the street sense we would be paying for it. it is time that we all step up and be responsible for ourselves and not expect someone else to pay for our messes. A good example is the auto industry, banking industry and AIG. We all need to take pride in our neighbor hood, counties, cities, states and country.

Now like I said I don’t live in Portland so this will not effect me but you know once it happens in one city others won’t be far behind if they think they can get more taxes.

Election of President

Well I thought I would write about the election now that it is over. And so there is no misunderstanding I will start with the fact I voted for John McCain. I thought he was more qualified for President. I also disagree with Obama on his stance on the war, health care, and the spreading of the wealth. Those are all socialist views and I don’t think the United States was formed on those views. Enough about that for now.
With the election over Obama is our President and weather you voted for him or believe in him or his views he is our President and you must respect his office. I have heard a lot of negative things about both candidates and I still believe this is the wrong way to get elected but it is time for all Americans to unite and come together. I do not mean you can not express your view or even disagree with him as I said I do on several issues but he is still our President and deserves our respect.
We are not democrats, Republican, or any of the other party labels you hear so much of during an election. We are not white, black, Hispanic, or Asian, we are Americans. We need to come together as one Nation under God and work together. We can have our differences but we are still one country.
As I said I disagree with some of Obama’s policies (and there were some of McCain’s that I did not like. No one person is perfect or has all the right answers, that’s what, makes us human. As the next four years go we will see what kind of President Obama is and then we will have the opportunity to once again vote.
We face some serious challenges in the coming years and if we do not work together then this great nation may fail. I will still speak out against the policies I don’t like, (which is my right) but I will always respect the office Obama holds as President. This also goes for all elected officials. I think some times we take our freedoms for granted without thinking about the sacrifices our forefathers made for us. we truly live in the greatest nation on the earth and every American should be proud and thankful for what we have.