Once again, CCMC has eliminated another service on behalf of Daybreak residents. We received an email notification stating that Allied Waste will no longer pick up trash cans from the alleys during winter. Residents are now required to take their cans to the front of the house since Allied has been complaining about the snow in the alleys.

I'm not sure which annoys me more - the fact that I now have to drag two awkward garbage cans around the block twice a week or that CCMC has unilaterally agreed to a reduction in a service I am paying for without consulting anyone. If the City is not doing an adequate job of clearing the alleys, it seems that CCMC should start by trying to get them to live up to their obligations rather than giving into a service reduction on behalf of residents. I also can't help but wonder if this is just a way for Allied to stop alley garbage pickup altogether. Nothing would surprise me anymore.