{"id":154,"date":"2013-01-30T15:57:51","date_gmt":"2013-01-30T20:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/01\/why-must-the-small-business-owner-be-discarded-deep-south-sanitation.html"},"modified":"2013-01-30T15:57:51","modified_gmt":"2013-01-30T20:57:51","slug":"why-must-the-small-business-owner-be-discarded-deep-south-sanitation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/01\/why-must-the-small-business-owner-be-discarded-deep-south-sanitation.html","title":{"rendered":"Why must the small business owner be discarded? —Deep South Sanitation"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nCary Scarborough, owner of a local sanitation business, previously\n\nasked the Commission not to grant a monopoly<\/a> on waste collection.\nHe was quoted in\n\ntoday’s VDT article<\/a>,\nand he has elaborated on his company’s facebook page.\n<\/p>\n

\nTo the Commission,\n\n13 November 2012<\/a>:\n<\/p>\n

\n

\n\n<\/a>\nDon’t do this to private enterprise, to an individual. If it’s done\nto me, it will get easier later down the road to do it to someone\nelse.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\nIn\n\nthe VDT:<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\n

\n\u201cI have not been told by the County that what I’m doing is\nillegal,\u201d Scarborough said. \u201cBut I realize they’ve drawn\nup an ordinance, and they’re probably going to say that it’s\nillegal. If they come after me, I guess they have to come after\nme.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\nScarborough believes that if the citizens aren’t required to\ncontract with Advanced Disposal, they are then allowed to choose.\n<\/p>\n

\n\u201cIf the citizens can choose, why can’t they choose me?\u201d\nhe said.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\nOn Deep South Sanitation’s\n\npublic facebook page:<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

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“REGARDING THE ISSUE OF THE TRASH ORDINANCE IN LOWNDES COUNTY”<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n
\nWith\n\n<\/a>\nno disrespect to any County Officials, we would like to voice our\nconcerns as well about the issue of garbage collection in Lowndes\nCounty such as they have done in the Valdosta Daily Times. We were\nsold a business license to operate a garbage pick up service by\nLowndes County in October 2011. Then one year later, after we\ninvested everything we have into our local, family owned and\noperated company, we read in the Valdosta Daily Times that beginning\nFebruary 1, 2013 there will be only one garbage collector allowed to\npick up garbage in the unincorporated areas of Lowndes County. The\nCounty decided to close all of the dump sites and enter into an\nagreement with Advanced Disposal (Largest private owned waste\ndisposal company in the US) to be the sole provider of curbside\ngarbage pick up. There “was” a choice for the ordinance to be\nexclusive OR non-exclusive and the choice was made to be exclusive.\nWhy must the small business owner be discarded as not important to\nLowndes County? DEEP SOUTH SANITATION “will” remain in business as\nusual. We do not feel as though we are operating illegally according\nto the Constitution of the United States of America. We appreciate\nthe support of the community that we are recieving. God bless you\nall. Please “like” our comment to show your support for small family\nowned businesses in Lowndes County!!\n<\/blockquote>\n

\nUnlike the\n\n“representatives”<\/a> unearthed by the VDT in today’s article,\nCary Scarborough is willing to put his name by his position.\n<\/p>\n

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