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Some say change is the only constant in life. Apparently, change is also the only thing Southampton Town residents can count on in the town’s leaf pickup program.
After years of the town picking up all loose leaves piled at the curb, the Highway Department made a flurry of changes to the program this year, settling on requiring all residents below the age of 73 who wish to have leaves collected to use recyclable paper bags and put them on the curb for pickup, stressing that loose piles of leaves would be left at curbside.
But since then, residents across town have reported that highway workers have been picking up loose leaves piled on the sides of roads as well, as if the new rules were never put in place.
On Wednesday morning,... more
After years of the town picking up all loose leaves piled at the curb, the Highway Department made a flurry of changes to the program this year, settling on requiring all residents below the age of 73 who wish to have leaves collected to use recyclable paper bags and put them on the curb for pickup, stressing that loose piles of leaves would be left at curbside.
But since then, residents across town have reported that highway workers have been picking up loose leaves piled on the sides of roads as well, as if the new rules were never put in place.
On Wednesday morning,... more
Mr. Gregor, YOU have much to explain. How is it that your crew picked up Irene brush in less than two weeks yet almost one month after the Leaf program started, with 50% less leaves ...more to pick up there is no sight of your crew in North Sea?
If this type of behavior does not generate an ethics violation, I don't know what will. People have had to hire carters to take their leaves or find other solutions, while others ...more just put their leaves out on the street in violation of the law( if it is a law.) I don't know that the highway superintendent has the authority to pass laws--albeit he seems to have the authority to break his own rules and dupe all the taxpayers to boot.
It is time to make the position an administrative one and no longer elected. If this can be done prior to the end of Gregor's term the better for the residents. The board has to be directly accountable for what is going on here. It seems that there are no checks or balances on Mr. Gregor's activities. He does as he pleases when he pleases. The board looks the other way indifferently. The residents and taxpayers are left paying for services abandoned and paying even more of the bill. While town money gets spent on full page adds elaborating fictitious rules.( If that is not a misappropriation of funds and an ethical violation than what is?)
Safe roads sure. But the only parts of the roads that are safe is where there ...more was a pile of loose leaves before because as we all know the leaves that were not piled are still on the road. So Alex if your going to make the roads safe please clean up the loose leaves on the roads and intersections and not just the ones in front of people’s homes.
At the very least he should have documented/photographed which homes had leaves piled in front and sent the homeowners a fine or bill for the pickup. I know I know....The town board won’t give me money for that...
The town has to find a way to get rid of this guy before somebody initiates a class action law suit here. I'm sure there will be a lot of irate adherents. Shooting ourselves in the foot? Perhaps. But it’s time to send a strong message to the board that we are tired of this crap.
did they accept your leaves and not the voucher?
Another neighbor was also mad as he paid for clean up and paid again at the dump for a landscaper.
Through our highway taxes we paid for having his leaves removed. What else would these workman be doin thiss time of the year?. Lets get the facts straight Alex as I am madder than mad. Carol Combes E. Quogue
The highway department is doing what they do.......maintaining the streets. The leaf program has to change moving forward. Greger is doing this......granted....in his own rather unique way.
He's the highway superintendent, not the leaf czar. There is no reason the town highway department should be involved in waste disposal of any kind. If you consider leaves something you must remove from your property, do it yourself and pay for it yourself. Keep your leaves out of our roadways.
Gregor was elected for change...and so far it has been an uphill battle for him and his staff. There is not enough money or staff to continue this program.
User.Name - ignorant. I hope you do not ever need the services of the Town employee (Police, Hwy, Fire Marshall, Senior Services etc.)
There are bigger fish to fry...focus on them for a change.
PROS:
Not part of the good-old-boy crowd.
Gives a good speech.
Not afraid to speak his mind.
Heart is probably in the right place.
CONS:
Touchy, works poorly with others, lets grudges cripple progress.
Leaf thing threw him, makes him look inconsistent and undisciplined.
Listens to bad advice and turns on his friends.
Member of Frank MacKay's one-man mafia masquerading as a political party.
Alex has 2 years to ...more overcome the leaf fiasco, start playing nice with the Town Board (which he must do), sort out friends from enemies and good advice from bad, bring his allies into line, and maybe accomplish something with the roads. Long odds, but not impossible.