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E-mail StorySupervisors OK mandatory trash pickup in south Shafter
| Tuesday, May 13 2008 2:57 PM
Last Updated: Wednesday, May 14 2008 9:04 AM
County supervisors approved mandatory trash collection Tuesday for about 300 properties in the county areas of south Shafter.
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The service will cost $18.02 a month.
One man said he opposed the change because, as a senior, his income is limited.
The county also received 21 formal oppositions to the plan. A total of 147 protests were needed to stop the imposition of the mandatory trash program.
Supervisor Jon McQuiston said the service is critically needed in the neighborhoods south of Shafter, which are plagued by trash.