The Walker County Messenger is increasingly focused on Catoosa county, at the cost of neglecting things in southern Walker, especially LaFayette. But WQCH Radio and Rich Gwyn do a spectacular job of covering city events, especially city council meetings.

The following from WQCH:

“THE COUNCIL ALSO APPROVED THE PURCHASE OF A “PINPOINT GPS” PROGRAM.  THE $14-THOUSAND DOLLAR PROGRAM ALLOWS GARBAGE TRUCK OPERATORS, ON THEIR ROUTES THROUGHOUT THE CITY, TO PINPOINT ANY DEBRIS PILES THAT NEED TO BE PICKED UP.  THE DEVISE WILL RECORD THE LOCATION BY GPS AND GENERATE A MAP SO THAT CREWS CAN COLLECT THE TRASH MORE QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY.  COUNCILMEMBERS SAY A LARGE PORTION OF COMPLAINTS THEY RECEIVE HAVE TO DO WITH DEBRIS PILES LEFT FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME WITHOUT BEING PICKED UP.”

For once the council is right – the Sanitation Department does do a horrible job of picking up debris, limbs, couches, stoves, etc. from the streets. But their solution may not be the best approach – I think this more affordable solution (combined with one of these) would be equally effective.

The city could take the remaining $13,996.02 and rehire some one of its laid-off employees, have camps for kids at the rec department again next year, or hire somebody to throw dirt between the curbs and new sidewalks on Cherokee Street.

After a year-plus-change of neglect, the site is back. Sorry for my inattention, life happens.

The LaFayette Underground will be an occasionally-updated site with commentary and analysis of the news and activities happening in and around the city of LaFayette, Georgia. I cannot promise that anything will be timely, but we’ll try to at least be as current and generally 150% or more relevant than appears in the county’s pitiful local paper.

As always, this site is completely unaffiliated with the actual City of LaFayette. If we were affiliated with the city the site would lack leadership or direction, serve beer to its friends, and close down every evening at 5 PM (noon on Wednesdays and Saturdays).

Posts from 2008 and one previously unposted diatribe from 2009 will eventually be added back into the archives.

Thanks to WordPress you can add comments to each post, so feel free to mingle your own thoughts with my own.