Sunday, May 22, 2011
Former Mayor calls privatization of Weslaco Sanitation Services crippled the city
The City of Weslaco for a long time was able to generate money for the city’s general fund to help pay employees and keep up with excellent city services until recently when the city eliminated the sanitation services and its employees.
One year ago the City of Weslaco’s city commission voted to enter negotiations with Allied Waste Management to pick up the city’s residential and commercial garbage. Next Waste Management began picking up the city’s garbage and then the men and women that took care of picking up the garbage became displaced employees and were later given the option to take an early retirement package.
“It seemed rare that such a tremendous money maker for the city of Weslaco was on their agenda as soon as the new mayor [Miguel Wise] was sworn in,” said Hector Buddy De la Rosa, the former mayor of Weslaco. “We had a very advanced system for garbage collection and over the years it was eroded and taken away from the citizens of Weslaco and eventually privatized.”
Weslaco City Manager Leo Olivares was not available for comment.
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# posted by Raul Garcia Jr. @ 8:16 PM 
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