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Today s letters: Readers comment on Charlie Crist switching parties, city trash policies and cigarette butts on roadways
The Gainesville Sun
Good reasons to leave GOP
I was enjoying Bill Cotterrell’s take on Charlie Crist being a likely opponent for Ron DeSantis, until he got to the “flip flop” phrase regarding Crist’s change in political parties.
As a former Republican, Crist had many good reasons for choosing to leave. When his supposed Republican colleagues basically crucified him for giving Barack Obama a hug when the president visited Florida, that was one.
When the Republicans got busy destroying Florida’s natural environment to serve the wishes of corporations and developers, that was another reason for Crist, a native Floridian who has a fondness for our flora and fauna.
Gainesville City Commissioners vote to end the Pay-As-You-Throw program
The 27-year-old system is coming to an end in Gainesville May 17, 2021 | 6:10am EDT Plastic bottles and cartons were placed inside of orange and blue bins for recycling on Southwest 23rd Drive in Gainesville on Wednesday, May 12, 2021.
With a newborn baby in her house, Nina Bhattacharyya finds it increasingly important to save money and cut down on waste.
However, with the Gainesville City Commission’s May 6 decision to remove the Pay-As-You-Throw program, the Zero Waste Gainesville founder is concerned about her ability to do so.
Pay-As-You-Throw began in Gainesville in 1994, and the purpose of the program was to create an incentive for residents to produce less waste by making it more expensive to own a larger trash bin, Bhattacharyya said. Homeowners can choose from four trash bins, each with a different size and price. The smallest bin h