Via email from Stacey Kronquest, as of Nov. 11 some 4,000 signatures were still needed on the curbside recycling petition before the Nov. 29 deadline. A display ad in today’s Savannah Morning News listed businesses at which citizens may sign the petition and posters are visible in shop and restaurant windows all over town. The petition may also be signed online through the Savannah Recycling Web site.
But is the petition even relevant in wake of Mayor Otis Johnson’s reelection and public statements about starting curbside recycling on Jan. 1, 2009 ? Kronquest says she’s been contacted by plenty of folks asking that question and insists the petition still needed:
… many have contacted us saying the city is going to do this anyway. But to date, elected officials have only talked about curbside recycling, there has been no vote or policy to implement a program. It is clearly up to the people to make this happen.
It’s important to note that citizens, who signed the original petition prior to Oct. 1, will also need to sign the current petition if they want their names to be counted.
This petition is necessary to keep the public pressure on those in government to understand that we WANT curbside recycling and we want it now. Too much lip service is tolerated and this petition is the only way to guarantee that we get a curbside recycling program.