Vouchers needed for fall citywide cleanup

" Why is this blog about the "bang bang" houses on Johnson St. Rd? BECAUSE ITS ABOUT TAX DOLLARS BEING WASTED/MIS-USED on vouchers!! HEY I pay my taxes...I want to haul off some junk. Now some pencil-pusher's going to tell me I have to have a voucher? WHAT ABOUT THE VOUCHER LEFT HANGING BY CITY/COUNTY GOV'T? YOU KNOW, THE VOUCHER THEY HAVE WITH THE TAX-PAYING CITIZENS? We're tired of being taxed for services we never get to use because we're not "poor enough"...WE HAVE JOBS AND WE WORK...THAT'S WAY WE AREN'T POOR! TRY IT SOMETIME....

Listen, I don't know any of those women of "low repute" on Johnson St rd. Maybe some of them actually need some help and I hope they get it. But what about those dead-beat dads who manage to drive out there every weekend night for a few hours of std-infested whoopee yet never get around to making a child-support payment? Garnishee their car! Jail them if they can pay but don't. Restrict the vistor's to the "bang bang" houses by registering license plates. MAKE THOSE WAYWARD WOMEN GO TO CHURCH TO GET A WELFARE PAYMENT!

As for the landfill---SHAME ON THE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES who took our cash and then limited our access to the facility it paid for. I hear that "certain" city employees and any "other higher-up" gets all the vouchers he/she wants. We all know how the city works....it works GREAT if you are a rich FAT CAT or a city employee. It only works so-so for the average tax payer. I\ "

" First off, this "b-fest" is supposed to be about vouchers and a "free' trip to the transfer station,
not the JSR baby factory, of which is a fact I am experienced with as a past "mark".
CRAZINESS
I have long since moved from K-Town,
and where I live now, trash clean up week is just that. Trash clean-up week.
Everyone takes their un-wanteds to the curve and then the people who believe "one man's trash is another man's treasure" create a frenzy that is at times out of control, however, 30-40% of them items thrown away are retrieved by these "treasure hunters". I actually have had my whole curve picked clean before the city collector even gets there.
No vouchers, no drop off site, no fees.
CRAZINESS
Keokuk used to clean up like this but complaints have changed the system drastically. That's right, COMPLAINERS cause things to be changed, in my opinion most times for the worse. And at the exspense of those hard working individuals paying for it.
CRAZINESS
Do you have to take your trash to the transfer station every week yourselves, or does the city provide you w/ cans that the city empties on a regular basis?? I KNOW ! Then WHY should you have to get vouchers and take it yourselves now?
CRAZINESS
Today, trash collecting is an art. They call it recycling.
One can bank some good cash by sorting and selling the metals in your trash.
Check with Bob at Central Iron & Metals on South 96 (south 14th) in Hamilton.
You will be amazed at the price of copper and brass, aluminum, car radiators, ACRs (air conditioners). etc...
Let alone the appliances you can sell there.
These trips would be paid trips not just free. Gotta haul it off anyways.
Crazy? I don't think so. "

" Wow. Well Having lived in an apartment on JSR many yrs ago I am offended. I worked hard sometimes 60 hours a week to provide for my 2 daughters, always held a full time job during my whole time living there which was less then 2 yrs and ur right there are many woman who do use the system out there but I do know some who still live there and work hard as hell and do not deserve to be bashed. I do not live there anymore but I am in a good posiiton at my job and i still struggle and no the courts do not make the dads support their children. My ex husband owes over 30,000 in support u think I see any of it, and he is goin to take a job with Boeing in Ga. Iowa is the most lax state when it comes to collecting child support. Maybe if i was on welfare they might attempt to collect it but since im a hardworking single mom I guess I dont need it as bad as the government does , but u let me collect a check and they will have him payin within weeks LOL "

" You sound like Phil Grahmm, McSame's former economic advisor, who called "americans" whiners because we don't like fees and taxes which were not supported by a vote. $20 here and $20 there might not sound like a lot to Gudgel and pals but my family is on a budget and I'd like to spend my hard earned money on something other than paying for a water park I voted aginst as did most residents. .NO NEW TAXES! NO NEW FEES!

In these economic times, is the water park really a good option? Maybe we could cancel it? "

" to water company wrote " you think 20 is bad....wait until we start paying for this awesome "water park" that will draw ppl to live here from all over the country.......ahahahhahahah........the projection was that the water bill will double. "

Why are you whining about something that hasn't happened yet? There are alot of people like you in Keokuk that don't want to pay for anything. You are so short-sited that you can't see the benefits that a water park will bring to Keokuk. Even if it doesn't bring people from all over the country (which isn't a bad thing), it will be something that will increase the quality of life to the citizens of Keokuk. As others have said, if you don't want to pay for things that are beneficial to the majority of the citizens, move.

As for the vouchers, you should just be able to show an electric or water bill at the landfill to prove your residency. "

" you think 20 is bad....wait until we start paying for this awesome "water park" that will draw ppl to live here from all over the country.......ahahahhahahah........the projection was that the water bill will double. "

" Maybe you should make it clear about whom you are speaking of in the future. Your post follows the anti-welfare psot so it looks as if you was including anti-welfare. We are not all psychic even though some of these people that have posted may be a little psycho. LOL "

" To Okay wrote on Oct 6, 2008 4:58 PM:
" So some girl comes on here and tells the story of how she doesn't believe in abusing the welfare system and you slam her for it?? That is NOT OKAY in my book. Seems to me that the only person going blah-blah-blah would be you. Anti-Welfare, you should be proud of yourself & so should your kids. Don't let idiots like this discourage you. "



If people would actually pay attention they might just figure out which two comments I was referring too. And NO anti-walfare was not one of them. So stop assuming and actually read the TWO outrageous comments I was referring too. Sorry I shouldn't have to point them out for you to understand. "

" Why not just mail the vouchers to people that have water service? That office is only open until like 4 or 4:30 monday thru friday. it is hard for people like me that work until 5 to get there. I have to drop my payment in the night drop box. I guess that I just won't be able to get my vouchers. "

" Is that true about the interest paid on deposits at the water company? I never really thought about it before. "

" Appliance stickers costing $15 each are available at City Hall from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Or you can take your appliances to Tri city metal in hamilton, and they will PAY you for them. "

" Sounds like breeder might be one of those "Bang Bang" houses that was talked about. 3 kids with multiple fathers is a suck to the system. Also sitting around all day thinking that this world owes you something and that you deserve handouts from the state because you can keep your legs shut is a suck to the system. sorry but you are the second paragraph in they didnt need a voucher's post. read that out loud and look in the mirror, it might set in that way. BTW way to go anti-welfare keep up the hard work. "

" Couple of key words in your comment: "I just have three kids that their FATHERS won't support them". Do you think common sense would have kicked in after the first one you should use birth control or practice abstinence?

"Your just jealous that I don't have to work in those dirty factories". Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I don't think anyone is suggesting where you work, just that you work and pay your way like everyone else.

Whatever happened to the courts making fathers pay for their "15 minutes of fame"?

Get a job and quit making babies the community has to support and get your trash voucher like everyone else. "

" So some girl comes on here and tells the story of how she doesn't believe in abusing the welfare system and you slam her for it?? That is NOT OKAY in my book. Seems to me that the only person going blah-blah-blah would be you. Anti-Welfare, you should be proud of yourself & so should your kids. Don't let idiots like this discourage you. "

" Has anyone else received their new water-bill yet? Mine went up by almost $20.00 but my usage did not increase. I asked the water company about the increase and they said that it is a increase that everyone received because the cost of sewage went up. $20.00???? Come on. We are paying for those fancy new trash cans & the new sewers that they are required to install. Another pet-peeve of mine is over our deposits that the water company requires. If you pay a deposit to the electric company or the gas company, than you receive the interest as a credit on your bill that the money receives sitting in an account. The water company here keeps the interest that OUR money receives for theirselves. I asked about this too, and they basically told me that this is how it has always been. Why should they receive the interest on money that is ours that they are holding? Shouldn't the interest that they have stolen all of these years from everyone be enough to cover some of these new expenses? "

" I dont see what the problm is. I cant afford to pay high rent so why shuld I move? I am not going to ever move no matter what you people say. I am not a breeder, I just have 3 kids whos fathers wont support them. I am told that I can live here until my son turns 18 or my situition changes. You are just all jelus because I dont have to work in those dirty factorys. "

" Such intelligent comments. I mean seriously did it take you two (or one maybe) a few days to come up with this intellectual marvel. I tried to read them, but all I really saw was BLAH BLAH BLAH 'trying to get a rise out of people' BLAH BLAH BLAH. Oh well what do I care. "

" They didn't need a voucher was pretty harsh, and most likely just looking to stir people up, but he did bring up a subject that has been present in a lot of these threads. That would be the Jonson Street Road apartments. I believe that there should be a 2 year maximum on how long ANYONE can have subsidized housing. Here in keokuk, you can receive HUD until your youngest child turns 18. If you are really smart, than you have your teenagers start having children so that you can use them as a reason to stay in those apartments forever. (Yes, some of these women have done this. I know of 1 who told me herself that her daughter having a baby at 17 is why she gets to stay there instead of having to move out). I don't want to here the whining about good jobs or high rent, 2 years is plenty of time to better your life to be able to pay 4 or 5 hundred a month in rent. Social services not only pays for daycare costs for these people, they also pay for them to receive a college education & assist with job placement after graduation through WIA. After they receive the job, they still recieve medical insurance for theirselves & their children plus foodstamps. How much more can anyone ask for????I am tired of my tax dollars supporting these women while they sit on their rumps every day. I am a single mother, have been for 16 years. I GO TO WORK. I don't receive any public assistance because the public did not give birth to my children. I DID. I pay my rent of 400.00 per month plus utilities and still am able to cloth & feed my kids. I bring home about 300.00 per week and can live comfortably because I know how to budget. My kids may not be the richest kids in this town and they may not have the top-dollar clothing, but they are proud of me for everything that I do for them. "

" Nothing but a bunch of breeders who supply the work force for the factories. If they can't hook up with a factory worker they end up on welfare. I don't think you have to worry about the trash being taken to the landfill on your tax dollars, it pretty much stays in the house and never leaves. Bagn-Bang houses is a nice touch though, LOL.


Former pizza delivery guy who escaped Keokuk "

" They didn't need a voucher just showed us the intelligence level of keokuk, i am glad i do not live in that " dirty bar, drug infested, Bang Bang house" town. LOL LOL thanks for the great laughter. Bang-bang house's hahahaha "

" You should be happy that you need to get a voucher, that way not just anyone can take their trash to YOUR landfill. If you have proof that you actually paid your taxes, go get your voucher, take the wheels off your mobile home, take it to the landfill and move out of keokuk. Keokuk would be a much happier place. "

" Where are these casa's at again? Do they take peso's?

Rofl I mean Pedro "

" If these "Bang Bang houses" do exist, you can bet that 95% of those nice cars belong to church going gentleman callers. I man come on, they probably don't get the same kind of thrills from their GOD fearing spouses. That's when these nice church going folk ain't molesting alter boys, or going door to door pedaling Jesus.

My point being, is anybody can throw out outrageous, controversial comments (see above) that show that persons lack of intelligence, we should all just sit back and let that person embarrass themselves, with out comment or taking the bait. "

" "They didn't need a voucher" is just trying to stir the pot and incite you to respond to his inane comment. Don't give this person the satisfaction of reacting to his post. "

" why do we need to go get a voucher why don't they just send them with the water billl to every household that way maybe those that really need to use the landfill will get the hint and clean up their property!!!! "

" Don't you know everyone that goes to church are perfect little saints. Yes, these folks never have children that get pregnant in high school, listen to bad music, go to bars or sleep around. (extreme sarcasm).

Go move out to Montana and leave the rest of us alone if you hate paying taxes for services you don't need. It's called being part of a community and being a citizen. Unless you make more than around $150k/year or have a house asses at more than $150k, you're not paying your equal share anyway. Taxes are set up to help apease the masses. The wealthy pay a greater share so the ignorrant masses don't chop off their heads.

I think some people are so blinded by "faith" and their own personal crusades that they forget theat we're all humans just trying to live our lives and deserve a little more sympathy and less condemnation. I thought they tought that in church? I thought God did the judging and we're supposed to try and help those in need? I'm glad I don't go to church too often. "

" This comment is in very poor taste. I can't believe the DGS gang posted it! Come on, "Bang-Bang houses"? There is freedom of speech, but this is overboard not to mention completely inappropriate. The person who keeps posting theses types of comments needs serious mental health care. I wish this person would move out of this town. It is shameful and hateful. You talk about a recent church meeting you went to? I have to wonder what kind of church you are attending that would allow this kind of talk or thinking. The people at your church either have no idea that you are saying these types of things or they are as UN-Christian like as you are. God tells us to love one another and not to judge. All you seem to stand for is hate. Shame on you and your church if these are your and their beliefs. You judge now, but in the end you will be the one being judged! I think in the end you will be listening to plenty of Devil music, you might even be the DJ! "

" How do you know so much about these "Welfare Queens?" Are you a born-again Christian or something? I've lived in this town my whole life and never heard these stories.

I think you might want to invest in some Prozac. Take it down a notch and breathe.

But FYI, City Hall... you're making this supposedly good citywide clean-up thing a complete pain in the arse! Just let us take our stuff and quit being so strict and anal about it! "

" They didn't need a voucher to take my tax money to set up the landfill, did they? I'm tired of being taxed all the time and then not getting any return on that dollar. Like the school tax included in my property tax. Why do I have to pay for poor kids to go to school? I think those who don't own property shouldn't be able to send their kids to public schools. OR they should have to pay a modest fee to do so. That's just reasonable.

What about those WELFARE QUEENS on Johnson St. Rd? Taxes pay for their subsidized housing and they turn them into bang-bang houses. We learned at a recent church meeting that those wayward women aren't even required to bring their kids to a church??? Well I guess we'll have another generation of loose women who abuse drugs and alcohol and listen to devil-music. They probably go to that filthy L-Tryens bar. And shame on the men who sleep with these women...I see your fancy cars parked out there every morning as I drive to work. SOMEONE should take down license plates to find out who is impregnating these women who then pass off the costs of their pregancy and STD treatments onto the taxpaying citizen

Well congrats to the politicians who took our tax money and then made a bunch of rules to discourage taxpayers from using the services we provided. Someday a conservative man is going to be elected and give us back our money. There'll be NO MORE FREE RIDES and NO MORE PUNITIVE TAXES! I'm tired of paying for welfare kids to go to school and fancy landfills I can't use more than twice. I PAID FOR IT WITH MY TAXES! I'll bet those welfare queens get just as much access to the landfill as I do. GOD BLESS AMERICA! "