Comments on: Konop suggests garbage men look out for crime

By: Not Again

Not Again — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:24:04 +0000

Konop is at it again. Maybe he thinks he has a better idea than to have the garbage men and women do the police work. The folks of Toledo should be pleased that the kid is looking after them. Bennie the Kid.

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090430/NEWS16/904300239

By: Not Again

Not Again — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:20:18 +0000

Mesmerix wrote:

Trashmen handle trash. Policemen handle policing. Let’s not confuse the two.

I see a lot of similarities in the two professions.

By: Mesmerix

Mesmerix — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:13:58 +0000

I don’t know about the rest of you, but the garbage collectors on my street are barely capable of fully emptying the trash cans and setting them back on the curb. We always have rolling barrels in the street on trash day and/or stuff stuck in the bottom of the can. Now, I’m not trying to be harsh on garbage collectors, I’m happy as long as they show up and get most of the trash without breaking the expensive plastic bins. However, I certainly don’t want them as substitutes for police. I doubt that THEY want to be police either.

Trashmen handle trash. Policemen handle policing. Let’s not confuse the two.

By: jonc

jonc — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:07:09 +0000

The real problem is, comments like this are ideas that get people elected in this area. Laugh all you want, but look at the elected officials of today.

By: greenrax

greenrax — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 03:46:01 +0000

Remember the garbage trucks in “Soylent Green”, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABBQw6Ffbb8&feature=related.

By: kateb

kateb — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:54:23 +0000

I’m going to say that the person who’s suggesting multi-tasking here has NEVER run on a garbage truck. It’s not for the faint hearted and multi-tasking isn’t an option. It’s a ludicrous proposition. And, since he has proven to be SO uninformed to use his platform to address the public on such a stupid idea – he’s not very responsible.

If Ben wants to make such kind of recommendations, he’d ought to first do the research so that he is QUALIFIED to make such recommendations and go for a simple ride along.

Until such time as he is adequately educated on the topic, it would be more seemly that he simply keep his uniformed and uneducated comments to himself. He’s young enough yet that he still believes he can avoid true education and survive on the Cliff Notes of his young mind.

Picking up trash is a tough job. I’ve seen the garbage men in my neighborhood going from waving and hollering hello at me to this morning, where they wouldn’t even look at me. That’s because of stupid comments like this and the knowledge that Toledo wants to put them out of a job.

By: meghan

meghan — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:52:34 +0000

Sue wrote:

The Dog Warden and crew could use dart
shooting techniques at any suspicious
person or anyone walking/running away
from him or anyone else while he is
looking for or going out after dogs, cats, etc.!

Hey it would be no worse than our illustrious sheriff dept.! We could actually combine the dog warden and the sheriff! You may be on to something here Sue!

By: Sue

Sue — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:45:14 +0000

Or you mean to tell me Konop has not
suggested that the Dog Warden be
more so and trained on the alert?? The Dog Warden and crew could use dart
shooting techniques at any suspicious
person or anyone walking/running away
from him or anyone else while he is
looking for or going out after dogs, cats, etc.!

Do you still have your humor??

By: meghan

meghan — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:34:15 +0000

I wonder what speed those trucks get up to? They may have trouble catching an elderly criminal in a rascal!

By: Brian Maxson

Brian Maxson — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:13:52 +0000

Gee, I hope “COPS” decides to film in Toledo. It’d be pretty cool to see 4 garbage trucks with lights ablazing and sirens awailing in hot pursuit of a scofflaw.