Global Wandering

Now that we moved into the city limits, we can no longer burn our Christmas tree in the firepit. We have to be civilized and drag the tree out to the curb for the city workers to pick up. Some towns aren’t so lucky. Yesterday, our local paper published an investigative report on the tree disposal options available in this part of Idaho. One local mayor after being informed that a city to the south offered curb side Christmas tree pickup did not want appear insensitive to the tree disposal needs of his constituents. He said most residents take their trees to the landfill, but he had another option.

“There is a burn pile located by the YMCA that we have been piling a lot of brush at and they can drop their trees off there and we can burn them.” He said the road leading to the pile is closed but the residents can call him at 652-39xx and set up a time when he will open the road for them. Now that's a hands on mayor.

Our paper’s intrepid reporter tracked all angles of this breaking story. After another town’s city clerk stated she was unaware of any Christmas tree removal services, the reporter repeatedly attempted to contact the city’s street crew in order corroborate her assertion. He was unsuccessful. The street crew was probably out at the burn pile.