On her Facebook page, Janna Rankin Scharf spotlights the city's annual leaf pickup program that begins today. Sez Janna: "Some of my happiest childhood memories involve huge piles of leaves under the ancient poplar trees that framed our house at 9th & Sherman. They're gone now, our home and those trees. But each fall as the leaves pile up around town they live on in my memories." (Janna's full comment here.) As my wife & I biked to the waterfront Saturday, we saw residents all along the route raking their leaves into bags or into the street. I applauded the city's leaf pickup program before Adult Sunday School in church Sunday -- only to get a rebuke by an individual who thought the program was an entitlement that drove up our taxes. What do you think? (SR file photo: Christopher Anderson)

Question: Would you rather have the city pick up our leaves every November? Or slightly lower taxes?