JohnA (RE: Leaf pickup under way): The one year the city didn't pick up leaves, 1997, cost Al Hassell the election to the Boy Mayor. I remember the county was jacking the cost to process the leaves at the landfill and we simply couldn't afford it. Yeah, we think how rich the city is these days but that was pre-LCDC and the local economy was nowhere near as vibrant as today. In any event, the council made a very tough decision to not give in the county's demands and passed on the Leaf-fest that year. Of course, Al lost by 67 votes out of 10,000 cast, and the rest as they say is history. The next year the county relented on the cost and the process resumed, only now it was under a new administration at the city.

Question: Don't you yearn for the days that a major issue in town was leaf pickup?