I want to offer you my hardy congratulation for the great story you have written about curbside recycling, in the Peoria Independent, Oct. 19, 2008, one year to the date the city government started to steal from the 46,700 Peoria residents $7.48 to pay for the recycling that they passed without a vote.

Let me remind you that the program was not fully funded by grants from the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality.

The good hard-working people of Peoria funded this recycling program to the tune of $4,102,032 dollars by the government of Peoria taking half the trash bill and making the people pay for their profit.

I personally call all of the that voted in the city council thieves for stealing all that money. This is my major problem with this program and people in favor of it would not know the difference if it bit them in the rear end.

I was recycling but at this time I am going to stop until the city tells us when we are going to get our investment back or some other item cut in the trash area, to make up for our losses.

I trust that you will print this letter so the people of Peoria can understand how they are getting ripped off.

Peoria

I am very happy with the curbside recycling we have in Peoria. We had it in Massachusetts and I missed it when I moved out here.

I find it very convenient as opposed to having to drive to a center that I seldom found time to do.

Peoria

The recycling program that the city of Peoria implemented a year ago has not impacted my household in any negative way. There was a very short adjustment time getting used to what trash goes into what bin.

Also, getting used to the new trash pick up schedule, regular trash on Mondays and recycling on Thursdays.

The recycling program is what every (literally) city, town and major metropolis needs. I am surprised that our community had waited so long to bring the recycling program to us.