CSD sent out this email last night…

An exciting new feature is available for families that are interested in seeing real-time bus updates. A webpage has been established on the CSD website that will be updated from the field.

A post will be made on this page if a bus is expected to be 15 or more minutes late.

To access: go to http://www.csdecatur.net click on News Room> Bus Updates.

Families that use RSS feeds can include this page in their RSS reader.

Here’s the RSS reader link if you’re lookin’ for it.

Decatur, GA circa 1875 (from Atlanta History Center exhibit) Pic submitted by Chris Billingsley

As budgets have gotten tighter and tighter over the past few months/years, DeKalb County residents have repeatedly recommended that the county cut back trash pickup to once a week.  Currently trash is picked up twice a week.

Well, the AJC reports this morning that the DeKalb County Commission is finally considering cutting back on trash pickup. According to the news org…

Going to once weekly pickup would allow the fee, which last went up in 2006, to stay the same through 2015, said Ted Rhinehart, the county’s deputy chief operating officer for infrastructure.

It also would gradually let the county eliminate 100 full-time jobs, mostly through attrition, and at least 25 collection trucks. Surplus vehicles and gear would be sold.

And more workers would be free to clean up roadways of litter and debris, as well as handle the mowing and landscaping on county land along those roads.

Those opposed to the change quoted in the article cite the smell of garbage and the potential for messy sidewalks as major concerns.  As a Decatur resident with just once-a-week pickup, I can’t say I’ve noticed either of those things being a major problem.

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