city of amarillo

The survey for Vision: 2045 has gone live.

Amarillo is the land of the wind. I mean there is a reason that we are truly the windiest city in the United States. Heck, I am from Chicago originally and I can attest that we have them beat to heck. I also know that is not the reason Chicago is called the Windy City. Oh, politicians ruin everything.

Amarillo is moving into the 21st century when it comes to tracking your water usage.

I will be the first to say that the City of Amarillo doesn't always get the thanks that they deserve. So I am going to be the first to shout, thank you. I had a problem I was facing at my house and I handled it the right way.

During the great dumpster issue of 2022, I didn't know that I could possibly be breaking the law. Heck, all I wanted was to get rid of my trash. I would sometimes have to make do with what I had.

2022 is not going quietly into the night.

As I took the trip out to my dumpster last week I had hoped for two things. I wanted ever so much for there to be room for my bag of trash. I also had wished that we could go back to twice-a-week pickups.

Well, folks...looks like the party's over.

The trash in Amarillo has been a hot topic for quite some time. First, we lost a lot of our dumpsters in different areas. Those magically turned into trash cans we got to roll into the front of our homes on trash day.

The summer months are over. The hot weather is behind us. It is a great time to spend some much-needed time outside. I did that the other day and decided to take a walk around Medi Park.

They're disgusting. They're appalling. And I can't seem to make myself look away.

It's been a while since our dumpsters started getting emptied just once a week. An employee shortage caused this mess in the first place.