Orleans council scolds garbage hauler / Company faulted for festering trash heaps
Source: By Coleman Warner, Times Picayune (LA), Friday, March 24, 2006
Furious with lagging garbage pickup that has drawn continuing public complaints, New Orleans City Council members on Thursday blasted Waste Management, and even passed a resolution saying the garbage contractor should be barred from future work for the city if it doesn't take decisive action within seven days. Mayor Ray Nagin's administration also expressed some concern about the company's performance, and said it is weighing punitive action. ..... Although it has no authority over city contracts, the council panel passed a resolution largely blaming the current cleanup problems on Waste Management's performance. The measure also says the company should "be eliminated from consideration for future city contracts" if it doesn't make vast improvements within a week.