[Jeanne wilson]

Originally Posted by Papa_lecki

A more sinister way is, at 2AM, gather all your other neighbor’s trash, put it at the offender’s house, and see what happens when they start getting charged for excess trash. Assuming they are not early birds who walk at 5AM, before the trucks come.

Or just call trash company and ask what max ## of bags are, say neighbors puts out 6 bags so you are going to start doing the same, since it looks legit.

No! 2 wrongs don’t make it right

[Babubhat]

Next they will charge us for stickers to put on bags or they won’t get collected. Solves the church problem

[Curtisbwp]

You are correct...it is really none of your busniess

[DaleDivine]

Originally Posted by Papa_lecki

A more sinister way is, at 2AM, gather all your other neighbor’s trash, put it at the offender’s house, and see what happens when they start getting charged for excess trash. Assuming they are not early birds who walk at 5AM, before the trucks come.

Or just call trash company and ask what max ## of bags are, say neighbors puts out 6 bags so you are going to start doing the same, since it looks legit.

I have seen the trash collectors piling bags up at one location for faster pickup.
We have neighbors that put their trash together at one driveway for faster pickup. SOOO there is no maximum number of bags allowed.

[thevillages2013]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

I'm not sure I understand your point. We are expected to pay for trash that is generated inside The Villages, even if it is 10 bags. No problem. But, the OP said that their neighbor is importing 6 to 8 large bags of trash from a church every week. If true, that trash is generated outside of The Villages, and it is the church's responsibility to dispose of it, not Village residents. They are stealing a service from The Villages. Where I lived in Virginia, there was a $500 fine for using someone else's dumpster. Trash disposal is an expensive service and it is getting more expensive.

My point is that if the OP has real evidence that this is happening then they should make a decision whether to do something about it. I explained why there may be ten bags of trash in a particular driveway for pickup. We don’t know that trash came from a church. What we don’t need is trash police judging what is being put out for pickup. If the OP will post the name of the church I will make a donation so they can have their own dumpster if that truly is the problem. I was raised going to church three times a week and now I don’t go at all

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by thevillages2013

My point is that if the OP has real evidence that this is happening then they should make a decision whether to do something about it. I explained why there may be ten bags of trash in a particular driveway for pickup. We don’t know that trash came from a church. What we don’t need is trash police judging what is being put out for pickup. If the OP will post the name of the church I will make a donation so they can have their own dumpster if that truly is the problem. I was raised going to church three times a week and now I don’t go at all

I agree, but I am assuming that the OP didn't just make up a story about a church. I would also like to know the name of the church. But, I think that, if the OP has evidence that the trash is coming from the church every week, a phone call to the church manager/leader asking them to dispose of their trash in a legal manner could possibly result in the matter being resolved. The church may not even know where the OP's neighbor is taking the trash. They may think the neighbor is taking it to the landfill, and paying the commercial disposal rate. I don't think the church would want to read a local news story about how they are saving money by importing their trash into The Villages. Just my opinion.

[Babubhat]

Take it back and drop in collections plate

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by Babubhat

Take it back and drop in collections plate

Better be an awfully big plate for all that trash to fit into

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by Babubhat

Next they will charge us for stickers to put on bags or they won’t get collected. Solves the church problem

Why? Just for what has been posted on this thread? Whole lot of wind…….

[fdpaq0580]

Conspiracy theory! OP's neighbor is mining church trash for information on church activities, finances, officials, parishioners, ECT. Anything that is valuable on the dark web. Bwahahaha!! 👺👺👺

[thevillages2013]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

I agree, but I am assuming that the OP didn't just make up a story about a church. I would also like to know the name of the church. But, I think that, if the OP has evidence that the trash is coming from the church every week, a phone call to the church manager/leader asking them to dispose of their trash in a legal manner could possibly result in the matter being resolved. The church may not even know where the OP's neighbor is taking the trash. They may think the neighbor is taking it to the landfill, and paying the commercial disposal rate. I don't think the church would want to read a local news story about how they are saving money by importing their trash into The Villages. Just my opinion.

I just private messaged the OP offering to make a call for them . To be continued

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by thevillages2013

I just private messaged the OP offering to make a call for them . To be continued

The Cavalry is on the way……………

[photo1902]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

The Cavalry is on the way……………

You simply can’t make this stuff up.

[Nucky]

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

There is a principal involved here. Sorry you can't or won't acknowledge it.
As to "mind your own business", the story goes that a man named Jesus happened upon a woman being stoned to death. Guess you would have told him to walk on by, don't get involved and to mind his own business.

You draw a conclusion to your argument between Jesus’s action and someone helping out a church with garbage? Is that what you are doing? I’m not getting involved in that very principled conclusion I see you’ve come to. Try it with someone else. Maybe we can discuss another issue at some point. Take Care.

[TNLAKEPANDA]

Picket the church and neighbor’s house