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Mike Dukakis still picks up the trash on the T


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Why can't the T pick up trash?

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Whenever I see signs on older trains, letting me know that my tax dollars help pay to keep the T clean, I think, "Gee whiz, I really ought to pay more taxes."

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Good news for you. You can elect to pay at the higher optional tax rate next April. I believe it is .25 percent more than the regular rate.

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0.25% or 25%? Not that I'd be easily able to afford 25% more, but I'm interested, anyway.

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even spoke with a few, and think they actually do a good job. That said, there are certain areas, like that dismal connecting tunnel between Park and DTX (there are others), that, for whatever reason, don't appear to be cleaned on a regular basis. That connecting tunnel is nasty, why doesn't the T clean and modernize it?

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Work rules dictate only authorized employees can pick up trash as part of a work crew under the direction of a supervisor for a meticulously scheduled work zone. That coffee cup in the track pit requires all sorts of coordination and authorization for stopping trains, flagging, supervising, safety, etc. to make a simple task burdensomely complicated to the point the task isn't done very often.

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Really? I've seen random T employees and supervisors picking up trash on trains and in stations when they have a spare minute.

It makes sense to have safety precautions for workers picking up trash from active tracks.

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If everyone in their own neighborhood can do the same , just by picking up litter off the sidewalks, just think how clean the streets would look. Remember ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country!

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Let's check their work:
They pick up hundreds of needles
They have to clean up puke
They have to pick up human excrement
They have to pick up crack pipes
They have to pick up bottles of cheap booze
They have to pick up cigarettes and cigars
They have to pick up newspapers
They have to clean up blood
I have to say they are earning their money

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