Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor,

Holy crap, who knew! There really is a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. I discovered this after attending the January 6 Crook County Commissioners meeting, at which they held a hearing concerning the request to establish a county wide Solid Waste Tax Assessment District to support Moorcroft’s city dump.

I was astounded to hear Moorcroft’s Mayor state at this meeting, that if only we would agree to access all of the property owners in Crook County an additional three mills of tax, on top of what they may already be paying to dispose of their trash, everyone might be able to use Moorcroft’s city dump at no charge!

Now, if you believe that, then please contact me, as I have a bridge across Keyhole Reservoir that I would like to sell to someone.

Seriously, I, like I imagine most people, thought that after the initial feasibility study done several years ago pertaining to this matter (which incidentally the county contributed money to the study), showed that it was economically unfeasible to sustain the operation of Moorcroft’s facility due mainly to the cost of having to comply with Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) more stringent rules and regulations. I assumed at that time the issue had been put to rest, but apparently that is not the case now.

As much as I sympathize with Moorcroft getting screwed over by the Wyoming DEQ, I do not believe that a viable solution to their problem of potentially having to close their dump is to tax all of the property owners in Crook County in order to subsidize the continued operation of their facility.

If you agree with me, then you need to contact our Crook County Commissioners before their next meeting in February and tell them so and/or attend that meeting in mass in order to help them do the right thing. After all, it is your money at stake here, whether your trash is taken to Moorcroft’s dump or elsewhere.

Skip Waters