"Patriarch" wrote in message =
. 97.136...
| Dave Hinz wrote in
| :=20
|=20
| On Tue, 17 May 2005 14:21:03 -0500, Patriarch
| wrote:=20
| Larry Jaques wrote in=20
| :
|
| snip
| She should read the old Mother Earth News articles, and plant in
| recycled tires painted white... :-)=20
| =20
| I find it hard to believe that MEN would publish something like
| that, given all the chemicals which leach out of the old tires.
|
| I didn't say it was smart, just that it was published in a known =
rag
| back then. Lotsa stupid stuff said & done in the Seventies.
| =20
| Thing about the tires - if they're leaching, why are they used for
| retaining walls in Golden Gate Park, Larry?
| =20
|=20
| So you're telling us they are completely safe, and the tire disposal =
fee=20
| and hazardous waste disposal fee and the rest of the handling taxes =
imposed=20
| here in California are bogus? Who would have thought?
|=20
| I guess you just can't trust politicians these days... ;-)
|=20
| Patriarch

Yep. We had the same kind of "Tire Tax" up here.
When the local government lifted the tax -=20
we never found what the did with the money raised -=20
we still had the same, but larger, tire piles.
--=20
PDQ