Chester County has been busy this week.
Taxes might go up, the jail might finally get fixed and a school resource officer in Great Falls might lose his job — or the Town Council seat he just won.
It's been a long week.
Another story that will appear in the paper later looks at County Councilman Alex Oliphant's plan to dump the county's blighted homes and mill sites into the county's landfill.
Oliphant, who calls himself "the cleanup guy," is pushing this idea that would quickly fill up the landfill and require an expansion.
He wants the county to waive the fee that municipalities pay to dump construction debris into the county's landfill on Peden Bridge Road. That, he said, would allow local communities to dump their eyesores faster and for less money.
I'm interested to see what people think of this idea.
revenue ideas for Chester...
If making it a little cheaper to dump construction debris creates a tipping point in Chester redevelopment and renewal, I would be surprised.
How about charging an excise tax on kids and their parents who come to Chester from Rock Hill to get a drivers' license, for which showing up is apparently the most important requirement?
If such ideas were combined with a Tiger Petting Zoo, the inmates in convincing costumes and better living conditions, unlimited potential!