This story is a few days old because I was trying to decide whether or not to post it. You see, the story itself is about all the great green initiatives Mayor Faker has unveiled as part of his plan to greenify St. Petersburg. You might recall that St. Pete was actually named the first “Green City” in FL, although there still aren’t any other green cities which leads me to believe the designation is bullshit to begin with. Anywho, the writer went ahead and addressed the recycling issue and I agree, but I didn’t want to piss all over the good things that are coming to the ‘burg just because I have a personal vendetta.

Of course, then I read the following line:

Baker is still so dead set against implementing such a program, he ordered his staff to lobby against a countywide recycling effort being discussed by the Pinellas County Commission.

You have to be fucking kidding me. We know that he doesn’t want recycling, we know that his pawns are responding to people like us saying how bad recycling is for the environment, but now he is lobbying against the possibility of the county picking our shit up? This is a new low, even for the tent slasher himself.

You see, the city makes good money burning your recyclables. If the county were to step in and pick those items up it would result in less money, and less money means the city can’t spend dollars on important initiatives like the new stadium. That’s bad.

This is seriously sickening to me, I can’t believe this asshole and his dirtbag cronies are going to take the step from just opposing recycling to actually preventing it from happening. Thanks Rick! When do we get to elect a new douchebag to run the city?