To the Editor:

Reading the article “Sustainable Princeton Reports Progress on CAP” on the front page of the October 2 issue, I was disappointed in what direction the town is heading.  Instead of extending their services for residents paying really high property taxes, it is looking like Princeton is creating new obstacles and is spending money for environmental studies, “how to handle garbage, recycling, leaves, shrubs collection, and food scraps program.” To enforce these new rules the town is even hiring a new position of “environmental cop.”

These facts are raising several questions: Why is the town significantly reducing services? Why do we have to place leaves into bags instead of leaving them at curb line as we did for years? Why can’t landscape contractors place leaves at the curb line? These leaves are still from our yards. Why do we not do recycling the way it has been done for years in Europe (separation of glass, plastic, paper, cans)? And why are homeowners legally responsible for the kind of machinery landscape contractors are using?

Cyril Kucera
State Road