James Welch walks along the sidewalk along North Long Street picking up pieces of trash before his New Tomorrows class at Rowan Helping Ministries in 2016. File photo

The writer is referring to a story in the Feb. 8 paper, “Public services directors discuss new garbage pickup triumphs, setbacks.”

I am squarely in Shelley Palmer’s corner on trash pickup. I pay too much money to the city, not only in taxes but in utility add-ons like paying for corporate run-off fees, to endure such minimal service.  How about giving us our money’s worth?

— David Wilson

Salisbury