Dirty railcars
February 9th, 2007 by 
Alica
Greg Carmon won’t be able to put up a new building to wash railcars at his business, Midwest Railcar, north of Corson. The City Council won’t let him hook up to the city sewer system because his business isn’t in the city limits.Darn right.
If the city makes an exception and lets Midwest Railcar hook up to the city sewer system, what’s to stop the next guy from asking, and the next, and the next? Sure, the City Council wouldn’t have to say yes to the next guy, but that just leads to the standard response: “You let the other guy do it. That’s not fair.”
What isn’t fair is letting someone have privileges that are against the rules. The City Council could change the rules. They could make a law that you have to be in the city limits to have access to the city sewer system, except if you’re Midwest Railcar. I suspect that law wouldn’t go over too well with city residents, though.
Or the City Council could make a law that anybody could hook up to the city sewer system, no matter who they are or where they live. I suspect that would cause a lot more problems than it would solve, though.
Or, Mr. Carmon could ask to be brought into the city limits. Of course, he’d have to buy up some land first, because the city can annex land only if it already touches the city limits. And the Midwest Railcar land doesn’t.
I guess the railcars won’t get a good rinsing any time soon.
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