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Lee's Summit Voters Reject Single Citywide Trash Hauler

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What happened

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Voters in Lee's Summit rejected a ballot question that would have approved a single citywide trash hauler, which would have reduced the number of service providers in the area. George Constable, president of Constable Sanitation, stated that the outcome allows his family business to remain operating in Lee's Summit.

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Why it matters

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The rejection of the citywide monopoly measure secures the competitive position of local trash hauling businesses. This outcome maintains the current market structure for waste management services within Lee's Summit.

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Who's involved

  • constablePresident of Constable Sanitation, whose business was protected by the vote.
  • Lee's SummitThe city where voters decided on the trash hauling structure.

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  • constable

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  • Lee's Summit

    city in Jackson and Cass counties in Missouri, United States

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