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Maplewood- Ramsey County Review I Maplewood,North St. Paul talking trash Page 2 of 2 opposing the move.After months of working meetings and conversations with residents,however,Rossbach said the number of a-mails supporting organization now equals the early opposition e-mails. "There's a huge wave of pressure in the beginning,so you have to prepared for that,"Rossbach said."And if you can get through that,then you begin having a rational conversation." For Nephew,the research he's conducted has shown strong merit in changing systems.However,he said,it was important to recognize that a poorly structured contract could make organized hauling a detriment while a well-structured open system could fix many problems. "There are organized hauling plans that I wouldn't support,"he explained. In response to Rossbach's observation at the meeting,Nephew speculated that many residents have become inured to annoyance of trash trucks on their streets several days a week in the same way people who live next to train tracks cease to notice the noise after a while because there's no chance of change. "But now there's this ray of hope--of possibility that it could be different,"Nephew said."And so they start to hear the trash trucks." SSHR Content©2011 Lillie Suburban Newspapers Software©1998-2011 1up!Software,All Rights Reserved http://www.review-news.com/print.asp?ArticleID=11497&SectionID=64&SubSectionID... 07/09/2011