re: Atlanta man to serve 30 days in prison for going to work too early

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Sounds like they tried to fine the company and they didn't give a shite. Also sounds like the company threw him under the bus. He should have hired a lawyer.

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This.

They don't provide garbage pickup as a municipal service. Instead, they let companies compete for customers, which probably keeps rates down. They've also got an ordinance that says no garbage pickup between certain hours. It is their city and if they don't want to hear the trash truck at 0430, that's their business.

The companies have been paying the fines because it is cheaper than buying more trucks and hiring enough drivers to service their customers in the permitted time frame.

He's got an excellent civil case against Waste Management. As someone else said, I seriously doubt he's so motivated that he wanted to go out early. They certainly made him brazenly violate the law to keep his job and as a result he got arrested. I'm no lawyer, but it sounds like he's going to be getting a check.

Don't blame the city any more than you'd blame them for arresting the guy who decided to park in the middle of the street and block traffic to peddle his wares. The blame for this guy getting arrested rests solely with Waste Management.