Angola is the next town north of Auburn, about 20 miles via county roads or a little longer and a little quicker if you take the interstate. Angola is the county seat of Steuben County. There is a small liberal arts college on the west side of town, and a Walmart and a Meijer on the north side. There are some great lakes for fishing and recreation nearby. Angola seems like a nice town.
The mayor of Angola, Richard Hickman, is proud of his city, as any good mayor should be. But it is not just the nearby lakes or the small liberal arts college he is most proud of. In a story in the April 6 edition of the Steuben County Herald-Republican, his honor opined that one of the great things about Angola is its trash pickup. I am not kidding.
The mayor told of being at the gas station when the topic came up: “I was just told a few weeks back at the gas pump that our city has the best garbage disposal in the state.”
I don’t know about you, but garbage disposal often comes up when I am chatting with someone at the gas pump. Continue reading