Nah, the various counties have their noxious weed geeks that do nothing but drive 'round gawking at open spaces. King county will pay your dump fees for doing their work. Don't know about the others.

Have spent many days doing this too at the expense of fly fishing the Yak, 'specially after the in-house labor has grown and gone their own way. After consulting with various experts, our place is manageable and takes far less time. Seems the little blighters use a lot of ju-ju pushing up their central stalk and then pull that ju-ju back down into the roots in the fall after going to seed. Kinda like what daffodils do, 'cept that a goodly-sized plant can spawn over 100k seeds. Thus the likely reason for your neighbor's angst. The improved routine goes something like this:

'Round the 3rd week in June they're fully up and beginning to bud out. Hook up the field mower to the JD tractor and mow them little bastids with a maniacal laugh while cutting them to shreds. They no longer have their mojo and put up a wimpy stalk and weakly flower out again around mid-August. When you can see the flowers above the cut grass, I'll just cut off the flowers with the fork of a Sears weed puller, putting them into a 5 gallon bucket and then pop the root ball with a same and leave it lay. I'll also spot spray the visible rosettes with Crossbow in the fall. Carting around a 5 gallon bucket of flowers and puller is a *lot* easier than packing whole stalks w/ flowers. Tell your labor to avoid stepping on the extracted root balls or they'll take root again. Hate 'em!!!

I may have to try Dan's flame thrower if I can get it away from him....