Comments on: Court Rules Against Tiny Town In Mega Landfill Fight; Public Hearing Thursday

By: judith

judith — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 02:33:12 +0000

who was the judge in evergreen his nqame is not mentioned

By: eab

eab — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 22:44:40 +0000

While I am totally against this landfill and the pollution it will bring, it’s good that we are having this conversation.

Maybe it’ll make us think about who we are sending “our” garbage to.

By: Just An Old Soldier

Just An Old Soldier — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 17:01:15 +0000

Resident of New York City: “Gee, I am sure glad all this toxic waste I’m making with my meth lab is getting shipped out of state! I wonder where it’s going?…oh well, Not my problem!”

New Landfill Employee: “Gee, this garbage is coming in from all over the North, I wonder why they’re shipping it all down here? Oh, well, least I got a job. Wonder why my kids are so sick all them time though? Ain’t feelin’ too good myself!”

Florida Resident Donwstream of New Alabama landfill: “Gee, I wonder how long it takes to die of this new cancer I got from drinking my water, and watering my lawn?”

By: art

art — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 16:53:26 +0000

this has the potential to poison your well. do you want that? are the few jobs that this creates in the initail phase of development really worth it? if you want a robust economy, make your surroundings safe, first and foremost. protect what valuable assets you have (in this case, precious water). encourage and develop parks and recreation. the north end of alabama is a good example… senator shelby got involved a few years back in the gadsden/fort payne area and helped to get a nature center for those folks. not saying their economy is any better than ours for jobs, but they are growing and they are ready for when the overall economy swings back around to something sane. same thing can happen in this neck of the woods…you could generate the same amount of jobs if you were to develop something else, like some botanical gardens or a park with a pavilion for reunions and pow wows. and on top of all that i don’t get why in the world, in todays economy, why we don’t have something like the CCC from back in the 30’s…don’t you know a truckload of 18 to 25 year olds who would jump on that like a chicken on a junebug? they had those unemployed young men from back in the day, building parks and bridges…a lot are still in use all over the country… lord knows our infrastructure needs it!

By: wonder

wonder — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 03:18:46 +0000

How many people are layed off in this area? Would this not bring in jobs?

By: Erin

Erin — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 01:24:10 +0000

This is ridiculous. Just goes to show the character of politicians. Which is why i decided to stop voting.

By: art

art — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 23:11:10 +0000

i am really shocked that the commissioners have the unmitigated gall to side with big business on this and ignore the good people of both escambia county alabama and escambia county florida. they better beware that they are going on record and we the people vote them in or vote them out. i am also surprised that the state representatives and senators of both states don’t get involved.

By: AC

AC — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 22:14:38 +0000

“Just another case of County commissioners being bought out. If this dump is allowed to happen, Alabama will become the nations landfield.”

Yep! And Florida sits downstream of Alabama, and we all know the saying about what floats downstream. We ALL have a stake in this, and should all make our voices (and votes) heard.

By: Jim W

Jim W — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 19:48:33 +0000

Well at least Repton tried. This thing has to be stopped. What you are seeing hear is a lot of money trying to ram something thru that the general public does not want. There may be some jobs to be had when it first starts but it will not stay at the build level long. Once it is completed there will be very few jobs needed for them to operate. Then the public is stuck with the aftermath of this thing including the up keep of the roadways and trying to keep the water tables clean and so on. We the taxpayer gets the bill in the end results and the investors get the pay off. It makes one ponder about the commissioners and what part of no do they not understand. HUMMMM!

By: art

art — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 18:56:38 +0000

everyone that lives downstream from this must oppose it. everyone…