Submitted to Shelton Blog by John Cox
I was thinking about my conversation with Steve Bloomfield. He said his comment about narcissistic megalomaniacs was directed at “outsiders” and not the citizens of Mason County.
I was thinking about my conversation with Steve Bloomfield. He said his comment about narcissistic megalomaniacs was directed at “outsiders” and not the citizens of Mason County.
I asked him who that was, and he didn't really seem to know. I asked if he was referring to Duff or Dr Sammons, and he seemed to agree, but I'm not sure. I then asked him if he thought Adage was an outsider too and he changed the subject.
Well, it's pretty clear who the real outsider is...Adage, a multinational corporation. As such, it is concerned only about its bottom line...its profits. It wants to harvest its profits from Mason County, and I doubt there is one shred of genuine concern for what gets left behind. What might that be you ask?
- TONS of CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS
- TONS of CARBON MONOXIDE EMISSIONS
- TONS of GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
- EMISSIONS during BURN BANS
- INCREASED AIR & WATER POLLUTION
- INCREASED HEART DISEASE
- INCREASED ASTHMA ATTACKS
- SHORTENED LIFESPANS
- INCREASED TRUCK TRAFFIC & FUMESl
- INCREASED NOISE
- INCREASED TAXES
- MILLIONS in TAX DOLLAR GIVE-A-WAYS
- DECREASED FOREST TOPSOIL
- DECREASED PROPERTY VALUES
- ACID RAIN
This is nothing new. Rape and pillage are an old story. Adage is an old story. I think it is time for a new ending.
Add dioxins, mercury, arsenic, lead, hydrochloric and sulfurous acids, benzo-furans, creosotes, soil erosion, stream sedimentation, aquifer depletion, road maintenance, diesel smoke 7x the pollution of the Adage facility itself, and community resentment to the list. All this from a company that bills itself as bringing 'clean' energy to Mason County (slated to be sold elsewhere) and wanting to be a 'good' neighbor/part of the community. I don't understand how one can be a 'good' neighbor by forcing itself down the throats of the community.
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