Saturday, January 22, 2011

CCMC FORUM DRAWS CROWD OF OVER 150

Submitted to Shelton Blog by Christine Armond Mason County Progressive

CCMC COMMUNITY FORUM, JANUARY 19, 2011

Shelton Civic Center packed with concerned citizens
(Many new faces present!)


Beth McBain, CCMC Board member, welcomed the crowd:
The ADAGE project will change the face of our community.
...We must exercise our right to be heard!
...100% of your donations go into the CCMC Legal Fund.


Dan A. Nelson, ORCAA Public Information Officer:
I am thrilled to see a room full of people interested in clean air!


Marty Best, Mason County Emergency Management Dept.:
Mason County must be prepared!


Michelle Morris, Concerned Citizens of Thurston County:
On Feb. 7th, at 5:30 pm, there will be a public hearing
on the Thurston County Moratorium. Come
& speak up to keep the moratorium in place!



Fran Prescott, CCMC Board member,
gave an erudite power point presentation:

Due to the resulting acid rain, will we still have a
shellfish industry
10-15 years down the road?
(Information table chart display in background)


Duff Badgley, Coordinator, No Biomass Burn:
1.5-2.0 million tons of dangerous carbon dioxide would
be emitted each year by the proposed incinerators
for
Shelton & surrounding areas alone!
...All eyes are on Mason County!


Keynote Speaker
Meg Sheehan, nationally acclaimed environmental lawyer:

Harass them into oblivion with the laws that
were put there for
our protection!
...Clean energy doesn't come out of a smokestack!



Jack Miles, Port of Shelton Commissioner,
the only elected Mason County official to openly oppose
the proposed ADAGE incinerator, mingled with constituents.
(One of many information tables in background)


Attending the Forum, our FIRST RESPONDERS to the crisis!
Duff Badgley, Arline Fullerton, Theresa Jacobson, & Jake Rufer
One year later, we continue to remain incinerator free,
thanks to these folks who first sounded the alarm!

Our deepest, heartfelt community appreciation to you!

KUDOS to CCMC
&
All groups & members of our caring & hard working community!


Join with other local people taking action to protect our environment
& become a member of CCMC!

WE WILL BE VICTORIOUS!


SHELTON BLOG NOTE:


ORCAA Comment Period for the ADAGE Permit ends January 31st.
Comments or hearing requests must be submitted in writing by this date.
By Mail: ORCAA, 2940-B Limited Lane NW, Olympia, WA 98502
By Fax: (360) 491-6308
By Email: gordon.lance@orcaa.org

ORCAA Public Hearings will be held Monday, Jan. 31st, at 1:00 pm & 6:00 pm
in the Main Room of the Shelton Civic Center, 525 West Cota Street, Shelton.


Link to ORCAA Staff Recommendation Documents:
http://www.orcaa.org/public-involvement/staff-recommendations/

Above mentioned and additional documents can be found in "Reference Documents" on the tab bar of Shelton Blog.

Thurston County Moratorium Public Hearing
Monday, February 7th, at 5:30 PM
Thurston County Complex, Bldg 1
2000 Lakeridge Drive SW, Olympia
www.ccthurston.net

Below is a link to send an email of support to Thurston County Commissioners
Cathy Wolfe, Sandra Romero, & Karen Valenzuela:

http://www.co.thurston.wa.us/bocc/

Link to Atty. Meg Sheehan's website:

Photos by Christine

2 comments:

  1. Great presentation! Thank you so much for attending, reporting and providing all of the links.

    The hearing in Thurston County will be at 5:30 so we ought to all be able to get there to support the only governmental agency in Washington (and the country?) who has shown an interest in protecting the citizens and our environment.

    The air-breathers of Shelton and Mason County would love to have a Board of County Commissioners who wanted to put these bad boys on hold while they brought themselves up to speed on the science and medicine.

    Let's do everything we can to support Thurston County in their efforts to behave in this sane manner.

    I asked our own Commissioner Lynda Ring Erickson at a Mason County Democratic monthly meeting last summer what she was doing about Adage. She said she was studying it (effects of biomass on civilian population) every night ... I wonder if she has reached any frigging conclusions yet?

    Since there is no moratorium proposed for Mason County, or even any discussion by "leadership" of a moratorium, I suppose she is still "studying this every night." Gotta love a woman who takes her time to really study an issue; or despise her for the liar she is?

    Hard to choose...

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  2. There were very informative presentations put on around the room for all to view and then discuss with various presentors.
    The Dessert Buffet was a Big Plus that night!
    Fran Prescott presented where we have come and where we need to get to in order to delay and ultimately STOP ADAGE from building in our lovely Mason County area.
    Our "Thanks" to all the Community of Mason County who support our mutual efforts in keeping our air clean to breathe and our waters unpolluted by the various run-off from the likes of ADAGE and its trucks. Let alone, the "black tar" that WILL cover our cars, trucks and cause problems within each of our homes in keeping our furniture clean and our home-air clean to breathe!

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