Three cheers for Anastasia Mosquito Control Commission of St. Johns County Commissioner Jeanne Moeller, who rightly raised concerns in her 2006 campaign about contaminated soil at AMCD facilities. AMCD wanted to sell the land without telling people it was contaminated. Commissioner Jeanne Moeller and Commissioner John Sundeman have pressed for years for AMCD to investigate and remedy 60 years of environmental pollution in St. Johns County.
At last night's AMCD meeting, AMCD heard from consultants from MACTEC that AMCD must remove 10,000 gallons of contaminated water and 1,256,000 pounds of contaminated soil from its Ponte Vedra facility. The primary contaminants are arsenic and petrochemicals.
AMCD commissioners dealt with the issue like thinking, caring adults, unlike some other government polluters that exemplify what Al Gore wrote in "Earth in the Balance" -- Americans in dealing with environmental issues too often act like a "dysfunctional family."
In sharp and marked contrast to AMCD's growing environmental ethic, our City of St. Augustine City Commissioners didn't even discuss its 611,294 gallons of sewage pollution of San Sebastian River, putting the puny $3000 fine and consent order on the "consent agenda," without discussion.
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