In secret, behind locked gates, our Nation's Oldest City dumped a landfill in a lake (Old City Reservoir), while emitting sewage in our rivers and salt marsh. Organized citizens exposed and defeated pollution, racism and cronyism. We elected a new Mayor. We're transforming our City -- advanced citizenship. Ask questions. Make disclosures. Demand answers. Be involved. Expect democracy. Report and expose corruption. Smile! Help enact a St. Augustine National Park and Seashore. We shall overcome!
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Environmental Justice and Criminal Investigation Needed of St. Augustine, Florida
Take a gander at the report at the top of the links (left). We need a federal investigation on environmental justice issues here in St. Augustine, Florida, where City Manager WILLIAM B. HARRISS dumped 40,000 cubic yards of solid waste in our Old City Reservoir; emitted 611,294 gallons of raw sewage in our San Sebastian River; and caused semi-treated sewage effluent to be deposited in our saltwater marsh for years, while telling City Commissioners (but not the people). Before or after his retirement, HARRISS needs to be indicted, tried and convicted of environmental crimes. What do you reckon?
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