Check out the Knoxville News-Sentinel article (below) on our Appalachian Observer newspaper's Freedom of Information Act request, which led to the "largest environmental cleanup in history, which is still going on."
It took a one page letter, which I wrote and our Publisher, Ernie Phillips and I signed. No other journalist or public interest group or government agency would do it.
In dealing with unaccountable organizations, just remember, "Keep asking questions!"
It's what our Founding Fathers had in mind. You'll be glad you did!
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!
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