Grassy Waters
When I say "juicy," I mean the characters involved in Tuesday's decision by Palm Beach County (Dissenters: Valeche who was really for it and Burdick) that will give Sun Recycling a five year contract to truck in 78,000 tons of waste a year from Broward to the new Palm Beach County incinerator.
You have to ask the question--why? "All of this will only reap $3 a year in alleged savings"' said one resident who spoke. There is no advantage to allow Sun Recycling to dump waste in Palm Beach County or one that is readily available or could be implemented without tremendous cost. Well, the answer is obvious to me--
Some of the players:
Sun Recycling-- a company that has been around for some time and one that dumped 6,000 truckloads of questionable RSM waste of approximately 105,000 cubic yards all day and night with some of it 3.6 to 3.8 feet thick after it was crushed and mashed on our landfill and that never restored our property per the lease agreement. Back then, Christy Goddeau of the Glen J. Torcivia law firm, had recommended against Lake Worth filing suit because of the cost which also would have included attorney fees that she said we would never recover.
A company that gave and continues to give large campaign contributions to any candidate for whom they feel will serve their interests. They gave plenty to Lake Worth candidates and even to sitting commissioners one of whom is John Szerdi.
Burt Aaronson, now a lobbyist for Sun Recycling and the former boss of Mary Lou Berger who replaced him on the county commission after he was term limited.
Another lobbyist was there for Sun Recycling who is the co-chair for the second annual mayor's ball for Shelley Vana, Neil Schiller.
Drew Martin was there representing the Sierra Club and told them that dioxins in small percentages can cause cancer. The smoke stack will be over the water supply at Grassy Waters. Hal Valeche was furious and dumped on Drew for that remark telling him that they were highly regulated. According to Drew Martin, the County had to rewrite the ordinance to allow it and they went to the DEP to get an increase in allowable air pollution.
Mayor of West Palm beach, Jeri Muoio spoke out against it. She is being challenged for mayor by Kimberly Mitchell, good friend of Shanon Materio whose campaign adviser was Richard Pinsky considered a political genius and ex-husband of Mitchell. Materio has a relationship with Sun Recycling and even accepted money for her BacPAC. Pinsky was hired by the present Lake Worth City Commission as a lobbyist for them in Tallahassee at $2,000 a month. We haven't heard a thing how that's working out.
Well, do I have to spell it out? Palm Beach County still has big questionable issues. And it is still known as corruption county of the country.
And with whom did Melissa McKinlay "study the issue before voting on it"?
ReplyDeleteCorruption County still draws in the crooks.
That's why we were suspicious of the $800,000. of taxpayer money each Lake Worth Commissioner gave themselves control over in the $63.5 million dollar bond, a recipe for fraud and kickbacks.