Texas receives first shipment of federal radioactive waste

[dixiegrrrrl]

8. Took us 6 years to defeat a proposed waste site in our area.

Bunch of folks from Fla. showed up, wanted to buy a few thousand acres of land and turn it into a "landfill" that would take garbage from most of the Eastern states. Later it was revealed they wanted a permit to also take "low level" nuclear, and mercury and abestos.
The proposal did not explain the type of protection the landfill would use, nor how it would prevent leakeage into a near by waterway.
They DID manage to get 4 of the 6 County Commissionors to vote for it.
People from the surrounding towns and counties took it to court, where it dragged on, and meanwhile the County Commissionor elections came around, and the 4 landfill supporters were voted out.
Finally the proposal was defeated, the fla. guys slumnk away.

What was great was this was a true grassroots rebellion from a bunch of average folks, most of them Republicans.
But they valued the land and clean water more, and wanted their grandkids to have the same.

County Commissionors usually have a postion for life around here.
everybody knows everybody else, and/or is related to them.

BFD that these guys were voted out. Huge deal.