LJI 10:10 - take a hike

[az_starshine]

When I was a senior in high school in the fall of 1996, I began to learn about how political grassroots movements worked. The county was planning to put in a landfill on Graham Road, only a few miles away from where we lived

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[adoptedwriter]

Yeah...I agree...Being forced out feels like a criminal act.

[eternal_ot]

That's sad to know. But we have become so immune that the next thought that came to my mind is "This is what usually happens"

[penpusher]

And what we learned from the Flint, Michigan case is that if you own a property where the water isn't potable, it's ILLEGAL to sell it! So Graham Road Lady had to abandon her home without a penny for it. That's really like Double Jeopardy. Was there any class action lawsuit against the county or some kind of remuneration?

[dmousey]

Did she ever fight back? I find it hard to believe they didn't simply test the groundwater within a 5/10mi radius of all four directions. So wrong.

I've been a fresh water activist for over a decade now. Clean water is not a joke. Too many of us are being sickened by what we eat/drink/breathe the fed/state governments don't tell us.

Thanks for this write. Hugs and peace~~~~

[mamas_minion]

It is actions like this that make one question the validity of democracy in this country.