Tagged "Campaign to Save OUR Bottoms"
If you have been following the fight to stop zoning code changes in Franklin Co that would allow coal ash landfills…you have seen the Missourian ads, LTEs, videos posted on YouTube and on the Missourian. Have you seen the LEO ad on the digital board going into Washington? It has run about 3 weeks and first announced the 6/6 Commission Working Session and then switched to this notice alerting everyone to the serious nature of [ continue reading ]
...Join LEO tomorrow at the kick-off parade for the Washington Town and County Fair. We will be giving out fans and enjoying the festivities after at the downtown party. If you can help give out fans…come early. See details below. DATE: Sunday, July 31st will bring the famous fair parade beginning at PARADE BEGINS: 5 PM at the city pool, travel south on High to Fifth, east on Fifth to Jefferson, north on Jefferson to Main, and [ continue reading ]
...On May 31st, the Franklin County Commission unanimously voted to adopt Order 11-182. In doing so, they acknowledged that the proposed CCW landfill in the Missouri River bottoms is actually IN the floodway. The amendments to the county floodplain ordinances both allow us to receive FEMA aide in the event of flooding and identifies those areas most at risk. A few years back (2009) FEMA rewrote their maps to reflect reality on the river. Those new [ continue reading ]
...First time we get to hear what the Commissioners are thinking about everything they have heard on adding utility landfill regulations to the Franklin Co zoning code. They will deliberate and could finalize the “order” that will then be voted on in a Tuesday a.m. Commission Meeting. Hard day and time of day to attend…but, we need as many of you there as possible. Media promises to attend and large public turnout sends a powerful [ continue reading ]
...We need your help in sending a message to Administrator Jackson of the EPA. Protect and defend the Clean Water Act! Ted Mathys at Environment Missouri is collecting signatures via an online petition. Please take the time to sign and join all the other Missourians defending clean water. Who opposes these protections? An array of special interests including ExxonMobil threatening “legal warfare.” The National Mining Association and others told Congress 2 weeks ago the Clean [ continue reading ]
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