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Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Williams Township Residents Organize to Oppose Landfill Expansion

On Saturday, I told you about vegan scrapple. I'm convinced that, and all other forms of this porkie puddin', are all part of a some twisted Pennsylvania Dutch attempt at mind control against outlanders.

Fortunately, I never fell for their fiendish plot.

Chrin Landfill in Williams Township is full of that toxic waste. Even seagulls and sewer rats avoid it. Those that make the mistake of taking a nibble either die instantly or soon start walking around, muttering "Say now!" or "Kissin’ wears out, cookin' don’t.”

But landfills do. They get full, and the Chrin boys would like to expand.

As you know from a previous post, they've dumped $230,350 in legal bribes (campaign contributions) on state office candidates since 2000. Interestingly, not a dime of that money has gone to state rep. Bob Freeman, whose district includes that dump. During much of this same time, the Chrin boys have been meeting in the back rooms with William Township officials and seagulls, according to Morning Call columnist Bill White.

Williams Township residents have formed a grass roots group, The Committee to Save Williams Township. But their web page is called DumpRage for some reason. It makes me think of Rambo on the toilet, not landfills. But that's me.

Anyway, here's what they say. "[W]e deal with the legacy of hazardous waste generated from a national recognized Superfund site. Now, Chrin Companies has petitioned the locally elected supervisors to change township zoning and permit the expansion of the landfill.

The proposal is bad for people, bad for the environment, bad for quality of life and bad for property values!"

The web site also contains petition downloads for residents in either Williams Township, the Easton Area School District or Wilson Area School District. The email address for this group is info@dumprage.org.
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 12, 2008 at 9:55 AM

    Waaaah. NIMBY.

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  2. Bernie O'HareFebruary 12, 2008 at 9:59 AM

    The health hazard created by that landfill exalts this beyond a NIMBY issue. This is a landfill atop a hill between two rivers. Wherre do you think the leeching goes?

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 12, 2008 at 11:31 AM

    I'd like to see how anon 9:55 would handle things if a dump was built in his backyard.

    Williams has had enough of Chrin's strongarming. There is a comprehensive zoning plan that Chrin wants to change so he can continue to make money off the backs of Williams' residents.

    The land Chrin owns is zoned for light industrial. It should stay that way.

    And furthermore, Bernie is correct. This is the worst location for a landfill because a) it sits on fractured bedrock so if your liners leak (and they will leak), it is nearly impossible to get at the leak and b) below the bedrock are streams that drop into both rivers. Those rivers are major sources of drinking water for tens of thousands of people downstream.

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