Comments on: An open letter to my community: http://gretnaflorida.biomess.us/2009/12/31/an-open-letter-to-my-community/ Just another BioMess Opposition site Thu, 05 Aug 2010 02:56:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Florida Citizens BEAT Adage! | No Biomass Burn http://gretnaflorida.biomess.us/2009/12/31/an-open-letter-to-my-community/#comment-41 Florida Citizens BEAT Adage! | No Biomass Burn Wed, 05 May 2010 21:58:32 +0000 http://floridiansagainstincineratorsindisguise.com/?p=344#comment-41 [...] “We had a thoroughly angry citizenry”, said James Maloy, president of Concerned Citizens of Gadsden County. “This is the single reason we beat ADAGE.” Here is a letter Maloy published on his blog site, December 31, 2009. http://floridiansagainstincineratorsindisguise.com/2009/12/31/an-open-letter-to-my-community/ [...] [...] “We had a thoroughly angry citizenry”, said James Maloy, president of Concerned Citizens of Gadsden County. “This is the single reason we beat ADAGE.” Here is a letter Maloy published on his blog site, December 31, 2009. http://floridiansagainstincineratorsindisguise.com/2009/12/31/an-open-letter-to-my-community/ [...]

]]> By: Admin http://gretnaflorida.biomess.us/2009/12/31/an-open-letter-to-my-community/#comment-40 Admin Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:47:59 +0000 http://floridiansagainstincineratorsindisguise.com/?p=344#comment-40 The next scheduled meeting of the Concerned Citizens of Gadsden County is on January 16, 2010 at 3:30 pm. The Concerned Citizens of Gadsden County are committed to opposing the Biomass Incinerator for Gretna, Florida. Specific courses of action will be discussed at the meeting. If you are interested in attending the next meeting or any future meeting, send an email to <a href="mailto:admin@biomess.us" rel="nofollow">admin@biomess.us</a> and they will provide you with the location information for the meetings and put you on the group's email list-serve. The next scheduled meeting of the Concerned Citizens of Gadsden County is on January 16, 2010 at 3:30 pm. The Concerned Citizens of Gadsden County are committed to opposing the Biomass Incinerator for Gretna, Florida. Specific courses of action will be discussed at the meeting. If you are interested in attending the next meeting or any future meeting, send an email to admin@biomess.us and they will provide you with the location information for the meetings and put you on the group’s email list-serve.

]]> By: Julie Simmons http://gretnaflorida.biomess.us/2009/12/31/an-open-letter-to-my-community/#comment-39 Julie Simmons Mon, 11 Jan 2010 04:51:22 +0000 http://floridiansagainstincineratorsindisguise.com/?p=344#comment-39 After researching both sides of this argument, it seems clear that, in fact, a biomass incinerator is more hazardous than a coal plant ! It is also a certainty that residents of Gadsden County will be opposed to this project - the industry is simply not worth sacrificing our health, let alone property values and the destruction of our forests and wetlands. While it is positive that citizens are voicing their concerns, my family and I would like to know specific courses of action that need to be and can be taken (besides obvious calling representatives or congressmen...). What other individuals or organizations can be contacted to help in our efforts? In what ways can organized opposition be effective in stopping the development of this plant? Thank you for your help and support in this matter. After researching both sides of this argument, it seems clear that, in fact, a biomass incinerator is more hazardous than a coal plant ! It is also a certainty that residents of Gadsden County will be opposed to this project – the industry is simply not worth sacrificing our health, let alone property values and the destruction of our forests and wetlands.
While it is positive that citizens are voicing their concerns, my family and I would like to know specific courses of action that need to be and can be taken (besides obvious calling representatives or congressmen…). What other individuals or organizations can be contacted to help in our efforts? In what ways can organized opposition be effective in stopping the development of this plant? Thank you for your help and support in this matter.

]]> By: dwborland http://gretnaflorida.biomess.us/2009/12/31/an-open-letter-to-my-community/#comment-38 dwborland Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:58:31 +0000 http://floridiansagainstincineratorsindisguise.com/?p=344#comment-38 ADAGE is A Deadly Assault on Gadsden's Essentials...air, water and land ADAGE is A Deadly Assault on Gadsden’s Essentials…air, water and land

]]> By: D W Borland http://gretnaflorida.biomess.us/2009/12/31/an-open-letter-to-my-community/#comment-37 D W Borland Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:58:37 +0000 http://floridiansagainstincineratorsindisguise.com/?p=344#comment-37 James - I dream by night the horror that i oppose by day....a County Leadership in error, complacent and complicit, by degree destroying it communities, its lands, polluting its streams and ground waters and desecrating its air and insidiously, disregarding its sacred oath to protect the health and well being of the least of its citizens and to preserve its essential natural resources, upon which we and the future must depend. This dream, a nightmare of practice and policy. From the roots, this leadership dies upward, plundered and sold by purchased, remote powers. Leadership that dies from the head downward, marketed for the few, minute by comp plan minute, hour by policy hour, day by hidden secret day. The very future of our children sold and bought, legally and perhaps, illegally, like commodity....with a gnarled, clenched and forever shut fist around their greed which soon makes small this great, precious life...this place called Gadsden in the Florida Red Hills. So to all who still have a heart for this place, let them be now aware that the Concerned Citizens for Gadsden County will not stand idle to watch what is bright turn dull. Its citizen-based activism will be long-term, will be decidedly successful, will indeed be confrontational in its expression of the Truth and we shall not accept transfer of jurisdictional authority nor " No We Can't" as an answer. There will be no biomass incinerator in Gadsden County! James -
I dream by night the horror that i oppose by day….a County Leadership in error, complacent and complicit, by degree destroying it communities, its lands, polluting its streams and ground waters and desecrating its air and insidiously, disregarding its sacred oath to protect the health and well being of the least of its citizens and to preserve its essential natural resources, upon which we and the future must depend. This dream, a nightmare of practice and policy.

From the roots, this leadership dies upward, plundered and sold by purchased, remote powers. Leadership that dies from the head downward, marketed for the few, minute by comp plan minute, hour by policy hour, day by hidden secret day.

The very future of our children sold and bought, legally and perhaps, illegally, like commodity….with a gnarled, clenched and forever shut fist around their greed which soon makes small this great, precious life…this place called Gadsden in the Florida Red Hills.

So to all who still have a heart for this place, let them be now aware that the Concerned Citizens for Gadsden County will not stand idle to watch what is bright turn dull. Its citizen-based activism will be long-term, will be decidedly successful, will indeed be confrontational in its expression of the Truth and we shall not accept transfer of jurisdictional authority nor ” No We Can’t” as an answer.

There will be no biomass incinerator in Gadsden County!

]]> By: Admin http://gretnaflorida.biomess.us/2009/12/31/an-open-letter-to-my-community/#comment-36 Admin Sun, 03 Jan 2010 04:25:33 +0000 http://floridiansagainstincineratorsindisguise.com/?p=344#comment-36 Mr. Lindquist - thank you for joining the conversation about BioMass Incineration in Gadsden County. While some BioMass Incinerators do burn various types of waste such as garbage, tires, construction debris, etc., the ADAGE / Hamiltion County Biomass Incinerator application for air permit specifically states "Clean Woody Biomass" and "Clean Construction Debris" which would not include the incineration of chemically treated wood. The problem, however is that enforcement of "Clean Construction Debris" is often left up to the operator of the facility and contractors providing the material to be incinerated. The DEP will not be there to test each truck to verify that all of the fuel is in fact "Clean". Mr. Lindquist – thank you for joining the conversation about BioMass Incineration in Gadsden County. While some BioMass Incinerators do burn various types of waste such as garbage, tires, construction debris, etc., the ADAGE / Hamiltion County Biomass Incinerator application for air permit specifically states “Clean Woody Biomass” and “Clean Construction Debris” which would not include the incineration of chemically treated wood.

The problem, however is that enforcement of “Clean Construction Debris” is often left up to the operator of the facility and contractors providing the material to be incinerated. The DEP will not be there to test each truck to verify that all of the fuel is in fact “Clean”.

]]> By: Barbra Gaye http://gretnaflorida.biomess.us/2009/12/31/an-open-letter-to-my-community/#comment-35 Barbra Gaye Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:07:20 +0000 http://floridiansagainstincineratorsindisguise.com/?p=344#comment-35 Thank you, James, for giving your time to research this issue. Certainly the welfare of our citizens' health is the main concern and there is also concern for aesthetics which affects our minds and spirit. The proposed plant would be located almost directly across from my home and I am deeply saddened by this. Thank you, James, for giving your time to research this issue. Certainly the welfare of our citizens’ health is the main concern and there is also concern for aesthetics which affects our minds and spirit.

The proposed plant would be located almost directly across from my home and I am deeply saddened by this.

]]> By: Mark Lindquist http://gretnaflorida.biomess.us/2009/12/31/an-open-letter-to-my-community/#comment-34 Mark Lindquist Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:56:47 +0000 http://floridiansagainstincineratorsindisguise.com/?p=344#comment-34 James - Thank you for bringing this to our attention. Gadsden County can not afford to have such a devastating facility here, particularly as it could severely affect the health of the residents and impact property values (who would want to buy in an area that is full of smog and polluted?) Burning pressure treated wood is one of the worst, and the impact on the forests surrounding will ultimately lead to problems as well as it has been shown that clear cutting results from the location of the generator that is in constant need of feed... The risk to children is of greatest concern. Hopefully concerned citizens will stop this horrific proposal before the Bio-mass incinerator becomes a reality and impacts all of this area adversely. Please keep up the discussion and thank you for the informative letter. This bio mass thing looks like a great thing on paper, but it is a Trojan Horse!!! None of us in all of Gadsden County can afford this. James -
Thank you for bringing this to our attention. Gadsden County can not afford to have such a devastating facility here, particularly as it could severely affect the health of the residents and impact property values (who would want to buy in an area that is full of smog and polluted?) Burning pressure treated wood is one of the worst, and the impact on the forests surrounding will ultimately lead to problems as well as it has been shown that clear cutting results from the location of the generator that is in constant need of feed…

The risk to children is of greatest concern. Hopefully concerned citizens will stop this horrific proposal before the Bio-mass incinerator becomes a reality and impacts all of this area adversely. Please keep up the discussion and thank you for the informative letter.

This bio mass thing looks like a great thing on paper, but it is a Trojan Horse!!! None of us in all of Gadsden County can afford this.

]]> By: Lloyd Schell http://gretnaflorida.biomess.us/2009/12/31/an-open-letter-to-my-community/#comment-33 Lloyd Schell Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:41:19 +0000 http://floridiansagainstincineratorsindisguise.com/?p=344#comment-33 James, I am heartened to see your letter here. I believe that everyone on Watson Road and Eddie Blake Road is very negative about this proposed plant. Your letter makes many excellent points. James,

I am heartened to see your letter here. I believe that everyone on Watson Road and Eddie Blake Road is very negative about this proposed plant. Your letter makes many excellent points.

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