Stands with a Fist or the "Little People" have had enough

You don't have to take it folks. You don't have to stand by and watch bad things done in your communities. I just left a group of people who are a living testament to that fact.
A few of you may recall my previous blog To Live in an Industrial Wasteland which was about, in part, the fact that the company, Republic, that mangaes our (Person Co.'s) landfill wishes to nearly triple the daily tonnage going into said landfill. Over 1400 county residents live within 2 miles of the landfill and their lives are already negatively impacted by the 650 tons that get deposited daily.
We thought the issue had died a timely death a year or two ago when public outcry led by a newly formed grassroots organization appeared to influence the county commissioners enough to get them to vote against the expansion proposal. But one of them changed his mind over the summe of 2007r and so recently our commissioners voted to procede with the process of granting Republic a special use permit that would be their first concrete step in getting all their necessary permits for the planned expansion.
Before the special use permit gets voted on the commissioners have to hold a public hearing. Tonight that grassroots organization invited a lawyer who specializes in this sort of concern to attend a special meeting. At tonight's meeting he was hired to represent the organization and he discussed the legalities and details pertaining the special use permit. As a result, at the public hearing the 17th of this month our county commissioners are going to be in for a surprise for instead of a few locals voicing concerns that they have heard over and over they will encounter 12-15 residents speaking directly to the specific concerns of the relevant ordinances and a lawyer ready to cross examine witnesses testifying for Republic.
I am very proud of to be associated with that group of "little people" who are standing up and taking on the corporate interests and the political sellouts who together ruin lives with their shortsighted greed.
Not on our watch!!!