Pearland City Council Opposes BRLF Expansion, Why Not Missouri City Council? (Click title link for more)

Last night Pearland City Council heard from area residents from several neighborhoods opposed to the expansion of the Blue Ridge Landfill located near Missouri City & Fresno in Fort Bend County. This group primarily made up of homeowners from CABRLE, a coalition formed of residents from many Fort Bend and now Brazoria communities, has been working to stop the expansion of the current site to over 170 feet. This growing coalition of taxpayers and voters represents thousands in the tri-county area.

This effort took on additional urgency with the report of Barium leaks in '05 that had been kept from the media/public until recently. Barium is extremely water soluble and can travel great distances causing potential nerve damage and even death to living organisms (including humans).

At the city council session in Pearland the council voted to support a resolution (R2006-209A) to oppose the BRLF expansion. Will other area councils and county commissioners do the same? The council also took it one step further by adopting "affected party" status in this controversy.

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Comment: Will Allen Owen, the heavily developer and GFEDC backed mayor, do what's right for citizens, voters and taxpayers of this community and support such a resolution or will he go along with the GFEDC, BRLF, FB county commissioners?