The Indiana Gazette: The Township Has No Say In It?

People should have the right to control what goes on in their communities and corporations should not have the right to “use your community as a toilet” with “no say in it.” We have been described as a “renegade township” on “the front line of a new environmental movement.”

Along comes CEA, a lobbying group for the G/O industry to send out targeted messages to discredit Grant and CELDF. Courts and corporate judges slap CELDF as well as Grant with attorney fees to send a message, to make an example, and teach the renegades a lesson. Bankrupt them so they cannot function to “have a say.” CEA calls their website a “grassroots vehicle” when it is funded by corporations. It is an industry front group that targets media messaging which has resulted in investigations in three states about falsified documents (letters, petitions and emails), and multiple accusations. All is indicative of what the industry will do to achieve their goal of “no say in it.”

And as for “leading in environmental improvements” — not so. In 2015, a website called List of the Harmed had 6,650 entries — now over 22,378 exist. 15,728 is more, not less, Mr. Butler. We “have a say” and we drafted laws that prohibit pollution and environmental threats which violate our rights to clean air, water and soil and our rights to self-government involving a sustainable future. Our Home Rule Charter is still valid and there is no injection well. No say? I beg to differ.