Saturday, May 17, 2008

What's a Little Town to Do?



 Speaking of corporate deviants...



Case in point, right here in central West Coast Florida we have a long standing problem. A deviant corporation negligently left a pit of radioactive waste just a few yards off the edge of the Anclote river. The Anclote river is a lovely place. It has historical significance as it is the center of the Greek sponge diving industry of Old Florida. It is a lovely quaint Greek town with a big radiation problem. A friend of mine lives in the development across from the "Superfund Site" that was rated one of the top 10 most toxic sites at one time. She told me that during the "clean up" alarms were going off constantly, day and night. So what was resolved? Nothing really. The pit of radioactive waste is still there and the last I heard of it they were going to cap it. Cap it! Are you kidding me! Where are the studies? It has got to be leaking into the Anclote river. I know a woman whose husband and his best friend died of cancer. Hmm... could it be that they were avid fishermen that caught fish and ate their catches from the Anclote river? Just a guess here, but it is high time someone connected the dots. Has anybody bothered to do any studies? If they have, I haven't heard about it. The media certainly doesn't want to discuss it. Hmm... I wonder why? Maybe because it will drive the housing market down and drive away the tourism industry that Tarpon Springs relies upon so heavily. 

So that is the story of Tarpon Springs, Florida. What's your story? Is there a Superfund site in your backyard too?  

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Daniel and His Hebrew Companions

Daniel and His Hebrew Companions
Daniel chose to eat low on the food chain rather than eat the meat from the king's table
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