{"id":2315,"date":"2011-03-16T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-16T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/03\/environmental-justice-leigh-touchton-vlcia-15-march-2011.html"},"modified":"2011-03-16T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-16T17:00:00","slug":"environmental-justice-leigh-touchton-vlcia-15-march-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/03\/environmental-justice-leigh-touchton-vlcia-15-march-2011.html","title":{"rendered":"Environmental Justice &#8211;Leigh Touchton @ VLCIA 15 March 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aPS8lGAhQx8\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/aPS8lGAhQx8\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nChairman Jerry Jennett asked for Citizens Wishing to be Heard,\nand first up was\nLeigh Touchton, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.valdostanaacp.com\/\">President of\nValdosta-Lowndes NAACP<\/a>,\nwho presented them\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/02\/a-foot-in-the-door-to-bring-in-more-toxic-waste-streams-robert-d-bullard.html\">\na letter from Dr. Robert D. Bullard<\/a>,\nabout his findings that 80% of the residents\nwithin one mile of the proposed Wiregrass Power Plant are black\nand 75% of biomass facilities in Georgia are sited in minority\/poor communities.\n<blockquote>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/02\/environmental-apartheid-and-envieronmental-racism-leigh-touchton-vcc-10-feb-2011.html\">\n&#8220;This is what is called environmental racism.&#8221;<\/a>\n<\/blockquote>\nShe\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VxBpC6WL_G4\">\nalso said<\/a>\nshe\nwas tired of people who are against biomass being\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/01\/crept-up.html\">\nrepresented as a fanatical fringe crew,\nprimarily by Mr. Lofton<\/a>,\nconsidering she stood before them representing the local NAACP,\nthe Georgia state conference of the NAACP,\n&#8220;the largest organization non-profit of voters in the state of Georgia&#8221;,\nand the national NAACP.\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aPS8lGAhQx8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<center>\n<small>\nLeigh Touchton, President, Valdosta-Lowndes NAACP\n<br>\nregular monthly meeting, Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority (VLCIA)\n<br>\nNorman Bennett, Roy Copeland, Tom Call, Mary Gooding, Jerry Jennett chairman,\n<br>\nJ. 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