{"id":2349,"date":"2011-03-04T17:44:14","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T22:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/03\/so-why-should-you-care-erin-hurley.html"},"modified":"2011-03-04T17:44:14","modified_gmt":"2011-03-04T22:44:14","slug":"so-why-should-you-care-erin-hurley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/03\/so-why-should-you-care-erin-hurley.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;So, why should you care?&#8221; &#8211;Erin Hurley"},"content":{"rendered":"The VDT isn&#8217;t the only newspaper in town.\nThis LTE appeared in the VSU newspaper,\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vsuspectator.com\/2011\/03\/03\/letter-to-the-editor-save-says-biomass-spells-bad-news-for-valdosta-and-vsu\/\">\nthe Spectator,<\/a> yesterday, 3 March 2011.\nAnd the Spectator even puts LTEs online.\n-jsq\n<blockquote>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vsusave.com\/\">\n<img style=\"float:right;border:none;\"\nwidth=\"240\" height=\"58\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/www.vsusave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/logo4.png\"><\/a>\nSAVE says Biomass spells bad news for Valdosta and VSU\n<p>\nBy: Erin Hurley\n<p>\nHow many of y\u2019all have heard of the Biomass Plant that has been proposed\nfor Valdosta?  Many of ya\u2019ll probably don\u2019t know what Biomass is;\nI know I didn\u2019t until about two years ago when this project first\nstarted. The Biomass plant is an incinerator that will burn sewage,\nsludge and tree \u201cdebris\u201d in order to create energy. What\u2019s the\nbig deal, right?\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<!--more-->\n<blockquote>\nThe pollutants from this plant will create major health problems such\nas asthma starting in young children and elderly people. Not only is\nasthma a problem but anyone who already has asthma and\/or respiratory\ndiseases\/issues will be greatly impacted by this power plant.\n<p>\nNotice how the young and old are impacted first because their immune\nsystems are generally weaker. Well, this plant is in a predominantly\nblack neighborhood on the Southside of Valdosta right down the street\nfrom two elementary schools, a middle school, and an elderly care center.\n<p>\nSo, why should you care? How many of you will be here in two years? Three\nyears? For the next four years? How many of you have siblings that want\nto go to VSU? How many of you like playing outside? How many of you\nplay sports? How many of you enjoy watching VSU football? All of this\nwill be dramatically affected by this Biomass Plant. Who would want to\ncome to a school where they can\u2019t play outside because the air quality\nis compromised?\n<p>\nWhat can you do to STOP this BioMESS? Power in numbers and we, the\nstudents, have the right to fight for our clean air! Tell President\nSchloss that VSU needs clean air for its students! Join the fight and\nhelp Students Against Violating the Environment save the quality of\nValdosta air!\n<p>\nPeace, <br> Erin Hurley <br> SAVE President\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The VDT isn&#8217;t the only newspaper in town. This LTE appeared in the VSU newspaper, the Spectator, yesterday, 3 March 2011. 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