{"id":2625,"date":"2010-09-25T16:51:34","date_gmt":"2010-09-25T20:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2010\/09\/im-amazed-at-how-someone-could-dare-say.html"},"modified":"2010-09-25T16:51:34","modified_gmt":"2010-09-25T20:51:34","slug":"im-amazed-at-how-someone-could-dare-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2010\/09\/im-amazed-at-how-someone-could-dare-say.html","title":{"rendered":"“I’m amazed at how someone could dare say…”"},"content":{"rendered":"Brad Lofton responds to \nLeigh Touchton’s letter of 16 September 2010.<\/a>\n

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\nDate: Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 7:54 AM\n
\nFrom: Brad Lofton <blofton@industrialauthority.com>\n

\nGood morning Kay, Sandy et al.\n

\nOur unprecedented effort of educating the public included numerous public\nhearings, briefings with all elected officials, the VDT Editorial Board and\ngroups all across Valdosta. We’ve even spent a great deal of effort trying\nto brief the NAACP leaving messages and making numerous phone calls to Leigh\nTouchton that have never been returned. We’ve spent more time educating the\ncommunity on this project then the sum of any other projects we’ve worked\ncombined. I’m amazed at how someone could dare say that we’ve not informed\nthe public. The vast majority of her concerns for our project would have\nbeen answered two years ago if she had come to any of our forums or if she\nwould at least answer her phone when we call. Now that we’re moving into the\nthird year of due diligence, she’s concerned all of a sudden.\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n

\nOur project enjoys support from the state EPD, the Federal EPA, the Obama\nAdmn, the state dept of economic development, the County Commission, and\nhundreds of environmental groups nationwide (including the Sierra Club for\nbiomass if it is done in a sustainable way). The facility will share the\nsame technology as three of our existing industries today.\n

\nWe’ve created a problem for the Mrs. Touchton after she’s been on the\nrecord twice now at the City’s Board of Education meeting and via a letter\nto the Editor discussing the environmental racism aspects of this project.\nIn fact, based on Census data the SGRC provided us, the surrounding site has\nnot two, not five, but seven times the number of white permanent residents\ncompared to minorities within a mile radius of the plant site. Everyone is\nentitled to their own opinion, but not the facts.\n

\nWe stand behind this green, renewable energy project, and we appreciate all\nof your support. We would be happy to correct her missinfomation for you or\nanyone you’d like for us to discuss this with at any point. Fortunately,\nwe’ve been invited to present to the VLD Board of Ed on 9-27 to clean up all\nthe errors presented at the last meeting.\n

\nRegards,\n

\nBL\n

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