Kankakee County Board Will Appeal The Proposed Garbage
Dump.
January 13, 2009
The Kankakee County Board voted 23 to 2 in favor of appealing the proposed
Fred Barbara
and
Tom Volini
garbage dump to the Illinois Supreme court at today's county board
meeting. Only two county board members opposed appealing to the Illinois
Supreme Court. They were county board member Karen Campbell (who recently
retired from working for the city of Kankakee) 932-1803 and county board member
Leo Whitten, 929-0792. They believe the proposed Chicago regional garbage dump
should be allowed to dump garbage directly into the aquifer, in the immediate
water shed of the river, next to Minnie Creek which drains directly into the
river upstream from the Aqua Illinois water intake pipe. Three other county
board members were absent.
This is a huge victory for the community. Thanks to all who got involved and
a big thank you to the Kankakee County Board!
For more information on the proposed dump, please go to
www.k3power.org.