"The state and county get 5% of our gross revenue," Jones said. "We look at it like we're a solution to a national problem. The way this is put together is a win-win situation for everybody."
Mr. Tom Jones of Waste Control Specialists offered those comforting words on April 10, 2010, as quoted by NewsWest 9. I notice only two winners in this situation: the owners of Waste Control Specialists and the City and County of Andrews. Really, the politicians who make up the government of Andrews and Andrews County are only temporary winners if you consider that they must live in the cesspool they have created for themselves and their constituents. So really, Mr. Jones, it is just a WIN SITUATION for Waste Control Specialists and Harold Simmons.
Does this sound a little arrogant to anyone?! Mr. Jones, Waste Management Specialists, and Harold Simmons see themselves as "a solution to a national problem." Thank goodness for our savior and benefactor Tom Jones! What would become of Andrews, Texas without the economic boom offered by Waste Control Specialists! And smiling down on us all like a god on high is Harold Simmons, who generously built (with our money) a radioactive waste facility for the good people of Andrews. I know Mr. Simmons could only have had the best interest of the people in Andrews in mind as he built this waste facility. I almost get goose bumps as I bask in the warm glow of this man's generosity!
Thank you so much, Mr. Jones, for letting us know that Waste Control Specialists will solve all our problems. I know you are only interested in the BEST for us!
Ummm...wait a minute. Let's review:
Mr. Simmons built a radioactive waste facility that was only to receive and dispose of medical waste.
The Waste Control Specialists facility would generate jobs galore for the Andrews area.
No "dangerous" waste would be brought into the area.
The City of Andrews and the County of Andrews would receive five percent of the gross profits from WCS.
Once again, what could be wrong with this "national solution?" Won't we all benefit from this facility? Won't the environment be safe?
Oh, there are just a couple of tiny little things...
There are those pesky leaks and other environmental issues that have plagued WCS to this very day.
And, oh yes, they forgot to mention that from day one Harold Simmons was working his influence and control behind the scenes so that other kinds of nuclear waste would eventually be accepted.
Oh yes, there is the little thing about THIRTY SIX OTHER STATES dumping their waste in Texas.
Also, the Ogallala Acquifer is in imminent danger of contamination from this dump site.
And the BIG ONE --
Harold Simmons and company can reap all the profit (but five percent tossed out like food scraps to the government of Andrews) and then JUST WALK AWAY in fifteen years, making US (TEXANS -NOT JUST CITIZENS OF ANDREWS), responsible for the mess, and leaving all of us lucky Texans as the owners of the nuclear waste out here in Andrews.
As all of this transpires, no doubt Mr. Tom Jones will be crowing about the great Waste Control Specialists as the "national solution" in some other economically depressed and emotionally fearful community. Who knows, maybe he can even guaranty seventy-five jobs for the new contamination site, I mean Waste Facility, maybe somewhere near Yellowstone Park or in the Rocky Mountains.
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