County Council Denies Tondu Permit
The St. Joseph County Council has voted to deny the special use permit for the proposed Tondu coal gasification plant.
The final vote was 7-2.
The two “yes” votes were from Andrew Kostielney (R - District B), and Dale Devon (R - District C).
The “no” votes were from Randy Przbysz (D - District A), Rafael Morton (D - District D), Michael Kruk (D - District E), Dennis Schafer (R - District F), Mark Catanzarite (D - District G), Joseph A. Baldoni (D - District H), and Mark Root (R - District I).
If you are intereseted, you can access the District maps here.
The folks at Michiana Quality of Life worked to put together an impressive grass-roots effort on this issue.
(update: here)
September 22nd, 2005