County Council Denies Tondu Permit
September 22nd, 2005
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)
Entry Filed under: Energy, Environment