[CPEO-BIF] Possible New Bedford (MA) buy-out

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Environmental activists, mayor swap moves, counter-moves

Jack Spillane
New Bedford Standard-Times (MA)
September 6, 2009

When it comes to the contaminated land near the new Keith Middle School, 
it's like a game of chess between Mayor Scott Lang and the environmental 
activists.

One side makes a move and the other side countermoves.

So the mayor, at first, said the city would only pay for six of the 10 
houses and a church located on contaminated land near Keith; the 
activists then publicly accused Lang of abandoning the other home-owners 
and church in the environmentally compromised neighborhood.

The activists then said the EPA is the only agency that can afford to 
oversee the whole Keith cleanup. The mayor responded that he'll help the 
owners of the five residences not purchased, after all, if they really 
feel their land is unsafe.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009909060357

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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