[CPEO-BIF] Whirlpool TCE contamination, Fort Smith, Arkansas

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Mayor Sanders: Whirlpool issue like a 'divorce'

City Wire
April 1, 2013

Even though Mayor Sandy Sanders spent more than 30 years working for  
Whirlpool, he says citizens of Fort Smith should know that he knew  
nothing about contamination at the manufacturing facility and the  
neighboring residential area until Feb. 12, 2013.

That was the day individuals representing Whirlpool appeared before a  
Fort Smith Board of Directors study session asking for a groundwater  
well ban, which was defeated at the March 27 Board meeting.

Sanders said his time at the manufacturing facility was spent in  
human resources and employee relations.

"Primarily, (in the) earlier years, (I was) doing plant newsletters,  
things like that, employee activities - bowling leagues, golf  
leagues, employee picnics, those kind of things. The last few years,  
I was manager of all salaried personnel, that was sourcing engineers,  
all salaried job openings, performance evaluations, things like  
that," Sanders said.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.thecitywire.com/node/27113

See also http://www.thecitywire.com/node/27040

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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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