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Not In My Backyard
Vietnamese communits fights proposed landfill
Glynn Boyd, ABC 26 News,
April 3, 2006, 5:27 PM CDT
NEW ORLEANS, LA — Residents of The Mary Queen
of Vietnam community are upset a landfill is proposed for New Orleans
East and they had no say in it.
Mayor Ray Nagin signed an executive order two months ago creating this
construction and demolition debris landfill.
Nagin said it's needed because the old Gentilly landfill could close
at anytime.
The assistant Secretary of the Department of Enviornmental Quality,
Chuck Brown said no decision has been made.
Members put their Council representative on the hot seat at a public
hearing Monday morning.
Cynthia Willard-Lewis told the group she and the council didn't have
anything to do with the executive order.
She said the Mayor acted on his own without advising the Council.
Lewis said she will introduce a resoultion asking the Mayor to rescind
the executive order.
Copyright © 2006, WGNO
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