Brockovich up the road from Brownwood ! "Dirty Dancing" Republican Style !
May 13, 2005, 10:20AM
Brockovich to eye complaints in N. Texas town
Associated Press
MIDLOTHIAN — Environmental crusader Erin Brockovich plans to visit Ellis County to investigate whether industrial pollution is hurting people there.
Brockovich attained fame from a movie biography that bore her name.
Her next stop is Midlothian, a town of almost 10,000 residents 25 miles southwest of Dallas.
The California law firm Masry & Vititoe employs her as a researcher and community liaison. The firm has sued industries they contend are polluters who are poisoning or even killing nearby residents.
The law firm is teaming up with the Arlington law McCurdy & McCurdy. Together, they hope to determine whether a case can be built to link pollution from cement plants and other Midlothian industries to cancers and ill health reported by residents.
If they find any violation, they will sue the operators of cement kilns and other industries in Midlothian.
Industry representatives adamantly deny that emissions from their operations have harmed anyone.
Brockovich and company are planning a town hall meeting next month in Midlothian to discuss their research and gauge interest in a suit, said Arlington lawyer Jim Ross, who is working with Brockovich.
Brockovich said she plans "to educate and make the community aware of the facts."
She said she became involved when she got a call from an old high school friend from Lawrence, Kan., who lives in Midlothian.
source: http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/3180679
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Republicans take note of your leaders "Dirty Dancing" with " Big Business " !
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Posted on Mon, May. 16, 2005
Quality of air is low priority
By Scott Streater
Star-Telegram Staff Writer
The Texas Legislature has not been kind to clean-air legislation this year.
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"Industry," he said. "Industry is always able, because of lobbying power and persuasion and political contributions, to defeat these types of things."
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