Gwinnett Trash, Your Money & The Beaudreau Vote
May 24th, 2009 | By Editor | Category: All Posts, Government Representation, Gwinnett, Zoning/SUPThe purpose of this post is to highlight the voting record of your commissioner, Mike Beaudreau as it applies to recent rezoning applications for garbage transfer stations. Even though none of these proposed transfer stations are in our immediate community, it is important to understand how your elected commissioner conducts himself in the face of what is probably intense political pressure coming from within the Gwinnett Board of Commissioners.
The crux of the matter is the appropriate location for a waste transfer station. How Gwinnett County planners and waste professionals recommend one location and how the BoC subsequently rejects these recommendations - by vote - and substitute their own.
It’s about how the BoC’s ultimate decision for location is influenced by political contributions paid to them by the developers who own the land… and the lack of public disclosure of these contributions.
The following articles do a very good job of explaining the situation and are highly recommended reads:
• Gwinnett commissioners under fire over trash stations
By Tim Eberly
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Saturday, May 23, 2009
• Laws for disclosure in debate - Applicants not revealing campaign contributions
By Jamie Ward
Gwinnett Daily Post
Sunday, May 3, 2009
• Some skirt spirit of full disclosure
Editorial
Gwinnett Daily Post
Sunday, May 3, 2009
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