Taking Up The Challenge

In Hawleyville

 To the Editor:

We, the people of Hawleyville Environmental Advocacy Team (HEAT), applaud the solidarity, strength and determination that the members of the Legislative Council and First Selectman Joe Borst displayed in their knowledgeable questioning of Housatonic Railroad (HRR) Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Ed Rodriguez for the purpose of safeguarding the public health and safety of the people of Newtown. No longer will the sovereign power of the HRR take advantage of the people of Newtown, and neighborhood of Hawleyville, as they did in 2004 when they railroaded over us by starting a solid waste/materials business under their self-proclaimed “right to do so.”

We accept the challenge set before us in opposing the application made by the HRR to the DEP. HEAT opposes the acceptance of any solid waste at the facility. No to solid waste transfer. No to volume reduction. No to being anything except a rail! 

Go to www.dontwastehawleyville.com and get on board.

Dave Broughton

Ann Marie Mitchell

Terry Laslo

On behalf of HEAT

PO Box 142, Hawleyville                                                   July 22, 2009