EDITORIAL BLOCK THE DUMP THE FUTURE OF BRADLEY LANDFILL IS IN SACRAMENTO'S HANDS.THE months of delay have finally come to an end, and today marks a key decision for the state's Integrated Waste Management Board. Will its members let the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. remain Los Angeles' dumping ground, or will they take community concerns more seriously than city officials ever have? At question is the future of Sun Valley's Bradley Landfill, which City Hall thoughtlessly granted a permit allowing the dump to increase its height by 43 feet and its acreage by 10 percent, while extending its operating life to 2007. In the meantime Adv. 1. in the meantime - during the intervening time; "meanwhile I will not think about the problem"; "meantime he was attentive to his other interests"; "in the meantime the police were notified" meantime, meanwhile , local activists, led by the East Valley coalition, have fought to block the expansion, gaining the invaluable help of many Valley leaders, most notably state Sen. Richard Alarcon, D-Van Nuys. On Monday, Alarcon, citing concerns about radioactivity from the dump contaminating con·tam·i·nate tr.v. con·tam·i·nated, con·tam·i·nat·ing, con·tam·i·nates 1. To make impure or unclean by contact or mixture. 2. To expose to or permeate with radioactivity. adj. local groundwater, asked Mayor James Hahn For the Iowa politician, see . James Kenneth "Jim" Hahn (born July 3, 1950) is an American politician from the Democratic Party. He was the Deputy City Attorney (1975-1979), City Controller (1981-1985), City Attorney (1985-2001) and Mayor of Los Angeles, California to yank Yank steamship stoker vainly tries to climb the social ladder, then fails in attempt to avenge himself on society. [Am. Drama: O’Neill The Hairy Ape in Sobel, 339] See : Failure (jargon) yank the city's approval for Bradley expansion, but Hahn declined. Now it's up to state leaders to do what their city counterparts wouldn't: Look out for the Valley and the best interest of all California neighborhoods by rejecting Bradley's application. |
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