In today’s Austin American-Statesman, there appears a story about a company called Waste Control Specialists and its plans to bury (even more) nuclear waste from all over the country in West Texas — over the objections of many who say the site isn’t ideal because it sits atop groundwater deposits. WCS, as you by no doubt know by now, is a company controlled by Dallas billionaire Harold Simmons. And why do you know this? Because we called him an evil genius in our February issue. My money is on Simmons. He’s got the game rigged.
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