Timothy Gannaway, secretary of a group called Promote Andrews, writes to disagree with Harold Simmons’ claim that most of those protesting Simmons’ West Texas radioactive-waste dump are out-of-staters:
The Lonestar Chapter of the Sierra Club and SEED Coalition (both based in Austin) have long been fighting this facility. Now Andrews’ residents are speaking out against the facility. The non-profit organization Promote Andrews (http://PromoteAndrews.com) has launched a campaign dubbed “Don’t Waste Texas” to help spread awareness about WCS facilities and the plans to import radioactive waste from most other states.Â
          Last month the Andrews Chamber of Commerce and Andrews Economic Development Corporation (both of which receive funding by WCS) launched a campaign called “The Texas Solution” to promote WCS plans (http://TexasSolution.com). This campaign was launched to portray the town as being in-favor of WCS and plans to become the nation’s radioactive waste dump. The parties involved are trying to convince the TLLRWDCC (http://www.tllrwdcc.org) there is no opposition in the community.
