Sunday, August 23, 2009

US Ecologist (Chemical/Waste Dumpsite): "We Are Not Required To Run Our Annoucements In Spanish Or An Hispanic-Oriented Publication"


Robstown, Texas and Area in Danger – Critical INFO KEPT FROM THEM!!!

“WE ARE NOT REQUIRED TO RUN OUR ANNOUNCEMENT IN SPANISH”

Robstown, Texas – US Ecologists is listed as one of the most dangerous and dirtiest chemical/nuclear waste disposal sites in the nation by an organization that keeps score on such dangerous dump sites. SCORECARD.ORG; this watchdog group and other trustworthy ones are concerned about US Ecologist (especially their role in Robstown area; an area where Hispanics for the most part orbit the burg). Their website displays a chart that diagrams the score of all dumpsites they have researched. US Ecologists in Robstown is portrayed in an ultra-dangerous category.

The local US Ecologists dumping site is located less than a handful of miles from the small community of Robstown. Despite the above, and as it is getting more clearly more obvious by the day, their “infamous” mount of waste and refuge (known as “El Centro) is protruding higher and higher in altitude. As one visitor to the site put it: “It looks like a huge volcano that is going gobble up their tiny offices.” In this city, known as Robstown, mostly an Hispanic and ethnic minority community is plague according to regional medical data obtained as being weighed down with high rates of cancer, diabetes, kidney and liver maladies and a crazy quilt of other environmental factor related variables related to ill health.

US Ecologists IN A BLATANT MOVE, NOW Seeks New Permits Before Governmental Regulatory Agencies – Yet Refuses To Responsibly Inform The Public About Required Hearings (in Spanish as required or as ethically expected by any entity)…

But the biggest danger of all is not the despicable site or activities that seem to be furtively conducted on a day-in and day-out basis, but the lack of responsible information they are blatantly keeping from the public. A representative of US Ecologists – which for care reasons we shall abbreviate to Christie Perez – told El Defenzor newspaper that they are not required by law to do their new cycles of “news announcements of public hearing in Spanish.”

The above behavior by the regional US Ecologists clearly hints at their clandestine and mealy-mouth agenda. As one resident said: “Nuclear waste being dumped here from other states and they don’t want us to know the consequences? We have children, we have wives, and we have grandmas. I have seen people here die of horrible, horrible illnesses such as cancer and other maladies that have never been fully explained. US Ecologists now much be placed under the microscope.”

Another resident opined: “Where are our leaders? They are sitting next to the former CEO of US Ecologists at the regional Fairgrounds? In fact, the former president – Joe Kramer -- of US Ecologists is there is now the President of the Robstown Area Development Corporation and has been a seat in the Corpus Christi Regional Economic Development.

And Kramer’s role in the Robstown Area Development Corporation now has being in question. As the Corpus Christi-times Reported: “In April, an auditor disclosed that the agency (Robstown Area Development Corporation) had failed to submit annual financial statements to the IRS, used by donors to gauge whether money is being spent wisely. The audit also found that checks were missing, documentation was lacking for a nutrition program and purchase orders were not being used. Those documents are also used to determine whether funds are used appropriately.”

There are many new links that will looked at the in the next coming editions of El Defenzor newspaper (Visit our website at www.eldefenzor.com).

17 comments:

No Gard said...

Homero - what is the wonderful Mayor of Robstown and County Commissioner doing to assist residents with this matter? are they launching an investigation? are they involved in it at all? do they care? are they profiting off this site? If so, I would say that if money was their motivating factor, then they don't care about the people of Robstown as they so claim.

Anonymous said...

If you remember back, when farmers reported that there when it was known as "Texas Ecologists" (now American Ecology or US Ecology Texas Inc.,).. chicken's were being born without feathers... Can you imagine the impact of our children. Where is Rep. Abel Herrero, Ortiz? Our mayor? Elias Vasquez, city councilman, he has no scruples; made a living all of his life from politics and the inner self out game.

Anonymous said...

Christi Perez, my uncle used to work there but left because of danger just being there. Is Christie Perez the Anglo lady with the Hispanic last name in the administration office?

Anonymous said...

I understand El Defenzor is the only Robstown locally own and operated paper... The Record Star is owned by the Alice Echo and their owners are from Georgia somewhere... It is important that El Defenzor play an elemental role in this matter.

Info and research is the key. Let's being to put light on the matter; they can no longer operate under the radar... They are killing our people Genocide is the word I was looking for.

Anonymous said...

We need to start calling some federal agency and the governor... we need the Obama Adminstration to know the population in this area/ ethic/social class and the lack of responsible "news releases" really required by law being suppressed. We need to let the air and water control boards also know they are in violation of their application for new permits... they don't want Hispanic community input. The bad thing is that we let guys like Kramer penetrate our community and abuse the system which affects our kids. Kramer should be fired immediately as well as his sidekick the EXe Dir. Faugh who came to us from GTE (another corporation).

Anonymous said...

Filthy. Putrid. Dead awaits a community all for the greed of profit. They are worst then the mafia.. they are an institutionalized killing machine.

Anonymous said...

Those huge trucks rush through out community placing our community in danger.

Anonymous said...

Let's form a citizens group and approach up in as parents of children. It will snowball... yeah.

Anonymous said...

I'm emailing the regulatory agencies now. Soon they will know and know we mean business.

Anonymous said...

El Defenzor is our voice. All other media is secondary in my eyes.

Anonymous said...

Scr.W them. Take their crap somewhere else to the Southside of Corpus see what happens.

Anonymous said...

Pass the word around.. and use Spanish... our language of emotion. Si Raza.

Anonymous said...

I'm going to go take my video cam tomorrow outside the site.

Anonymous said...

My son has terrible migrane headaches and I think it is from the site. The doctor said it could be environmental poisoning.

Anonymous said...

What happen to the former General manager of American Ecologists and his dog that he named TECO? what happened?

Anonymous said...

I heard he dog they were giving publicity to died from drinking the water there... Kramer immediately moved his family away. Would have been crazy to stay there next to the site... it was just a PR stunt... Now we know the hypocrisy.

Arturo Limon Jr. said...

Mr. Villarreal has been fighting for the voiceless for years--yet, those in political power shun him because he does not sellout to their wicked corrupt ways. Oh, come election time they--cowardly politicians--seek El Defenzor and beg Homer for a favorable write-up along with a political ad and fail to pay Mr. Villarreal for the political ad and yet Mr. Villarreal does not pursue with litigation against these cowardly politicians. Ask Mr. Villarreal how many have come in the dead of night in order to conceal their shameful tracks to Mr. Villarreal's home or rencontrez-vous dans le secret.
Yes, how much $$$ has gone into the pockets of our local home grown politicians for their silence and ignorance to the many dangers that this toxic dump site has spewed over the years to the raza of Robstown and the surrounding communities.