[StBernard] FIELD OF DREAMS

[Westley Annis]

Wendy,

Watch your arguments.  You sound like one of those people who bought a house
on Williams Blvd 20 years ago and now complain about the noise from the
airport.

I don't know the exact timeline, but I have a feeling that the Murphy plant
was there before the homes were built on Jacob, Despaux, etc.  Don't
complain about a factory being next door when the factory was there first.

You mention running Murphy out of the parish.  Where you propose that they
take their jobs to?  What jobs would you replace them with?

I had a few people tell me I was nuts for buying a house across the street
from St. Mark because of the church traffic, school traffic, and fair
traffic.  I recognized all of that would be there before we bought the house
and knew I would have to accept it for what it was.

I would expect the residents of St. Bernard to accept the fact that Murphy
and Chalmette Refining are there.  They were a part of St. Bernard before a
few of us were ever born or moved in the parish.  Without them, St. Bernard
would be poorer in more ways than just money.

Westley


-----Original Message-----
Craig,
 
 
   While I truly respect you and all that you have done for the Parish,
those studies mean absolutely nothing. As I have said in an earlier post,
the jetfuel in 9/11 was supposedly mostly burned up...look what's happening
now. In the end, everything boils down to one thing- the all mighty dollar.
AND NO ONE is going to tell me oil, oil revenue, and profits aren't
influencing the EPA and DEQ. Like I said earlier, why else would we need the
Bucket Brigade, why would Junior have had to fight MRGO for 25 years, etc.
If the parish (not you specifically), EPA, and DEQ WERE all doing there jobs
and truly protecting our citizens, Murphy would have been run from the
parish years ago. How many higher than normal cases of cancer were there on
Jacob, Despaux, etc.? Again, why do we need the BB if everything is and has
always been okay? 
     I'm not saying the Parish has any knowledge of anything, on the
contrary, I believe in the end we will all have been lied to. And as to
Chalmette reopening, I can only pray for St.Bernard's youth. Remember they
thought everything was okay at Love Canal for years.
 
With all my respect,
 
Wendy