Good Morning Neighbor:Please see the email and Final Health Consultation below. It should have just been called the Final Non Report. Over 200 public comments were submitted and not one objection from the community made a difference in the final report. We must by no means back down - we must stand on the facts - we all know we were sick - we all know we were poisoned - we all know the truth and we are not a community of liars. Remember their way around all of this is to call this a Consultation "we just talked to a few people, collected some written information and this is what we gathered". Remember not one person in our community has ever been physically examined by a physician from the ATSDR. This whole study was a huge waste of tax payers dollars because an in-depth study was never conducted which would have truly benefited our community and the State of Georgia.Once again, I ask who do these agencies serve?Your neighbor,Connie
Constance Thomas Biemiller, ChairSouth Fulton and Fayette Community Task ForceWeb Site - thecommunityvoice.tv770-314-6999As Margaret Mead once said:Never underestimate the power of a few committed people to change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.From: "Franklin Sanchez" <fjsanchez@dhr.state.ga.us>Date: March 18, 2008 9:20:47 AM EDTTo: "Biemiller, Constance Thomas" <dcbiemlr@bellsouth.net>Subject: PSC Final Health ConsultationConnie,The final version of the health consultation with public comments addressed on the PSC methyl mercaptan release site in Fairburn has been published. Attached is the final version for your records. Please share with Task Force members.Regards,Frank
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
PSC Final Health Consultation
Monday, March 10, 2008
Town Hall Meetings
Good Morning Neighbor:I attended Congressman Scott's Town Hall Meeting on Saturday and they were gracious enough to let me go beyond my two minutes to give the speech below.Please take some time and read it - after learning so much over the past two years - the need for Buffer Zone Legislation is where we are heading. I do not have to tell you that Georgia has none. I am also including a new posting by the AJC today on pharmaceuticals found in drinking water all across this country. Once again industry told them, there were no harmful levels found even though municipalities did not even have testing for pharmaceuticals in drinking water. It wasn't until the Associated Press hired independent researchers that all of this was found. This article gives a summary of the published results. If you remember, we have been told the same thing that our drinking water is safe yet there is no testing for Ethoprop in our drinking water so how could anyone have ever told us we were safe!!http://www.thecommunityvoice.tv/forums/topic/37711?page_no=1#118115Last, but not least, I want to remind everyone of the Quarry Town Hall meeting this Wednesday at 7pm. It will be held at the Burdette Gym off of Burdette road off of Old National. Remember, what is happening to our Quarry community touches us all!!!!Your neighbor,ConnieConstance Thomas Biemiller, ChairSouth Fulton and Fayette Community Task ForceWeb Site - communitytaskforce.tv770-314-6999As Margaret Mead once said:Never underestimate the power of a few committed people to change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
Monday, March 03, 2008
221 Signatures and Counting
Good Morning Neighbor:The first day out petitioning to Stop the Blasting with the Quarry Task Force was a great success. Once the word got out that there was a petition to be signed, people started driving over to participate. The stories told were horrendous - water pipes dislodged, gas pipes dislodged, decks and driveways separating from the house, garage floors caving in and the list goes on. There were some who knew something was going wrong with their home but did not know it was the blasting - the blasting occurs while they are at work.As one gentleman put it on Saturday, "there is a lot of love in the air". And, it was so true, people coming together to make a difference from all over South Fulton and Fayette. Ester Cosby from Oakley Township holding posters on the street for the cause - Dot Goodwin from Fayette coming to sign the petition - Michael Venable from the Old National Association coming to collect forms to get the word out and many, many others.The Quarry Task Force will be holding a Town Hall meeting on March 12 at 7pm at the Burdette Gym on Burdette Rd. Government officials will be invited and the community will begin to formulate plans to move forward to protect their homes and health. All are invited to show solidarity in this effort.Also, on other fronts - Oakley Township has been told by Fulton County that DR Horton will have the Detention Ponds repaired within the next 30 days!!-Peachtree City Council received the SFF Task Force Letter asking them not to use the sewage water - Councilmen Haddix and Sturbaumresponded but it still appears that they are fixed on spreading the sewage effluent onto the recreation fields. See the Editorial Ben Nelmswrote regarding this issue -http://www.thecommunityvoice.tv/forums/topic/36892?page_no=1#116326And, last but not least, U.S. Congressman David Scott will be holding a Town Hall Meeting this Saturday - March 8th at City Hall in Union City at 2pm. This will be a time to come and give public comment with regard to problems in our community or successes such as PSC. Take these moments when you can get them and let your voice be heard!!Your neighbor,ConnieConstance Thomas Biemiller, ChairSouth Fulton and Fayette Community Task ForceWeb Site - communitytaskforce.tv770-314-6999As Margaret Mead once said:Never underestimate the power of a few committed people to change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Quarry Task Force Petition Drive
Good Afternoon Neighbor:I wanted to let everyone know that the Quarry Task Force will be holding their first petition drive this Saturday March 1, 2008 from 11 to 3pm at the Buffington Road Fire Station. Please make every effort to come out and sign their petition to Stop the Blasting for the Health and Welfare of our Community.If you are coming from the Interstate, take Flat Shoals Rd and turn right on Buffington to the Fire Station. Or you can come from Old National Hwy turn left on Burdette Rd - rt on Burdette way - left on Meadows Way - left on Bill Cook Rd and then you will come to the intersection of Buffington and the Fire station is at that intersection.I want to end my email with a precious story about Mr. Rogers that Andre Walker of GA Politics Unfiltered posted today. I have often thought about our connection with Mr. Rogers who was passionate about the benefits of being a good neighbor and how ironic that I began all of my emails in the summer of 2006 to our community with "Good Morning Neighbor". I feel our community takes very seriously the spiritual directive of "Love thy Neighbor as Thyself" and I am so blessed to a be a part of such a large neighborhood known as the South Fulton and Fayette Community.http://georgiaunfiltered.blogspot.com/2008/02/remembering-mr-rogers.html
Your neighbor,ConnieConstance Thomas Biemiller, ChairSouth Fulton and Fayette Community Task ForceWeb Site - communitytaskforce.tv770-314-6999As Margaret Mead once said:Never underestimate the power of a few committed people to change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
Monday, February 18, 2008
Peachtree City Plans on Using Waste Sludge on Recreation Fields
Good Evening Neighbor:Our very own Dennis Chase is featured on the Ben Show - this is of very high importance as to what Dennis and Ben have to say. If you know anyone who lives in Peachtree City, you need to make sure they listen to this. The Peachtree City Council is turning a deaf ear and our children will be harmed.http://www.thecitizen.com/~citizen0/audio/play/25618I am also enclosing the website information for the Peachtree City Council - please start sending your emails directly to them sharing your concerns. I plan to draft a letter of concern from the Task Force as well. Also, remember that you can go and give public comment this Thursday at their City Council meeting. LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD!!!!http://www.peachtree-city.org/CurrentEvents.asp?EID=487Your Neighbor,ConnieConstance Thomas Biemiller, ChairSouth Fulton and Fayette Community Task ForceWeb Site - communitytaskforce.tv770-314-6999As Margaret Mead once said:Never underestimate the power of a few committed people to change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
And They Said It Could Not Be Done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good Morning Neighbor:December 22, 2006 we saw the closing of the"Waste Water Treatment" operation of PSC and now we are going to witness the closing of that last 10% of legal operation they had left - see the email below I received yesterday. I have asked for a timeline.Connie,EPD has received a closure plan for the solidification pit at PSC. The plan includes cleaning the concrete pit, removing the concrete pit, and back filling the pit with clean soil and seeding with grass.Derrick WilliamsUnit CoordinatorAtlanta Tradeport, Suite 1044244 International ParkwayAtlanta, Georgia 30354Office (404) 362-4512Never, Never underestimate the power of a few committed people to change the world!!!! We are a testament that it can be done and are eager to help other communities all across this State to do the same. In fact, last night the Quarry Task Force was formed and strategic plans are being made to fight Vulcan Industries. THE BLASTING WILL STOP!! Peoples lives will be put first in the State of Georgia!I want to end this email with a great community I was just introduced to via website - I learned of them through a great neighbor, Ashley Simpson of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy. They are known as NGASS - North Georgia Against Septic Spreading (I pray that they did not get any of our pesticide sludge). They have a wonderful website and I absolutely love the song that comes on when you open their site - it is the motto of all of our communities!!Your neighbor,ConnieConstance Thomas Biemiller, ChairSouth Fulton and Fayette Community Task ForceWeb Site - communitytaskforce.tv770-314-6999As Margaret Mead once said:Never underestimate the power of a few committed people to change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
Monday, February 11, 2008
Hazardous Waste Recycler Jailed in Mississippi
Good Morning Neighbor:Has there ever been an environmental conviction in Georgia? This could set a precedent for our community to file charges against AMVAC in Alabama for marking their product dumped here as "Waste Water" when it clearly was not. In fact, our Task Force has concluded that the mixture that was sent here was extremely more potent than that used by farmers.http://www.thecommunityvoice.tv/forums/topic-34786-hazardous-waste-recycler-jailed-in-mississippiYour neighbor,ConnieP.S. The Task Force is in the process of building a new website - right now I am having to ask Tech support to lengthen the Forum pages so that entire news articles might be submitted. We are trying to post the articles from past to present so that anyone can readily read the entire history of our community event. We will be posting videos from our Town Hall meetings in the coming week so keep a check on our new site as it evolves - there is already a photo album completed of our first protest - go to the communitytaskforce.tvConstance Thomas Biemiller, ChairSouth Fulton and Fayette Community Task ForceWeb Site - communitytaskforce.tv770-314-6999As Margaret Mead once said:Never underestimate the power of a few committed people to change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
Friday, February 08, 2008
Same Story just Different Players
Hi all:I attended the meeting regarding the Red Oak Quarry that is causing damage to homes in South Fulton and I am suffering from Post Traumatic Stress this morning because I relived our first Town Hall Meeting July 19, 2006. Our neighbors just off of Old National are dealing with the very same issues!! Corporate hired seismographic testing that tells folks their houses are not being harmed yet their houses have cracks in the walls and foundations and often times when there is a blast their furniture moves and their books and pictures fall off the wall. The people are ill from breathing in blasting particles but the air has not been tested in the community and the list just goes on!!!However, I cannot tell you how wonderful it was to be able to give our neighbors of sense of hope. It is now a proven fact that all of our Task Force efforts are going to have a ripple effect and be able to help other communities replicate what we have done. Our community should feel so very proud - we are now able to give to others in such a way that truly helps to change peoples lives for the better.Have a wonderful Friday - I know I am because I know we can help make a difference.Your neighbor,Connie
Constance Thomas Biemiller, ChairmanSouth Fulton and Fayette Community Task ForceWeb Site - thecommunityvoice.tv770-314-6999As Margaret Mead once said:Never underestimate the power of a few committed people to change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
The Ben Show
Good Evening Neighbor:I just finished listening to this week's edition of The Ben Show - it is a great audio show that The Citizen has just started and I encourage you to give it a listen each week. This week Ben focuses on local environmental issues and PSC just happens to be one of them.Also, just a reminder of the Town Hall meeting tomorrow night regarding the Red Oak Quarry. When neighbors ban together - nothing can stop the common good from being revealed.Your neighbor,ConnieAs Margaret Mead once said:Never underestimate the power of a few committed people to change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
Monday, February 04, 2008
Information on Quarry Meeting
Good Morning again Neighbor:The Meadows Action Group will be holding a Town Hall Meeting this Thursday night at 7pm - 2945 Burdette Road. This meeting will be to hear citizens concerns and to formulate a plan to do whatever it takes to stop the blasting at the Red Oak Quarry. We need to support our neighbors so please do try to come out - they need a room that is standing room only.Your neighbor,ConnieAs Margaret Mead once said:Never underestimate the power of a few committed people to change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
Important Articles
Good Morning Neighbor:There is so much to share!! Please see all the articles below. We will be going to help our neighbors near the Red Oak Quarry this Thursday night as they begin to put a stop to the blasting that is severely damaging their homes as well as endangering their health from breathing in small particles of debris on a regular basis. I will send you more information in the very near future on exact meeting place and time.Your neighbor,Conniehttp://www.thecommunityvoice.tv/forums/topic-33776-hazardous-chemicals-in-peachtree-city
http://www.thecommunityvoice.tv/forums/topic-33775-fairburn-is-moving-towards-being-a-green-cityConstance Thomas Biemiller, ChairSouth Fulton and Fayette Community Task Forcecommunitytaskforce.orgWeb Site - thecommunityvoice.tv770-314-6999As Margaret Mead once said:Never underestimate the power of a few committed people to change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
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