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Sound-Off Response to Fields letter

From the July 31, 2008 Daily Corinthian:
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I am writing in response to the July 18 letter by First District Supervisor Keith Fields. In his letter, Keith asks for support and help instead of criticism. Just exactly what does Keith think the group from Wenasoga came to offer at the July 7th meeting?
Instead of [...]

Keith Fields responds to Sound-Offs

From the July 18, 2008 Daily Corinthian:
Rethink landfill situation
To the editor:
I am writing this letter to express my strong desire to find another solution to the county’s current landfill situation. My wife, daughter and I live in Wenasoga and we are just as much a part of the community here as anyone else involved in [...]

Sound-Off Round Up

Here’s a few of the Daily Corinthian Sound-Offs that have come out in favor of the effort to Stop the Forrest School Road Landfill:
July 12, 2008
Time to Stand Up
As I get the news out of this latest tragedy of a board of supervisor’s meeting, I have to ask: “Where is the voice of First District [...]

Letter to the Editor - Greg Hinton

A landfill. Some of the supervisors want to know what the big deal is with putting a landfill by someone’s house. Some of the supervisors even said we would never know it’s there. Well, let me tell you why my family’s going to know it’s there.
In February 2002, my son, Graham was diagnosed with cancer. [...]

Letter to the Editor - Clarence Hinton

Twelve years ago, the board of supervisors realized they made a mistake by selecting the Forrest School Road site for a landfill. They listened to the concerns of the local citizens and determined a hasty decision didn’t have to be a life-long mistake - it wasn’t an election year then either.
My parents bought the land [...]

Letter to the Editor - Charlie McNair

Thomas Jefferson once said, “Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government. Whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they may be relied on to set them to rights.”
And that is where we are today. Things have gone so far wrong on this landfill issue that [...]

Sign the Petition

Sign the petition, you can download it here or view and print here. If you would like one brought to you, click here and let us know. Mail printed petitions to Lisha Hopper, 30 CR 730, Corinth, MS 38834. Read about it in the Daily Corinthian.
So, what does the petition say?
To the Alcorn County [...]

Letter to the Editor of the Daily Corinthian

Letter to the Editor

It was surprising to see the front page story (of the 6/14/2008 Daily Corinthian) on the soil tests for the proposed landfill site on Forrest School Road since the residents were told the results wouldn’t be back for at least 10 more days. It is also very interesting [...]

Community Meeting Recap

There was a community meeting at the Wenasoga Volunteer Fire Dept on Thursday, May 29, 2008 at 6 p.m. to discuss the landfill. Get a recap in the Tupelo Daily Journal here or the Daily Corinthian here.
Forrest School Road Landfill Presentation

Citizens fighting against site of proposed landfill

A group of citizens met with the Alcorn County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, May 20. Click here to read the full story in the Daily Corinthian.