Here are videos of all the speakers, for, against, staff, and Commissioners, at the Thursday Bradford County Commission about Chemours expanding onto SRWMD land in a new Trail Ridge South Mine.
I especially recommend the Commissioner Comments, in which each Commissioner explains his position before the vote.
You’ve already seen the 3 to 2 Bradford BOCC vote for the Chemours Trail Ridge South titanium mine on SRWMD land.
Below are links to each WWALS video of each speaker, followed by a WWALS video playlist. The videos are unedited. The only gaps are a few where my finger slipped or where I was changing batteries and cameras. Anybody who knows the missing names of some of the speakers, please comment. See also Jim Tatum’s commentary and pictures for OSFR.
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Crowd waiting
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Gathering
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Will they stop accepting speaker cards? –Carol Mosley
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Order, Invocation, Pledge –Chair Frank Durrance
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Public Hearing –Attorney Will Sexton
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Award for lifesaving –Sheriff Gordon Smith
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Communications & Swearing in –Dep. Clerk Marlene Stafford & Atty
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Overview –Tommy Andrews, Zoning
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Introduction –Thomas Ingram, Atty, Chemours
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Who we are and what we do –Jody Sciance, Sales, Chemours
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Location, Process –Thomas Ingram, Atty, Chemours
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Reclamation, Permits –Connie Henderson, Environmental Manager, Chemours
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Hydrostratigraphy –Consultant, Chemours
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Wrapup with Q from staff & board –Thomas Ingram, Atty, Chemours
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Clarification of Comments –Chair Frank Durrance
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A lot of Chemours employees in the room –Kevin Contos
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Owns previously-mined land –David Padgett
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Works for Rayonier –Dan Roach
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22 years a miner –Shane Rewis
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How benign, when many lawsuits? –?
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Proud to work for Chemours –?
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What recourse do we have if unreclaimed? –?
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You guys represent us –Nancy Germano
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Chemours sued all over U.S. –Tom Germano
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CAPM letter part 1 –Becky Parker
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CAPM letter part 2 –Carol Burton
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For air and water, we’re all Bradford County –Kate Gallagher
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Representative of Chemours employees –Brad Hillard
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Back yard of where they will be dumping their waste water
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No slide for FDEP Consent Order –Carol Mosley
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Have you done your due diligence? –Danny Wolf
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Not given ample time to review –Mark Lyons
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Calling Stasia Rudolph
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So many lawsuits against Chemours –Stasia Rudolph
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Cancers of the liver –Steve Pieczenik
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People out in the hall did not hear –Cathy Steel
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Second generation Florida plant retiree –Michael Lee
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Not speaking –Chris Town
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OSFR statement –Kristin Rubin
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Twin Pines Minerals and water issues –John S. Quarterman
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Applause
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Violations flow downstream –Jim Tatum
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Overcrowded
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Postpone to avoid legal battle
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36 years a miner –Shane Thornton
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Think of the kids –Benji Bass
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Another generation of miners –Sam Norman
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Calling Amy Stanley
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Only got notice yesterday –Amy Parker
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Rights of Nature –Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson
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Calling Paul Still
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Long list of omissions in application –Paul Still
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Paul Still not expert and SRWMD knows –Chemours
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Grew up by the mine –Chris Dougherty, Vice-Chairman
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Vote 3:2 for Chemours titanium mine expansion
Here’s a LAKE video playlist:
Videos: Chemours titanium mine expansion, Bradford BOCC 2019-10-17
Video by John S. Quarterman for WWALS Watershed Coalition (WWALS),
Starke, Bradford County, Florida.
-jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®
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