Proposed landlfill sparks heated debate

I agree that is unfair to only let the people of Northwest speak out at this meeting tonight. It will impact all of us in Brunswick County within range of this landfill. The company can SAY there will be a barrier, liner for water run off, etc. anything that will convince the town to approve of this monstrosity, when in fact, we all within a certain distance of it will hear it, smell it, and lose property value immediatley. Some of us live in the "country" to avoid having to live a hussle bustle lifestyle and want a peaceful community to raise our kids in and retire in. And how in the world will truckloads of debris being hauled in every day benefit our roads, kids, drivers, traffic??? Let ALL those who come tonight speak out!

These people have no future. If the tax base is raised because of new homes they have no future to pay higher taxes. They lose their homes. If a new house development is built here they still cannot pay their taxes. A dump will depress their community so that the taxes will be less for longer. But they will never sell that land for jack crap! They cannot win, we will dump on them no matter what. The town council has that already in mind.

There will be a new meeting at the town hall in the town of NorthWest on Monday the 11th of Feb at 7PM. This coming MONDAY! A special meeting has been called. The public is invited to attend. This meeting is for the council members to make a move to push forward with this toxic dump plan and get the ball rolling on the destruction of the community. They want to destroy the futures of the children of that community to make a few lousy dollars now. Greed is at the root of the problem. The meeting rules are set to only allow the taxpayers of the NorthWest community speak at this meeting. Being that the land is still part of the un-town-annexed area of Brunswick County at large and NOT part of the NorthWest town, how can they specify that only tax payers of NorthWest speak? They are trying to stiffle the opposition to this dump by limiting the free speech of the citizens of Brunswick County. Every one that owns property inside of Brunswick County pays taxes on what they own and that money is divvied up in the general fund and distributed to the towns in Brunswick County. So, every Brunswick County taxpayer has the right to speak at the meeting at the town hall this coming Monday night! Our money all, or in part, is distributed to the town of NorthWest and therefore gives us the concerned public the right to speak at this open "public" (as defined by them) forum on the C & D dump they are pushing forward. Everyone come and SPEAK! And anyone that lives elsewhere and would like to do something, please come and lend your presence in the defense of the environment, a whole community of people being railroaded by a rogue town council, against big greedy dirty business and FOR the support of the brave souls that are prepared to speak out with the faith that what they represent is true. Thanks to all!

STOP BUYING NEW HOMES! Then there is no need for the landfill or cutting down all the trees. Wake up and start saving our environment before it's too late.

I wonder about the old stuff that is torn down and landfilled. What about the old lead paints, treated lumber? Plastics and electrical insulation? House insullation?

Where exactly is this dump going to be located? If this is supposed to be construction debris why not make the developers build an area into their plans within the properties to dump this stuff. Waterford and Brunswick Forest are huge, Surely there is enough room for a dump there. Money doesn't give anyone the right to dump it into someone elses backyard.

I guess with all the construction debris that Brunswick county is generating as being one of the fastest growing counties in the nation. They would rather ship all of their waste off to other counties.

How can someone say that a dump of this magnitude would be better than a new community of houses? It is insane to think that a dump made up of toxic old building materials and various other refuse could be a more productive economy base than a whole new community. These people that want to build this C&D dump just want to have their private dumping ground to put their own construction waste and whatever else into. Later they will be taking waste from anywhere and making obscene profits from it that will not get passed on to the town of North East. Even a council member stands to gain a large amount for his participation in bringing this here, but of course these details are private. He is making money on the backs of all the other members of the town! Your homes will all lose value, no matter what their numbers say. All around the country this has never increased ONE property value. And if this thing burns there are so many bad chemicals and toxins that will be released right into the lungs of the people and citizens of the town and county. After years of water sitting here and leaching through the piles, the poisons will be in the ground water that the future generations will have to utilize for resources. If you have kids and grandkids that live or will live in this area, you cannot be for the dump coming into poison their futures!