Citizens deserve more info on sewer project

Improved sewer service is needed; $3 million for 157 acres of flood plain and wildlife habitat is not the answer.

If WWTA would justify its actions, it wouldn’t have to defend itself from angry mobs as at a recent public meeting. Five hundred attended, and it’s early. Numbers will grow. Reasonable people react reasonably if a modicum of truth is present. The more covert, the more light of day voters will bring to bear:

› No feasibility study

› No cost/benefit analysis

› No financial analysis

› No community impact study

› No environmental study

› No plant design

› No disclosure of any facts whatsoever

Is this how you run your household? Your business? WWTA’s proposal affects ratepayers and other homeowners who neither want or need this plant. No big deal? Put it on your street.

Some citizens have alleged multiple commissioners’ conflicts of interest. Several residents at the meeting said they are willing to take legal action to protect families’ safety and property values. If adults in the room (aka responsible public servants) wrest control of this spiraling issue, those lawsuits don’t need to happen, and a better solution for all can be found.

Status quo doesn’t seem acceptable for such a contested issue.

Alan Hintz

Ooltewah