Joe Doakes from Como Park emails:
When told the EPA broke open a retaining wall releasing 3 million gallons of toxic waste into the river but declared it safe two weeks later, the mine owner reportedly said “Well, hell, you didn’t need to do that for us; we could have done it ourselves.”
joe doakes
And for much less money, too.
Joe:
I’m correct in your version of this story the company isn’t going to get a fine which is why they couldn’t do it themselves.
Walter Hanson
Minneapolis, MN