As the Greensboro City Council prepares to select one of six bidding companies to run the White Street landfill, council member Danny Thompson meets with opponents:
Addressing the Citizens for Economic Change and Environmental Justice on Monday, Thompson presented his calculations on how much money the city could save by dumping household trash in the landfill.
The dozens of people in pews at Laughlin Memorial United Methodist Church clamored to get the microphone to ask him questions on nonfiscal issues — the noise, the rodents, the odor and the health concerns. Some people who live in the northeast part of town where the landfill sits said people from other districts don’t like the plan.
Thompson didn’t budge.
“There are 100, 150 people in there,” Thompson said in an interview. “I gotta make a decision for 260,000.”
The N&R adds fellow council member Robbie Perkins urged Thompson to join him in voting to delay selecting a company. Former council member and vocal landfill opponent Goldie Wells said “it seems as if the rush is on so that we can get through before elections.” Seems to me that works both ways — landfill opponents are trying to delay the selection of a company and the awarding of a contract until after the election.
