Posts by Herb Holland
FEDERAL COURT DISMISSES DUMP DEVELOPER’S LAWSUIT AGAINST CITY OF LAREDO
LAREDO – The United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas has officially dismissed the lawsuit brought by dump developer Rancho Viejo Waste Management against the City of Laredo stemming from the City Council’s May 16, 2016 resolution to oppose the Pescadito Environmental Resource Center (“the dump”). Once again, Rancho Viejo was flatly…
Read MoreDUMP LOBBYIST DISCIPLINED BY TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION; RECEIVES “SLAP ON THE WRIST.”
Despite the efforts of thousands of concerned citizens and glaring deficiencies, someone at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality declared the application for the proposed Pescadito dump technically complete and directly referred the application to the State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH) for a contested case hearing without allowing the TCEQ Commissioners to rule on…
Read MoreDUMP DEVELOPER ADMITS HE LIED ABOUT BRINGING COAL ASH TO LAREDO!
On May 7, CY Benavides made a two-hour appearance on a local Facebook Live show, telling lie after lie about his proposed Pescadito toxic dump. He said almost no coal ash is sent to landfills, but admitted he’d take it and other toxic wastes. He said his dump would only take the same type of…
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