City manager comments on Weekly's editorial on asphalt plant, PR position costs Comments on Stories, posted by Editor, Pleasanton Weekly Online, on Aug 24, 2007 at 10:27 am
In a 525-word commentary emailed to the Pleasanton Weekly, City Manager Nelson Fialho took exception to an Aug. 10 editorial in this newspaper that said taxpayers would pay $500,000 to move an asphalt plant away from Vineyard Avenue neighborhoods, and that a Public Information Officer is a vital position needed by the city government.
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Posted by Tom, a resident of the California Reflections neighborhood, on Aug 24, 2007 at 10:27 am
It seems that this is par for the course for PW research. Misinformation and quotes given by other people and just taken as gospel without being verified are more suited for the tabloids.
Posted by Steve Brozosky, a resident of the Vineyard Hills neighborhood, on Sep 5, 2007 at 4:03 pm
Sylvia, the plant will either be located off of Stanley, across from the existing asphalt plant at Vulcan, or it will be moved completely offsite. I was the one who initiated all the processes to do something about this asphalt plant that appeared without any public notice or even a hearing in the county. They handled it over the counter. This forced me to research the whole project and I found all the documentation going back to the 1950's which allowed a plant at its existing location (which was off of Stanley). Clearly it was wrong to have the plant where it is now and I have been working with the City and County to take care of this problem that start 5 or 6 years ago. In addition to this, the plant was placed within a few hundred feet of the Neal Elementary School Site was already approved by the State. There are state laws about locating a plant this close to a school site without noticing the school district (which was not noticed) and the community, and then making some findings.
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