Dear Mayor of West Bountiful

Dear Mayor Bahunin,

I write as an active and concerned citizen to express my extreme opposition to the pet-coke plant proposed to go into West Bountiful. I know the reason to bring the plant is because it would supply jobs and money. That is a weak reason when compared to the reasons not to bring it. I'll keep this short: Hazardous material from that plant will land on every yard, every child, every plant and animal, every breathing and non-breathing thing along the Wasatch Front. I'm talking about POISONOUS material.

We are already disgusted with the mass amounts of polluted air we are just expected to expose ourselves and our children to. The fact that some people will die from diseases connected to this plant should be by and far reason enough to deny it immediately. How many jobs and dollars are one life worth? How many jobs and dollars are two or twenty lives PER YEAR worth? If you are trying to come up with a dollar amount right now, then you are not fit to be any sort of leader.

The time has long come that we cease perpetuation of dirty, archaic energy milling, and that we move forward with practices that don't poison our air and water, that don't strip our sacred lands or deplete our natural resources. We've been stuck in this illogical and immoral rut for too long. Please be the forward-looking leader that your citizens need right now, not the type of money-hungry backwoods businessman that has brought us to the deplorable energy situation in which we currently exist.

Thank you for your time,

Hasen Cone


Submit opposition to:

Division of Air Quality: jjenks@utah.gov

Governor John Huntsman, Jr.
Utah State Capitol Complex
350 North State Street, Suite 200
P. O. Box 142220
Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-2220
801-538-1000
800-705-2464
http://governor.utah.gov/goca/form_governor.html

West Bountiful Mayor James Bahunin
jbehunin@gmail.com

West Bountiful City Hall

550 North 800 West

West Bountiful, Utah 84087