Weldon Canyon Landfill

In “Florida’s Apologies to Nature” (Feb. 15), I found some solace in the fact that people were recognizing, albeit too late, that nature relies on a delicate balance. I grew up in central Florida and was involved in the debate over channelizing the Kissimmee River. We lost that argument and the state lost a valuable resource, which it is now trying to reclaim.

I now live in the Ojai Valley, and find myself involved in the debate surrounding the Weldon Canyon landfill. I have been amazed at the lack of coverage by the media, both print and broadcast, of the dangers facing the Ojai Valley. Even those who support putting this landfill in the mouth of the Ojai Valley airshed admit that it will destroy the valley’s air quality, creating a dust and poisonous-gas smog.

My hope is that 30 years from now the Orlando Sentinel will not be running a story on how California is spending untold sums of money to reclaim a once-beautiful resource, the Ojai Valley.

GEORGE C. KALOGRIDIS

Ojai