Letter: There’s good reason to oppose the landfill

In the editorial “Politics may have polluted landfill issue” (Aug. 23), editors of the Glendale News-Press do their best to belittle the concerns of Eagle Rock residents who oppose the massive expansion of the Scholl Canyon Landfill by characterizing their effort as a cheap political stunt.

The cheap politics are those of the Glendale City Council whose continuation of this obscene land use is promoted by lies and evasions. They display total disrespect for those who bear the brunt of dump operation, not to mention contempt for contemporary standards of historic and ecological preservation. The Eagle Rock, a Native American sacred place, our community symbol, and a city monument will continue to be degraded. Cheap waste disposal and city profits are the only motivations for the current use of the dump and its expansion.

Yes, our “streets will be worn thin” without compensation. More importantly our children will die sooner because of pollution from the licensed 3,400 tons a day of trash, as dirty diesel trucks roar by our homes, schools and largest park.

Eagle Rockers were not “worked up into a frenzy” by José Huizar or his staff. He served his constituents well by detecting Glendale’s sneaky effort to perpetrate another 40 years of contemptible behavior without community input. His stance has evolved to reflect our absolute opposition to any dump expansion.

The editor’s pro-dump stance is obvious. They state “there are no current plans in place to begin work on the expansion”. License dump expansion and our health and quality of life will decline as a stinking mountain of garbage is erected on our verdant skyline.

Eric Warren
Eagle Rock Valley Historical Society