eyes wide open

Doral "made the decision to accept the cleanup responsibility with full disclosure to the residents and with all of the information PRIOR to signing the paperwork." WE are deciding this issue with little and no accurate and timely information about the current status of pollution in the areas under consideration for annexation. DERM says they are monitoring 27 sites- what does that mean? Is DERM going to be responsible for any further cleanups needed? Even if we should annex those properties? Doral went into their situation with ALL the information and their eyes wide open, and paid a 2 million dollar price. In our case we dont have enough facts and figures from reputable sources to make an informed decision at this point. We have a BELIEF from Mr Corradino, a numbers cruncher with no environmental qualifications, that there wont be a problem out there. We have a City Manager, also without any environmental qualifications, who says there IS no problems because HE SAYS SO. And we have DERM, who says they have cleaned up a LOT of the pollution in those areas and is currently watching and monitoring the pollution sites but will NOT take responsibility for any future cleanups that may be needed. My thanks to the previous poster for shining some light on this situation and warning us of the potential problems, while also acknowledging the positive potentials. Both are real and need to be considered using the best information and guidance we can get. Dr. Mel P. Johnson