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Originally Posted by JD
So from the other side's perspective, raise an environmental concern, get a bigger cheque?
Slippery slope.
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Theoretically, your elected government has established a regulatory environment that catches anyone or anything sliding down that slippery slope.
BFI is actively seeking out and targeting influential community associations/boards or groups with cash in exchange for support of its projects, which includes this one and the potential project proposed in the Blackie area. It doesn't even have to be directly impacted, just in the nearby area and potentially influential with members.
There is a very organized and somewhat militant anti-BFI group out there, so if you're taking cash you should get a lot of it to compensate for having to deal with the blowback. Which is what Chaparrel did.
Compensating affected user groups for unpopular projects isn't unusual. A bribe infers something illegal.
Landfills are a necessary feature in any modern society. They have to go somewhere. BFI provides that service. We all need them, but none of us, quite wisely, would want one next door.
Cowperson