Smells Bad as Ever. Who Stinks, me?

It seems that RES continues in their strategy of denial, Who Stinks, me? Scott Holste, a spokesman for Missouri Attorney General, Jay Nixon, said that the meeting Monday was "part of the litigation process to check up on what has been done to this point and what we believe needs to be done from here on out". He continued, "But we want to make certain that if additional steps need to be taken, they are taken." The Joplin Globe, Tuesday, November 8, 2005

Tricia Orr, a local resident who lives northeast of the RES plant, said, "But today, it smells as bad as it has ever smelled." It is curious that the meeting was held in Springfield, and not in Carthage at a location downwind from the RES plant. As Carthage residents, we can't go to Springfield to rent a room to sleep in, or eat breakfast, or dinner, every time we want to avoid the RES smell. How can the litigants effectively evaluate the 'evidence' in the case, if they're 70 miles away?

Tricia Orr doesn't need a "scent-o-meter" to know that her life (and property value) has been decimated by RES. She deserves better, the City of Carthage deserves better. How long should this go on? Who is really in charge here? My nose knows!