Who Stinks? Not us, we're shocked !

Here is RES's Response to Missouri Governor Blunt's Action:
Although we have not yet been provided with a copy of the order, we are shocked and disappointed with Governor Blunt’s statement that he has requested that the Missouri Department of Natural Resources temporarily close our plant in Carthage. There is already a process in place where the city of Carthage and the DNR have been working closely together to ensure that Renewable Environmental Solutions (RES) operations are appropriate. In fact, RES was scheduled to meet next week with the city and DNR. With input from the DNR and the city, we have invested heavily in engineered systems and equipment to ensure that the plant is operating optimally. RES is committed to being a responsible corporate citizen as we pursue our mission to commercialize a technology that can provide Carthage, the country and the world with an environmentally sound renewable source of energy. Renewable Environmental Solutions LLC, 460 Hempstead Avenue, West Hempstead, NY. 11552

Well, if RES is shocked and disapponted, then I suspect that the public relations firm that wrote the press release (HLD/Blankman Public Relations) hasn't been in Carthage during the last 12+ months and smelled the problem. If so, instead of blaming others, and maintaining the corporate line, who stinks, not me, you?, they might have been more effective at public relations! You've heard of making lemonaid from a bunch of lemons.

If RES is shocked and disappointed, then I suspect that the Plant Management did not adequately and substantially convey the situation to RES's Directors: Brian S. Appel-Chairman and CEO, Changing World Technologies, Inc.; Howard G. Bruffet-Senior VP, BioImages, President-Bruffet Farms; Phillip J. James-Sr. VP/Environmental Health & Safety, ConAgra Foods, Inc.; Davit Katz-VP, Sterling Equities, Inc.; Saul B. Katz-President, Sterling Equities, Inc.; Alan Libshutz-President and COO, Changing World Technologies, Inc.; John S. McKeon-President & COO/Venture Development Group, ConAgra Foods, Inc.; Ira Silver-VP, Max Finkelstein, Inc., and Michael D. Walter- Sr. VP/Commodity Procurement Economic, ConAgra Foods, Inc. Since not one Director appears to live downwind from RES, you haven't seen any of them on the Carthage Square, at church on Sunday, at peewee baseball, outside mowing their grass or attending their children's band concert at Carthage Junior High School? Of course not, they don't live here! They have never smelled the stink coming from their company.

If RES is shocked and disappointed, then I suspect that RES thought that they were above the environmental law, and could just continue stinking and poluting, as long as the end justified the means.

If RES is shocked and disappointed, then I suspect that RES's Management, RES's Directors and RES's Investors never read this blog, The Joplin Globe, The Carthage Press, or The Mornin Mail. If they had, they would not have been either shocked or disappointed. Instead, they should (and would) have been embarassed!

The Joplin Globe, www.joplinglobe.com
The Carthage Press, www.carthagepress.com
The Mornin Mail, www.morninmail.com