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NPT Wednesday Brief: DavidK's open letter to PSB opponents; EPA letters to Asarco, TCEQ spelled trouble for smelter; city budget shortfall
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Opinion
Open letter to the opponents of the PSB
by David Karlsruher
 If I follow your reasoning here, we're just transferring this service from a group of appointed, overpaid morons to elected, overpaid morons. Or is the real goal to get this issue back to City Council so you can elect your candidates to the body?
Posted on February 4, 2009 • read more »
Asarco announcement: El Paso smelter will not reopen
by Sito Negron
 "We want to assure the community that we’re working to ensure that our property is left in a condition that will be an asset to a great community that we have enjoyed working and living in for more than 110 years.” -- Thomas L. Aldrich, Asarco LLC Vice President of Environmental Affairs.
Posted on February 3, 2009 • read more »
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