For a great article on the dump and the community's effort to let it reach capacity and close, see the September issue of The Connector magazine
(http://www.joomag.com/magazine/pr-for-people-monthly-september-2014/0504583001409256953).
The article quotes neighbor Ramsey McPhillips, Stop the Dump president Ilsa Perse, and former Waste Not Board member Gary Langenwalter.
Langenwalter offers an interesting alternative to expansion: Instead of dump owner Waste Management paying the County to keep the dump open, let citizens pay the County to close it and "quit ruining the environment" (not to mention our quality of life). At an estimated annual license fee of $1.2 million, that's only about $12 per County resident. Many businesses, residents, and visitors have contributed a lot more than that over the years to Stop the Dump.
How much would you pay to close the dump?
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