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Residents battle with county over zinc factory

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Residents battle with county over zinc factory
Residents battle with county over zinc factory

On Wednesday we heard from the City of Logansport about a zinc factory currently being built.

News 18 spoke with residents and city leaders who say allowing WSP in Cass County isn't a smart move.

Unanimously passed a resolution against wsp's construction.

A five month battle that many of the people living in logansport have voiced opposition for.

News 18's marvin bills spent the day talking with people in logansport.

He also spoke with the council members.

Marvin what are they saying?

Good evening meredith and to you all at home.

Residents have created a cass county coalition page on facebook.

The page has nearly 5,000 members.

They've also created a website called don't poison us dot com.

The people i spoke with today say logansport county commissioners are secretly working with the company by not keeping the public informed.

Their biggest concern is the environmental and health risk the factory could bring to the area.

Construction for the factory has already started about three to four miles south of the city.

It sits near homes and across from a crop field.

Phillip stephenson says many people are hoping the city's opposition will play a role in the final decision.

"they go as far as they can to avoid public comment about their decisions.

We don't know why.

We haven't heard any reason why they want so much silence about this deal."

I have reached out to wsp and logansport county commissioners.

I have not heard back from either group.

But of course i'll keep trying.

Tonight on news 18 at ten and eleven we'll hear from a resident in logansport who is a retired chemical engineer.

He says the possible benefits of this factory do not outweigh the risks.

We'll also hear from a logansport city council member on their unanimous vote earlier this week.

Live from home, marvin bills news 18.

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