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Your Turn: Alcoa Protest, Contamination, School Lunches

Story Published: Sep 3, 2012 at 8:12 PM EDT

Story Updated: Sep 3, 2012 at 8:12 PM EDT

Residents on the Northside of Watertown plan on showing up in force at Tuesday nights city council meeting to ask for help in their quest for answers. The leaders of that environmental advocacy group say city leaders rejected a face-to-face meeting and they question the support coming from City Hall.

I cannot believe that the Mayor is so disinterested in what is going on under his nose. I should think he would have been one of the first people through the door at the meeting.
Jane Pound

We need to find out all we can about this situation. I plan to be at the City Council meeting on Tuesday.  We need to all be concerned.
Nancy Spinner


Alcoa is rebuilding its fire damaged cast house, but it's using non-unionized labor. That spraked protest by Local Ironworkers who say they should be doing the work.

Alcoa was built on union labor and when you go to non-union contractors, there goes your quality and your wage.  This needs to stop to maintain a decent wage and quality of work for the North Country people. Shame on Alcoa!
Daniel Pharoah

We do not need low paid help from Texas or anywhere else. We need good jobs for our local, well trained ironworkers. Keep up the good work, Local #440!
Everett Hampton  
 


New guidelines for school lunches are set to take effect with the return of students this week. Even district food managers are concerned.

If the kids do not like it and portions are too small, they won't buy it, parents won't pay for it. If forced to buy, the waste will be high.
Michael Foy

In an educational environment, students should be educated in healthy eating. Society cannot afford to pay for the gamut of health issues we help create.
Mike Violi
 
 
Saturday, May 25, 2013
, Watertown, NY

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