Comments on: City Council flops on sustainable building law http://mygreenatl.com/2009/12/17/city-council-flops-on-sustainable-building-law/ Atlanta's environmental news Sat, 21 Aug 2010 16:30:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Pericles http://mygreenatl.com/2009/12/17/city-council-flops-on-sustainable-building-law/comment-page-1/#comment-134 Pericles Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:18:30 +0000 http://mygreenatl.com/?p=733#comment-134 Ms. Young, you’re woefully off-base regarding the ASBO. You imply that the water conservation provisions would somehow impact or mitigate the effects of the ruling in the Lake Lanier lawsuit. Yet in the final draft of the ASBO, the water conservation measures you tout wouldn’t have become mandatory until July 1, 2013 — one year AFTER Judge Magnuson’s deadline. You also cite the Forbes.com “most toxic city” article, but did you even bother to read it? Here’s a quote from the fifth paragraph: “While the Atlanta metro area takes top honors for toxicity, don’t blame the city alone. The Atlanta metro includes the city of Marietta, the site of chemical plants and metal coaters. The city has toxic release levels higher than those of the principal city of Atlanta, in spite of a population 13% the size of Atlanta’s.” The ASBO was little more than a transparent attempt by your lobbying firm, Damespointe, and its cadre of LEED consultants to profit from the passage of a overly bureaucratic and unnecessary ordinance. Ms. Young, you’re woefully off-base regarding the ASBO. You imply that the water conservation provisions would somehow impact or mitigate the effects of the ruling in the Lake Lanier lawsuit. Yet in the final draft of the ASBO, the water conservation measures you tout wouldn’t have become mandatory until July 1, 2013 — one year AFTER Judge Magnuson’s deadline.

You also cite the Forbes.com “most toxic city” article, but did you even bother to read it? Here’s a quote from the fifth paragraph:
“While the Atlanta metro area takes top honors for toxicity, don’t blame the city alone. The Atlanta metro includes the city of Marietta, the site of chemical plants and metal coaters. The city has toxic release levels higher than those of the principal city of Atlanta, in spite of a population 13% the size of Atlanta’s.”

The ASBO was little more than a transparent attempt by your lobbying firm, Damespointe, and its cadre of LEED consultants to profit from the passage of a overly bureaucratic and unnecessary ordinance.

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