With few exceptions, our government workers only remain on the job until the polluters offer them more money. Open scrutiny of the negotiating process would be a way of augmenting the government's capabilities, allowing interested citizens, including those with technical training, to critique the work being done. The courts are a losing arena for achieving cleanup. EPA would be better off taking their case directly to the people and whipping up public sentiment against the polluters, rather than taking them to court. Government could urge citizens to boycott polluters' products, government could open its files to citizen action groups and urge citizens to hold their own public hearings.
Public outrage is a more effective lever against polluters than the law can ever be.
Government should rethink its strategy and avoid the courts. Twice on this video, we see this reaction from government. Mr. Walsh's process may have been better than last year's, but it wasn't adequate to meet the public's needs. Lastly, it is now clear that the government is committed to avoiding real solutions to Superfund problems. As this video makes clear, if there ever was a case to be made for excavating a dump, Hyde Park is it.