Thanks are due to U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown for her recent vote on clean air. Brown voted in favor of allowing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to designate areas in violation of pending ozone standards. Unfortunately, a majority in the U.S. House voted to ban the EPA from disclosing this information to the public. A vote is scheduled soon in the U.S. Senate. A significant number of people live in areas where the air is unhealthy to breathe.
People have a right to know about the air they breathe.
When we hold public officials accountable for their actions, we need to remember their commitment to the public's interest even when powerful private interests win the day. PLAN One promise is empty Among the promises in Mayor John Delaney's Better Jacksonville Plan is one to improve our road system to eliminate traffic problems so we won't become another Atlanta. This is an empty promise because it isn't possible. There isn't a city anywhere that has successfully eliminated traffic problems by building expressways, freeways or whatever. Perhaps the best known example of this failure is Los Angeles.