All nine St. John the Baptist Parish councilmen and the parish president took to the witness stand in Edgard to defend their rezoning decision in the lawsuit brought by Save Our Wetlands. Whether councilmen should have had expert advice about the environmental and traffic-related effects of the zoning change is a central issue in the trial.
Joe Byrnes, 26 May 1991, "News Article: Officials defend Formosa rezoning", contributed by Sheila Tahir, Project: Formosa Plastics Global Archive, Disaster STS Network, Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography, last modified 30 January 2023, accessed 1 December 2024. http://465538.bc062.asia/content/news-article-officials-defend-formosa-rezoning
Critical Commentary
All nine St. John the Baptist Parish councilmen and the parish president took to the witness stand in Edgard to defend their rezoning decision in the lawsuit brought by Save Our Wetlands. Whether councilmen should have had expert advice about the environmental and traffic-related effects of the zoning change is a central issue in the trial.