St. John the Baptist Parish Council voted 8-0 to rezone 1,300 acres of Whitney Plantation in Wallace from residential to industrial. Article lists Formosa's promises to the community as well as its poor environmental track record. Carl Baloney of River Area Planning Group and Luke Fontana of Save Our Wetlands were ejected from council chambers due to their outbursts, though much of the crowd was unruly.
Vicki Ferstel, 20 April 1990, "News Article: St. John council rezones acreage for proposed Formosa plant site", contributed by Tim Schütz, 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-st-john-council-rezones-acreage-proposed-formosa-plant-site
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St. John the Baptist Parish Council voted 8-0 to rezone 1,300 acres of Whitney Plantation in Wallace from residential to industrial. Article lists Formosa's promises to the community as well as its poor environmental track record. Carl Baloney of River Area Planning Group and Luke Fontana of Save Our Wetlands were ejected from council chambers due to their outbursts, though much of the crowd was unruly.