Article highlights two opposing viewpoints to proposed Formosa plant through the opinions of two residents, Wilfrend Greene versus Paul Stein. Greene said he has received three buy-out offers. Article notes that parish officials promised as much as $1 million from St. John's economic development fund for incentives, as well as tax breaks that will total to $30 million in the next decade. Article also notes the fierce opposition at the public hearing for the proposed rezoning by the Planning and Zoning Commission.
Bob Warren, 9 April 1990, "News Article: St. John plant pits past, progress", contributed by Sheila Tahir, Project: Formosa Plastics Global Archive, Disaster STS Network, Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography, last modified 30 January 2023, accessed 28 November 2024. http://465538.bc062.asia/content/news-article-st-john-plant-pits-past-progress
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Article highlights two opposing viewpoints to proposed Formosa plant through the opinions of two residents, Wilfrend Greene versus Paul Stein. Greene said he has received three buy-out offers. Article notes that parish officials promised as much as $1 million from St. John's economic development fund for incentives, as well as tax breaks that will total to $30 million in the next decade. Article also notes the fierce opposition at the public hearing for the proposed rezoning by the Planning and Zoning Commission.