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Spokane Response Page
Email to: D.
Hein, D. Taam (SRSWS), County Commissioners, S.
Carpenter
It has come to
our attention that there may be some that feel
the facts presented on the Spokane Waste of
Energy website may not be accurate. Our goal at
Spokane Waste of Energy is to disseminate
information to the general public to better
inform them about our regional solid waste
system. We strive to be as accurate as possible,
and we think we have so far, with the limited
access to resources afforded to us.
Our site has
always had an open invitation to the City of
Spokane to correct any information that is on
our web pages, but we have yet to receive any
requests for changes.
The purpose of
this email is to re-invite you to peruse
spokanewasteofenergy.com, and to let us know of
any corrections that you feel are needed.
We look forward to
your input,
Spokane Waste of Energy 5/26/06
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Our response
to Scott Carpenter and others
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Response from the System:
1. Scott Carpenter,
SWAC chairman, former Waste Management employee.
I am more than a little confused as to why
this site even exists! System and County
Staff, The Liaison Board, SWAC as well as
the respective Board of Commissioners and
City Councils exist to create public forum
to address the needs surrounding Solid Waste
in Spokane County.
I truly believe there is ample opportunity
to discuss the issues and gain knowledge. I
also believe that there is always room for
improvement, particularly in the area of
communication, but “we have” and “continue
to” address this at all levels. Just one
example, later this Summer, SWAC and the
SIC will be discussing “System Transparency”
in the Plan Update process.
SWAC has no official position on the content
or purpose of this Site. I would invite the
members behind this site to our regular
meetings to gain knowledge and share ideas.
If anyone is still confused on my position, I don’t support this
organization or the need for this site. I
believe that information should come from
one source (System) and I will continue to
work within the framework of SWAC to
maintain an open invitation to the public as
one of many forums to ask questions and gain
information from the source. Thank you!
P.S. Spokane Waste of Energy, Please remove
my name from your e-mail distribution.
2.
Dennis Hein, Director SRSWS, City of Spokane
employee.
Scott...thank you for a well written
comment........Dennis
3. Ken Gimpel,
Waste Management employee, SWAC member.
I too share Scott's views. Local
governments have legislative
responsibilities to insure the health and
safety of the community by providing
comprehensive solid waste and recycling
services. A component those services is
public education. As Scott stated, public
education and information should come from
the appropriate source, in this case
the Regional Solid Waste System. The web
site mentioned below is nothing more than a
private interest web site, that in my
opinion, has nothing of substance to offer
anyone. Additionally, local government has
absolutely no responsibility to support this
private interest or make corrections and/or
additions to a private web site. The
System's site
www.solidwaste.org serves as
the official public web site. If these
folks would like to see additional
information on that web site, I'm sure
that System Staff, with consultation of SWAC,
would be glad to consider recommendations.
In conclusion, I do not plan on wasting any
my time or energy concerning the private web
site below. In my opinion, It's nothing
more than one of the thousands of
worthless sites taking up space on the
internet.
SWAC - Solid Waste
Advisory Committee
SRSWS - Spokane Regional Solid Waste System, AKA
"the System"
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