Rebuttal to Mailing

Did you receive a postcard in the mail from CCA?    

Here is what they don't want you to know.  

Their mailing claims that CCA is a "responsible business."  Since CCA began blasting, abutters have suffered serious property damages.  Does that sound like a responsible business?

CCA claims that Article 1 would "prohibit commercial excavation."  This is not true.  It would not PROHIBIT it.  Article 1 would simple LIMIT commercial excavation to above the average annual mean water line.  Gravel pits and quarry's would be able to mine as long as they do not go below the average mean water line.  

CCA says they are fully permitted.  Did they tell you that for the first 4 years of their operation they were violating 9 conditions of their permit? Did they tell you that citizens had to hire a lawyer to get the Soil Board to hold a Public Hearing on the permit renewal for CCA?  Did they tell you that large groups of neighbors showed up at the public hearing to complain about their homes shaking, the loud noise, the constant could of dust, sedimentation in their water after blasts?  Did they tell you that the Selectmen passed a new law that allows them to renew the permit without any more public hearings?  CCA had a SERIOUS FLYROCK incident after their permit was renewed.  

CCA says the blasts last about half a second. A fatal car crash can be caused in half a second.  A deadly fire can start in half a second. It is not the length of the blast, but the damage it causes to property and people's lives.

 If CCA "commissioned an “independent” sound study i.e. - they selected who would conduct the study and paid them for doing it- is it really "independent?"

CCA sites a DEP study to say they are not affecting wells.  The DEP only tested for pro-chloride contamination in wells. The DEP did not test for sedimentation. The DEP did not test for water quantity.   The DEP could NOT DEFINITIVELY say that the quarry did not or could not affect water quantity.  

CCA is one company and their mailing is intended to protect the interest of their one company. Not one owner of CCA lives in Freetown.   FreetownWater wants to protect everyone who depends on wells for drinking water.  FreetownWater wants to protect reresidents in Freetown from serious nuisance that interferes with a homeowner's right to enjoy or even be safe on their own property.  Do you personally pay rent or a mortgage?  Do you personally want to enjoy your home and yard?  Do you personally depend on well water?   Why would you vote for CCA's interests above your own?

Vote for YOU.  Vote YES for Articles 1 and 2.