Bolshevik Bernie supported dumping nuclear waste in poor Latino Texas Community
Bolshevik Bernie supported a proposal in which Maine and Vermont would dispose nuclear waste at a proposed site in Sierra Blanca, Texas, which is a predominantly Latino and relatively poor community. He co-sponsored the bill .Today, Texas is home to one of the nation’s few facilities that accept low-level nuclear waste. Since 2012, Waste Control Specialists in Andrews County has disposed of contaminated tools, building materials and protective clothing, among other items, from shuttered reactors and hospitals. Environmentalists have closely scrutinized the site as it has broadened the scale of the waste it accepts, but the company insists that it is safe. The site has seen minor spills and leaks, according to federal regulators, but those had been localized and properly cleaned up. BUT during the Clintoon reign ,it appeared destined for Sierra Blanca (population roughly 500), which sits about 90 miles southeast of El Paso. In 1998, the U.S. House — with Sanders’ support , approved a three-state compact, which Bubba signed into law, that paid Texas to take waste from the northeast. After Congress approved the compact, Texas environmental regulators rejected the Sierra Blanca proposal. Now here is the kicker . Bernie's wife Jane was a paid member of the Texas Low level Radiation Waste disposal Authority .(TLLRWDA) No doubt she got the job for her expertise in nuclear waste disposal . It doesn't pay much ;just $4,900 . Still Bernie's claim to fame is pointing the finger J'Accuse at any pol who takes money from special interests …. his wife profiting from a nuclear waste dump is telling .