"not in anyone's backyard"

this morning owen and i joined some of our neighbors to attend the community volunteer meeting regarding the power plant that the county is trying to literally sneak into our backyard (a belated christmas present of toxic ammonia and a turbine jet engine across the street)--a few hundred feet from homes and about 1200 feet from a montessori school (and a mile or so from 7 other schools). say what you want about real housewives trying to out-hot each other or suburban bunko parties--the volunteer organization ladera hope made of residents like myself have succeeded in suing the county for its shady and disturbingly reckless process.

and i'm proud that this morning team fidler managed to canvas nearly two dozen homes. i thought we'd only get to five or six and owen would abandon the cause. but as always he was a trooper-- he loved ringing doorbells, handing out papers and picking the next "number" of the house. our goal was just to get people informed and increase the numbers behind laderahope-- and yes, it does as our neighbor pointed out sound a bit like a newagey oc church (please feel free to follow the link and sign the petition as well as concerned loved ones of owen!). because for whatever stupid things people say when they're trying to "preserve a way of life" i can't think of any reason why anyone would support building a spewing smokestack of toxins anywhere near where anyone had to breathe, or sing, or dance, or skip rope.