Incineration Meeting and Demonstration, Town Hall, King's Lynn 6.30pm this evening

Just come back from incinerator demonstration and 'Special Council Meeting - Proposed Recommendation to Borough Council from the Leader, Councillor N Daubney.' ' In a recent poll nine out of every ten who voted, opposed the construction of a municipal mass burn incinerator at Saddlebow, King's Lynn.'

From the EDP link (see below) 'Introducing the four motions to the council, its leader Nick Daubney said he did not become a councillor to shove down people’s throats something they did not want and did not need. The four motions were all carried unanimously - apart from one abstention from the second.'

The two hour meeting in the town hall was packed out and the rest of us had to stand outside. The second video shows the demonstrators outside and also the group of people round the back of the town hall listening to outside speakers relaying the meeting from inside the town hall. Pity other people didn't make the effort to join us. If even half of the 65,516 people that voted against it had turned up, it would had been so much more powerful than the 500+ that turned up. A TV crew were there and EDP and Lynn News Photographers and of course the police. Well done to the people that did turn up!!!

WE, THE PEOPLE OF WEST NORFOLK DO NOT WANT THIS INCINERATOR IN KING'S LYNN OR ANYWHERE!!! WE LIVE HERE, WE SHOULD DECIDE AND GUESS WHAT, WE HAVE DECIDED - ALL 65,516 OF US!!!!

http://www.lynnnews.co.uk/news/environment_2_5340/incinerator_council_meet_tonight_1_2507361

EDP report on this evening's meeting/demonstration and picture gallery. Also audio clips of the speakers:
"We’ll fight to stop it, votes West Norfolk council"
http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/environment/king_s_lynn_incinerator_latest_we_ll_fight_to_stop_it_votes_west_norfolk_council_1_832303

Lynn News report on this evening's meeting/demonstration and picture gallery:
"Huge turnout for council incinerator meeting"
http://www.lynnnews.co.uk/news/environment_2_5340/huge_turnout_for_council_incinerator_meeting_1_2511743

Good coverage on Look East tonight: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mj5w

Discussion on: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Say-NO-to-waste-incinerators-and-toxic-air-in-Kings-Lynn-and-West-Norfolk/177156085662811#!/pages/Say-NO-to-waste-incinerators-and-toxic-air-in-Kings-Lynn-and-West-Norfolk/177156085662811

www.klwin.com also see http://www.klwin.com/whatyoucando.htm for links/info for how you can help. There are links to emails for the Secretary of State, The Prime Minister etc. I have just emailed them both.

www.farmerscampaign.org

http://38degrees.uservoice.com/forums/78585-campaign-suggestions/suggestions/1567639-campaign-to-stop-a-waste-incinerator-being-built

If they do plan to go ahead with it - we should all on mass stop paying our council tax - they won't send us ALL to prison!!! There is no way in a million years I am paying council tax if this goes ahead!











Keep watching and follow/demonstrate/vote/write:
www.klwin.com

www.farmerscampaign.org

http://38degrees.uservoice.com/forums/78585-campaign-suggestions/suggestions/1567639-campaign-to-stop-a-waste-incinerator-being-built-i

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Say-NO-to-waste-incinerators-and-toxic-air-in-Kings-Lynn-and-West-Norfolk/177156085662811#!/pages/Say-NO-to-waste-incinerators-and-toxic-air-in-Kings-Lynn-and-West-Norfolk/177156085662811

VERY IMPORTANT:
The following is from www.klwin.com

ON 22 MARCH, THE DECISION ON WHETHER THE CABINET WAS RIGHT TO GO AHEAD WITH THE INCINERATOR, WILL BE REVIEWED BY THE CABINET SCRUTINY COMMITTEE. IF THEY FIND THAT THE DECISION WAS WRONG, THEY COULD DELAY OR EVEN REVERSE THE CABINET'S DECISION. PLEASE CONTACT THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND LET THEM KNOW YOUR VIEWS AND CONCERNS. PLEASE BE POLITE.

Tuesday 22 March, 10.00am, County Hall, Martinue Lane, Norwich, NR1 2DH
Please come and support our representations to Norfolk County Council's Scrutiny panel who will examine the cabinet decision to ignore our vote. The Farmers Campaign are organising a coach to this event. Please visit their website for details: http://www.farmerscampaign.org/

CABINET SCRUTINY COMMITTEE MEMBERS
to email all of them in one go, click here

I have just sent the following email to all of these 'Committee Members'

"PROPOSED INCINERATOR, KING'S LYNN

Dear Sirs/Madams

I was born in Norfolk and am proud of my county. I am extremely angry and saddened at the proposed incinerator in King's Lynn. I have never demonstrated or protested in my life until now and there are thousands of others that feel the same, which is why the vote against this incinerator was so high! Please listen to the people that live here, the people that work here, the people that make this county what it is. Listen to what we want, not what you want.

Please read my latest entry, pictures and videos etc on the proposed incinerator at King's Lynn.

http://pennyshotbirdingandlife.blogspot.com/2011/03/incineration-demonstration-today.html

It was not wanted in Great Yarmouth.

It was not wanted in Norwich.

It is NOT wanted in King's Lynn either!

COST

Just in case you have not looked into this properly, this incinerator costs a FORTUNE to run and who will foot the bill for the massive maintenance and checks etc?
See my post on my blog of 11 February where an American gentleman commented and said the following:
"Let me fill you in on our experience with a waste incinerator.......... The cost of natural gas made it too expensive to operate. Also, it was such a complex piece of equipment, the county lacked the expertise to run and maintain it properly. They finally just shut it down and the site is now used only as a transfer facility for hauling trash away. It was a huge waste of money and a lesson learned the hard way."

ALTERNATIVES SOLUTIONS

A councillor of King's Lynn District Council said this evening at the Town Hall in King's Lynn - we don't recycle enough and he is now involved with talks with waste and recycling contractors to improve the amount of things we can recycle - better late than never I suppose! We could actually recycle everything - have you looked into this yourselves? The cost of total recycling will be far less long term than a costly incinerator which will cost US, YOU and the NHS when treating people's illness's a fortune.

HEALTH

Dioxins ARE harmful to our health, which this incinerator WILL produce. Never mind the '300 jobs' its going to create - the incinerator will kill off far more people than you will be employing - you may laugh at this statement, but long term it will. People will be dying slowly of Cancer - think about that. This will be the biggest financial/health mistake ever made in this county and YOU as a council will be held responsible. Besides the obvious cancerous fumes pouring into the atmosphere from the incinerator, what about the added exhaust fumes from all the lorries transporting waste to the site - have you thought about that? Lots of local doctors are strongly against this going ahead and were happy to have their names in print in the Lynn News as I am sure you are aware.

WILDLIFE AND TOURISM

As a naturalist I am also extremely concerned about the implications for wildlife in Norfolk - for those of you there are unaware, Norfolk is the most important/popular county for birds/visiting birders etc. People come to stay here from all over the country and also other countries for our rich wildlife - how will this be affected? Tourism also will be massively affected - what family in their right mind will want to holiday in West Norfolk with an incinerator billowing our poisonous fumes!!!!!!!!! House prices will drop. This area will become a very unpopular, unhealthy area to live. The list goes on and on...........

US - THE PEOPLE OF WEST NORFOLK

People here are angry - why should you decided our fate? I don't expect any of you live here do you, so its easy for you to agree for it to go ahead here.

People are so angry that there is also a planned MASS of people not paying their council tax this year if it goes ahead - we can't all go to prison!

OUR WHOLE WAY OF LIFE WILL BE SERIOUSLY AFFECTED IF YOU GO AHEAD WITH THIS. PLEASE STOP NOW BEFORE IS TOO LATE!!!

WE, THE PEOPLE OF WEST NORFOLK DO NOT WANT THIS INCINERATOR IN KING'S LYNN OR ANYWHERE!!! WE LIVE HERE, WE SHOULD DECIDE AND GUESS WHAT, WE HAVE DECIDED - ALL 65,516 OF US!!!!

Regards

Penny Clarke"