First of all we want to thank everybody For our community to the community to all the city, since obviously, all to all the press we want to thank you we're going we're going to start in Spanish and then we will continue in English so if you have any questions later on weekend answer, all of them as well first of all Yeah, everybody get together first of all my name is I represent Organization and I'm going to start in Spanish and then I will continue in English as well for progress in nos asombra la ironía de estas cenizas tóxicas provenientes de puerto rico y conociendo su alto contenido tóxico que hayan entrado en el camino al condado de doce olas donde precisamente se encuentra la concentración más grande de puertorriqueños en el estado de la florida al mismo tiempo nos preocupa que a nuestros vecinos que sean blancos negros niños ancianos serán todos afectados por la contaminación que pueda surgir como resultado de estas cenizas tóxicas en el vertedero de aquí del condado de el voto secreto que se yo este negocio para el condado se hizo el primero de abril dando luz verde a la importación de estas cenizas tóxicas nuestra universitario en el condado de oseo el comisionado jockey se repuso del voto para evitar un posible conflicto de intereses la comisionada pegue intentó traer el voto a una moción para retratar el mismo el día que se hizo el día primero de abril pero el abogado del condado no lo permitió allegadas mente porque abriría la puerta para que se le mandara precisamente al condado de o sea la semana pasada la comisionada ayer el club escribió una carta al o el vertedero jep que no recibieran las cenizas tóxicas provenientes de puerto rico pero sabemos que eso no ha detenido la transportación de toneladas de cenizas tóxicas al vertedero sabemos que el senador víctor torres ha pedido al departamento de protección de la bien del ambiente si hay leyes estatales que podrían estar siendo violadas sa vemos el congresista garden soto también está pidiendo una revisión para el gobierno federal apreciamos los esfuerzos de los comisionados la florida no ha podido detener miles de toneladas de cenizas tóxicas llegando directamente al vertedero hay que llegar al fondo de lo que está pasando aquí en nuestro condado para esto hay que hacernos una serie de preguntas bien sencillas que prontamente no las que no me daré un poquito más tarde para comenzar la traducción en inglés alianza por torres anahuac cuestiones Ashes found dangerous for the levels of toxins in Puerto Rico find their way to the County with the highest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the state of Florida We also our concern for our neighbors black wide old young female or male of thoughts of the By this dangerous, cold ageous arches so will our Friday ecosystem aquifers and clean air This secret vote that was taken on April 2019 were by the County Commissioner voted to receive this toxic coal ash from Puerto Rico Commission, a hot scheme we accused himself from the vote protect himself for a possible Conflict of interest May thirteenth Commissioner Peggy Choudry attempted to reverse the boats but the County attorney did not allow for a new vote because it would cause the County to be lie Last week Commissioner shared grief A letter to Dick JD Landfill asking them not to receive the ashes but we also know that the company is already receiving these boxes Ashes from Puerto Rico We know that the state Senator Victor Doris has requested the Florida Environmental Protection Agency to let him know if there's any stay laws that maybe Rich at these coal ash Mexi way to our own backyard congressman Darren Soto pose that talks his ashes. Be this post of here And as as the V this specific case we appreciate the efforts of commissioners Green shallow, dry Santa Victor Torres and Congressman Darren Soto However this by these well intentions These actions have not being enough to stop the trucks from the leaving tons of toxic coal ash into our County We need to get to the bottom of how this happened in the first place In order to do this We must go to the rule of the problem These bold was taking with zero distortion or neighbor. First some of the commissioners have said they did not know that detail is related to this vote there were Public hearings regarding this issue which is of deep concern to the residents who could be affected by the toxic water being dumped into our backyard I am going to present Alianza Executive director and President Mister Marcos who will be reading the questions for you all thank you very much I'm running a horse Maybe is the ashes Maybe I want to thank everybody. That's huge today. I wanna thank I see there here, many organizations from the from the community that have been doing work around this already faith in Florida and many others there will be a time for all the organizations to give a word We have five questions five simple questions that We've brought here today They're not complicated In a democracy They meet with in order to decide plan and bring this vote to the Commission that would allow the dumping of toxic ashes from Puerto Rico and also what happened before this vote came to the floor of the Osceola County Wonderful connections landfill question number two no pablo Who's responsible That's, the question who is responsible and who was responsible for calling the vote se dio de una manera tan oculta Yeah, he recused himself He's in his public defense of the deal together with his recusal Doesn't, that seem self interested We need to know more about his involvement in this deal That's Plain and simple What is his role in this deal Hawkings I see no difference for Politico cuándo fue el momento del voto no parece un poco extraño de que la persona que se reconociera el voto también este adelantando y promoviendo ese voto necesitamos saber más sobre el rol del comisionado hopkins en este asunto les ha Tell me our air and water if not the commissioners on who likes the responsibility for this situation how can we show y finalmente con una situación tan seria no es el momento de que alguien o renuncie porque alguien se le despida a quién se le ocurre traer cenizas tóxicas este condado donde viven nuestra familia pero la manera en que se hizo este botón la manera en que este voto se dio está también señalando a unas maneras malas de hacer negocio en este condado una manera secreta oculta del público y eso también hay que chequear las brisas somos aquellas personas que están recibiendo es una S But the way in which was dumb brings even more into question about the secrecy in which this matter was dealt And points to real problems with the process of the County of today Let's fix this for our County is not too late to get it fixed Thank you very much I wanna call Maria radios to the podium was gonna talk about our coalition and the different organizations that are you today? Thank you, Buddy Good afternoon, everyone we have the front organizations that are getting together this fading Florida organized Florida among many others But you can also see that we also have simply citizens from the country of a sale and they are very concerned about the situation you see here. Teachers faith leaders young children people that have been arrested for years and many of them for generations that they are finding this atrocity at the last moment this was That was passed in secret without a space for public common the only way that this community that is here behind it and more and more people keep arriving as we get closer to the time of the meeting. Today is that they need to ban and stop the collections to read them in Iowa The other lady organize Florida Florida por el horror de esta ceniza el proceso de por sí es un proceso que fue peligroso ya que esto fue movido a un voto y fue movido a una determinación sin permitir espacio para comentario público tienen que detener y tienen que prohibir que estas cenizas tóxicas sean desechada en el ángel en once ola porque la comunidad no está de acuerdo y el el proceso adecuado no ha pasado en esta en esta situación es sumamente esa If That's any boricua gracias una admisión boricua We as the people have to be vigilant with them there has been lack of transparency Commissioners were given bias and misleading information that persuaded to vote for these ashes to bring in these ashes Secondly we must understand the irony of the situation We must understand that people in Puerto Rico were affected by these coal ashes In the last Commissioner meeting we heard from Sammy who was a And now has to deal with this situation over here in Osceola County If dirt and dust causes respiratory issues imagine what waste ashes can do It is not enough to hear that. The study say that these coal ashes are not toxic That is not what we need to hear what we need from Our commissioners is to know that they are putting a whole community in danger at this point Life I think everyone has been touched by someone who has And the seasons we must acknowledge that the United States does not have good health care system and we must acknowledge that these commissioners probably have We got these coal ash is From the mainland something that can be toxic and risk over here in Osceola might be a little different in Puerto Rico once again having us Puerto Rico the Puerto Rican people on the island as second class citizens Because when we don't have the same regulations for toxicity you are putting us behind We don't want these ashes here and we must recognize that no one deserves this waste products We encourage their in Soto to ensure that the classifies these Ashes as hazardous waste and demand environmental protection here and in Puerto Rico thank you From organized Florida Hello, my name is Gary Johnson, I'm representing organized Florida and I have all kind of the last minutes I don't have Spanish translation to this apologize for that Has been the pattern of corporate interests and the governmental bodies they control but hazardous pipelines waste, pumped dumps and other environmental risks in communities that do not have the political clout to resist them Organize Florida has always taken the lead in opposing such abuses of power This is the essence of climate Justice the careless or sneaking action taken by the Osceola County Commission in giving the Green light to waste connections to dump coal ash in the East Saint Cloud JD solid waste facility with little public input on Warning I'm presenting the community with a fate of comply that can only be revolved with the company's approval is a Prime example of the type of actions that climate Justice warriors should directly oppose on May thirteenth approximately a hundred people, including a large contingent contingent members from many organizations potato County Commission meeting which was build as to reopen the discussion regarding the coal ash dumping but instead revealed that the commission's hands were tied and subject to the wishes of waste connections I pick We take the issue directly to waste connections by holding a protest action at the landfill or at the company headquarters to put pressure directly on the company to rescind its decision to dump further coal ash in Puerto Rico If they hold all the cards then we need to draw you on them further suggest we organize a boycott of waste connections or at least draft the statement to be circulated to businesses that work with them Didn't mention that at least connected connections is a violator of client climate Justice and also urge a resolution Made to Osceola County Commission not to use the services of waste connections again unless they renegotiate go coal ash dumping agreement It's nice to say It's wrong and we need to make it right. Somehow it is time to engage in combat all local threats like this one to our environment and make a solid commitment through action to ensure a healthy planet for future generations The quality of life of our children lies in the ballots Thank you See what this stuff from me from me Hi everyone I'm here, representing an Organization whose mission is to empower the Latino community and to promote civic participation We are concerned with the lack of transparency from the elected officials that took a vote behind closed doors A vote that now or cause harm not only monetary harm But it will also lessen the values of the homes and it will also harm our health My entire family lives in Osceola County They all suffer from acute asthma We know that Ashes will cause respiratory issues especially that these are toxic ashes We deserve to know what reparation measures will be taken to ensure that our health is not in jeopardy I think that we need to make sure that this doesn't happen again We need to know and to ensure that our community's health is going to be priority to these elected officials We deserve that About power tools and that we stand by them to ensure that they know what they can do Thank you And with this, we conclude our press conference if there's any questions from the press folks here are happy to answer some It's inside they had to create you know, yeah yo creo que en cualquier situación interesante porque el carbón viene de diferentes lugares tiene diferentes propiedades y pudiera ser que los niveles tóxicos son distintos de un lugar a otro yo creo que los responsables que ceniza se han estudiadas y analizadas antes de que el condado tome un voto sobre se acepta el depósito no importa si vienen de guayama o de peñuela o de avon de aquí al lado donde se quema una planta eléctrica una cantidad de grandes de carbón no se sabía nosotros no sabíamos que aquí estaban depositando cenizas en este febrero con amor