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DA will abandon landfill probe
Share this story: Thirteen months ago, a Waller County jury ruled former county officials broke every transparency law in the books to cut their backroom deal with a garbage company. Taxpayers got stuck with the huge legal bills. Waller County[…..]
Anatomy of a whitewash
Share this story: Hempstead – For over a year, Fort Bend County District Attorney John Healey and his prosecutors have been fighting release of records detailing their criminal investigation of the now defunct Highway 6 landfill. Now we know why[…..]
Fort Bend DA loses battle to keep landfill investigation secret
Share this story: The Fort Bend District Attorney doesn’t want you to know the truth. John Healey’s office ignored a request from the Waller County District Attorney and a State District Judge to see the investigation his office did into[…..]
The garage sale war against the landfill
Share this story: Hempstead, Texas is making history. For the first time in 41 years, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has returned an application for a landfill, the proposed 15 story garbage dump being peddled by Green Group Holdings[…..]
Landfill opponents: Leave Hempstead alone
Share this story: The Citizens Against the Landfill in Hempstead will hold a news conference at 10:30 am on Wednesday, October 7th in front of the Waller County Courthouse. CALH will discuss the historic decision by the Executive Director of[…..]
Major victory for the citizens of Hempstead
Share this story: The proposed Highway 6 landfill was dealt a potential death blow Monday afternoon by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. It’s a major victory for Hempstead residents who said the landfill was a risk to drinking water[…..]
Fort Bend DA’s embarrassing landfill game
Share this story: In recent months, the Fort Bend DA’s office has been accused of prosecutorial misconduct. The District Attorney John Healey has denied other accusations he solicited campaign contributions from the family of a suspect. Now, Healey’s office is[…..]
Trouble in the trash heap
Share this story: Plans to build a 15-story garbage dump along Highway 6 near Hempstead have suffered another major blow tonight. The Executive Director of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has filed court papers saying the current landfill[…..]
Don’t say no to the judge
Share this story: Last April, the Waller County District Attorney asked for the files of the special prosecutors in the Highway 6 landfill case. Those Fort Bend County prosecutors closed their investigation last year without calling a single county official[…..]
What a mess this is
Share this story: The Waller County District Attorney has tried to conduct a new criminal investigation into the controversial Highway 6 landfill plan, but he has been stonewalled. Tonight, the bizarre legal issues keeping the public from getting the whole[…..]