{"id":2230,"date":"2019-09-10T19:00:43","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T23:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=2230"},"modified":"2019-09-10T19:15:59","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T23:15:59","slug":"open-opinion-letter-to-mr-kirk-white-florida-dep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2019\/09\/10\/open-opinion-letter-to-mr-kirk-white-florida-dep\/","title":{"rendered":"OPEN Opinion Letter to Mr. Kirk White \u2013 Florida DEP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-red-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Disclaimer:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">This country is the greatest country in the history of the\nworld. An experiment in small-d democracy \u2013 \u201cof the people, by the people, and\nfor the people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">One of our freedoms is the opportunity to speak freely and\nhonestly. You should take the freedom to express your views and opinions very\nseriously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;Lakeland Gazette&nbsp;offers readers a place to\nvoice cutting edge opinions and views on politics and the economy, arts and\nentertainment and a plethora of other subjects taking an honest look at the\nareas that are currently having the most effect upon Lakeland and the American\npeople.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#541af3\" class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>OPEN Opinion Letter to Kirk White \u2013 Florida DEP<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Written by Kirk Sullian<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To: Kirk White &#8211; FDEP<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The so called \u201cBS Ranch\u201d continues to create an unhealthy\nenvironment by trespassing on our property with their uncontrollable\nObjectionable Offsite Odors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[From a Lakeland citizen less than a mile away. we\u2019re only\n500\u2019 away.<br>\nOn Mon, Sep 9, 2019 at 5:06 PM]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy neighborhood smells like sheer death! It&#8217;s terrible\npeople! Shut down BS Ranch! They are killing our lives here. We were here first\nand this is not right and you people know it. They have no plans to stop their\ndumping. Do something. Those of you on this email with titles supposedly\nworking for our County&#8230;do something! Help!!!!!!!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYes does it ever! Smells like SHlT all the time coming from\nBS Ranch and Farm open pit toxic sewer sludge&#8230;&#8230; Hate it. Hard to breath.\nObjectionable offsite odors!!!!!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I would like to get all the field reports from Mike Plavchak\nand the second Polk County investigator also named Mike having to do with\n\u201codors coming from the BS Ranch and Farm Inc. Property\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He told me last night there were many reports he has filed.\nWe need a copy of all of them made public. He said that none of them have been\nsent by Polk County to you (Kirk White with FDEP). Don\u2019t know why Polk County\nwouldn\u2019t share these documented cases of offsite objectionable odors traced\nback the the BS property??!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also said he is not allowed on their property? He said he called Brandy Stanton about the complaint. How do you inspect a 300-acre property without entering it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Horrible Smell Continues today all day. Mike was parked\nhere on our property for over an hour. I showed him the documented FDEP permit\ndumping violations in these YouTube videos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"bs ranch and farm dumping in water\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wWUQqPVYzJU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"bs ranch and farm septic dumping without filter\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bqQ_m-lJCC4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"bs ranch and farm failed berm rebuild\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l3J6jUp8ADk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"bs ranch and farm plastic\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XiMjsNQc6zY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said no one had ever shown him the images of all material\nleaving their property or the unpermitted new eastern berm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The NEW EASTERN BERM was built only with the clay material\nthat was dug up on site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why were No Engineering or Permitting or Inspections\nperformed\/required for a NEW protective berm that is this important to the\nsafety of our public land and water?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What happened to the previous berm? Oh that right &#8211; they dug\na trench right thru it! Also caught on video!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can also see the NEWEST southern pond berm is only\nconstructed of Tree Mulch, Sewer Sludge and plastic bags from City of Lakeland\n\u201corganic\u201d collections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can see in the video that the new southern pond breached\nand washed all the toxic material down to the new berm road they built!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It looks like they tried to \u201cunsuccessfully\u201d hold back all\nof the toxic sewer sludge water from exiting the experimental BS Ranch and Farm\n&#8211; a State of Florida DEP permitted Industrial Waste Water Treatment Facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These images show untested toxic water flowing unabated into saddle Creek and Lake Hancock &#8211; The headwaters of the Peace River which ends up at Port Charlotte creating the potential to everything in its path on the way to this vital estuary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please Let me know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">___________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The views and opinions expressed in this online newspaper\nare those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or\nposition of any other agency, organization, employer, company or this newspaper\n\u2013&nbsp;Lakeland Gazette.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Assumptions made in the analysis are not reflective of the\nposition of any entity other than the author(s) \u2013 and, since we are\ncritically-thinking human beings, these views are always subject to change,\nrevision, and rethinking at any time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The Lakeland Gazette and its staff are not to be held\nresponsible for the misuse, reuse, recycled and cited and\/or uncited copies of\ncontent within this opinion or this newspaper by others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Our opinion articles appearing here differ from most news pieces in that they advocate a particular point of view, policy or other non-objective opinion. They may contain assertions that are controversial or non-factual and they usually don\u2019t seek to be as unbiased and objective as true newspaper stories should \u2013 and must.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes, an entire newspaper will collectively print and\nendorse an editorial written by a staff member or a few staff members. For\nexample, conservatives tend to deride the,&nbsp;New York Times&nbsp;because its\neditorials tend to espouse \u201cliberal\/progressive\u201d points of view. Conversely\nprogressives make similar claims about the&nbsp;Wall Street Journal.&nbsp;However,\nthe pure news content of both papers seeks to be objective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Other times, the&nbsp;Lakeland Gazette&nbsp;will print\neditorial pieces written by a single individual who is credited with its\nauthorship. In the latter case, the views of the author should not be construed\nto represent the views of the&nbsp;Lakeland Gazette&nbsp;as a whole. Today, you\ncan find editorials all over the Internet on various blogs and websites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disclaimer: This country is the greatest country in the history of the world. 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