Times-News article refreshingly objective

Given the Erie Times-News’s editorial predisposition in favor of the proposed tires-to-energy plant on Erie’s eastside, today’s news article describing opponents’ successful efforts to marshal other opponents by Reporter Jim Carroll is refreshingly objective. Hope he doesn’t lose his job over it.

The article notes that Wesleyville Borough and Lawrence Park Township have joined the group called “Keep Erie’s Environment Protected” (K.E.E.P.) in their active opposition to the plant, and two other municipal subdivisions, Harborcreek and North East townships may be poised to join them.

According to Carroll, supervisors of both townships have drafted a joint letter expressing their concerns about the plant’s potential effect on air quality east of the plant site and their current opposition to it. Both boards of supervisors have yet to ratify the “draft letter.”

Carroll’s article would have been more complete and informative if he had published the draft letter in its entirely, rather then merely quoting a Harborcreek Township supervisor paraphrasing it.