Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Meet eager beaver border wall contractor and major-league polluter Fisher Sand and Gravel



Source:  Trump wall - all you need to know about US border in seven charts.  (1/21/2019)

Company building Trump border-wall prototype fined in Phoenix for air quality.  (Arizona Republic, 9/17/2017)
An Arizona company chosen to build a prototype of President Donald Trump's proposed border wall has been cited hundreds of times by state and local officials for violating environmental regulations. Company building Trump border-wall prototype fined in Phoenix for air quality 
Despite paying millions of dollars in fines since 2006, Fisher Sand and Gravel Co., which has been doing business in the state since 1998, has continued to rack up environmental citations, including as recently as this year. 
The company operates an aggregate plant and surface pit in Maricopa County, two plants in Pinal County, and three portable crushing and asphalt units. It also operates multiple sand- and gravel-distribution facilities.

Fisher Sand and Gravel on Twitter.


Other border wall posts:
Border wall gofundme campaign running out of steam.  (1/19/2019)
Republicans in states far from the Mexico border propose giving money to Trump for his wall.  (1/17/2019)
The cost of Donald Trump's border wall has ballooned from $10-$12 million in 2016 to $5 billion today.  (1/11/2019)
The continuing Niagara of lies from a president with the emotional development of a 6 year old.  (1/11/2019)
Donald Trump's prescient 2004 advice to illegal immigrants.  (1/10/2019)
GET ME REWRITE. Trump pleads with his base to help him save his stumbling, chaotic presidency.  (1/10/2019)
Scott Walker appeared on Fox and Friends today and, yes, a fence is a physical border.  (1/9/2019)
Glenn Grothman starts the 116th Congress where he left off in the 115th: Enhancing his clown bona fides.  (1/5/2019)
GET ME REWRITE! The Trump base is already malleable crazy.  (12/20/2018)
Dear border wall nuts in Florida, You'd be much better off putting your money towards your own state's infrastructure.  (12/20/2018)

No comments: