Posts tagged ‘Blight’

HQAQSM – What’s in these barrels?

By Lisa Marie Coppoletta, 3 September, 2010, No Comment

San Marcos News Live is on the downtown beat investigating barrels dumped in the heart of our community. Open Records Requests will be sent today to investigate the contents of these barrels and what air quality risks lurk here in our community.

The Blight Which Project? Past, Present, Future

By Lisa Marie Coppoletta, 31 January, 2010, 1 Comment

THE BLIGHT WHICH PROJECT? BLIGHT IN SAN MARCOS PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE
Segment 1 of a 3 part report. Join SMNL as we drive throughout San Marcos to investigate the various types and locations of blight in our community. As we get to the root causes and the implications of to effects of blight.

PART 1: What exactly is BLIGHT? It appears to be a double edge sword but with one edge exponentially sharper than the other as it relates to environmental racism. E.R. protocols enacting or enforcing any policy, practice, or regulation that negatively affects the environment of low-income and/or racially-homogeneous communities at a disparate rate than affluent communities can be consider a Blight Which Project.

MUSIC BY: The Black Angels “Manipulation”; Transient Dreams; Blue Hit; Carrie Ann “Little Black Heart”; Massive Attack “Inertia Creeps”; The Black Angels “Mission District”