Richard W. Collins
Maryland Department of the Environment
Waste Management Administration
2500 Broening Highway
Baltimore, MD 21224

Dear Mr. Collins,

An injustice is being inflected upon my hometown. Wilsontown is a small, majority African American community and the proposed location for the Chesapeake Terrace Rubble Landfill. Many of the residents have lived here for many generations and have enjoyed the peace and tranquility of the country setting. Our community should not be targeted for unwanted development simply because we are a minority. 

Historically landfills are placed near minority communities; areas that are small in population and do not pay enough tax dollars for our politicians to notice. Our community is not going to sit back and accept this form of discrimination. We want to fight this rubble landfill and would appreciate any help you could offer.
                                                                                                                                                                      

                        Sincerely,





cc:
Governor Parris N. Glendening
Senator Robert R. Neall
Delegate Robert C. Baldwin
Delegate Janet Greenip
Delegate David G. Boschert
County Executive Janet S. Owens
County Councilman William D. Burlison
County Councilman John R. Klocko