The crematory belongs in an industrial park just as the city of Cleveland requires. How can anyone take the chance of ANY mercury contamination on the children of Strongsville for the almighty dollar? But we now know who! This is crazy. It will be right next to the High School, the bus yard, the post office and the new Giant Eagle. From the information that is out there, the Jardines are not installing scrubbers to make mercury contamination that less likely to happen. If they are going to put the crematory in the center of town, at least spend the money to put the scrubbers in for the safety of the community and especially the children. Come on, do the right thing here Jardines! Don't put money above the healt of the community. This will become an Erin Brockovich story years from now. The Jardines have the chance to do the right thing, install the scrubber or build crematory in the industrial park.

But at a public hearing Thursday night, no residents spoke against the crematory.
Instead, eight residents, many from Hunting Meadows, stood up and spoke in favor of the project

would these be the same hunting meadows people who the city officials are bending over backwards to please over giant eagles

And lets look at those who spoke in favor of the plans
Tom Brubeck.........I have absolutely, positively no concerns of any negative things the crematory would bring to Strongsville," said Tom Brubeck, who said his Raccoon Trail home is the closest of any house to the site

now lets look at jardines own website .....
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My name is Tom Brubeck and I have been a member of the Jardine Staff for ten years. As a Strongsville resident for the past 36 years, Charter member of St. John Neumann Parish, Former Councilman, and licensed realtor with Coldwell Banker in Strongsville, I am very familiar with many of the people who utilize our services.

Don't know if is still the case, but I know that Jason Jardine used to live in Hunting Meadows right behind the driving range / future GE site. Not claiming that means anything, but maybe some "friendly" neighbors were present, in addition to Mr. Brubeck.

How can Tom Brubeck get up and state that he lives closer to Jardines than anyone else, when the large Hunters Hollow apartment complex is practically adjacent to the Jardines property and Brubeck is way over across Pearl, behind the driving range. And when Giant Eagle is built, the store and towering mound will provide him a nice "shield". Sounds like he was trying to give a nice persuasive argument on behalf of his employer, Jardines, as tom m revealed.

I can't imagine this will get approved after I heard how some city officials have been concerned about the mercury levels. When there is even a question of safety, regardless of whatever manufacturer assurances may be attached to a product, I would hope that the city would follow through with their "gut" feelings on this project and deny it, at least in this location. Again, why not have the regulations require this type of facility be built in an industrial area. Follow Cleveland's lead, talk to other cities, and find out more before you rubber stamp this project. Why does it need to be built at the current Jardines location? If they are so concerned about taking care of their own clients, they can still build another facility somewhere else close by - Foltz is not that far, and don't we want that area expanded? They should have considered this before acquiring their current property.

Lyn, no he didn't. Tom M. pointed it out in his comments.

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