The Poisoning of Kalamazoo?? - Part 2

This is part two of a three part series on what we thought would be about crony capitalism, the poisoning of a midsized midwestern town by a corporation that has captured the governing bodies that oversee it.

But after a post to the Kalamazoo subreddit asking Redditors if they had any information or would like to speak with us... we heard from "Scott". Scott is not his real name as he has requested to remain anonymous. Which we have chosen to respect.

Scott has a BS in environmental science with a specialty in hazardous materials and resides in Kalamazoo. His responses to some of our previous commentary on Graphic Packaging and their alleged "poisoning" of the city of Kalamazoo thru toxic emissions got Scott a little heated with us at first. He made his grievances known in the aforementioned Kalamazoo subreddit.

So we did what we do. Asked Scott to speak with us. And he accepted our invitation.

While part one dealt with activist, Brandi Crawford. A passionate woman whose goal is to hold Graphic Packaging responsible for their criminal poisoning of poor communities around Kalamazoo by any means necessary, and not just Graphic Packaging, but any overseeing official or body who may have a hand in the company not being held to account to this point... Scott has a different view.

It's not that he believes Graphic Packaging is a company that is great with their emissions standards. Far from it. He, like Brandi, believes that Graphic Packaging is emitting harmful emissions into the community. But let's just say that Scott's opinion on how the blossoming story is being handled is not his favorite.

While Brandi and Scott agree in principle... It's not always just about the accountability of the alleged polluter, but the overall health and outside perception of a community.