Comments on: More of Nestle Doing What They Do Best: Screwing Everyone Else.

By: John Doe

John Doe — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 03:32:07 +0000

I have worked at nestle for a long time and I could tell you things to get them shut down. They have maggots on the production lines and everything. Andd that ain’t all. It’s been said that somebody put shit on their hands and then went back to work. How disgusting.

By: Tom Chandler

Tom Chandler — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:09:31 +0000

Kevin;

Thanks for the heads up on the Caltrans opposition. Caltrans hasn’t come up in the Nestle discussion locally.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:14:27 +0000

Caltrans is more than slightly opposed to the project due to the trucks traffic and Nestle’s lack of responsibility for and infrastructure improvements.

By: Tom Chandler

Tom Chandler — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 00:33:00 +0000

No matter where they go, those trucks are going to grind Hwy 89 to dust, along with anyone unfortunate enough to get in the way.

By: Heddon17

Heddon17 — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 19:45:00 +0000

I wonder how many of the trucks will be going south on 89 towards Burney on their way to Reno, etc??

That section of 89 south of McCloud to a few miles north of Lake Britton is bad enough during the winter-early spring and I can’t imagine driving that section with that sort of increase in Semi Traffic.

If a high percentage of their trucks will be going that way, then going down I-5, then up 299 to Baum Lk would be the safer option. Even though it would add an hour to the drive each way.

Brian

By: Tom Chandler

Tom Chandler — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 23:15:42 +0000

And, oh yeah – you know how all that truck traffic will crumble McCloud’s roads?

Nestle’s “deal” says they aren’t responsible for any infrastructure (e.g. – the roads).

By: Tom Chandler

Tom Chandler — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 23:13:44 +0000

That truck bit boggles the mind. Hwy 89 was also a cycling route for riders looking to get away from the Shasta Valley, yet I can’t imagine anyone would go near the thing with that kind of semi traffic.

Hell, I can’t imagine driving my Bronco on that road with that kind of semi traffic.

By: Heddon17

Heddon17 — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 19:11:12 +0000

They definitely don’t give a rat’s ass about what will happen to the McCloud community or the McCloud and Squaw Creek watersheds.

Several hundred trucks a day going in and out of the McCloud area will make that stretch of hwy 89 one of the most dangerous sections of hwy in CA. Especially during the winter months.

Once those trucks start rolling it will just be a matter of time until one of them is involved in a fatal accident with one or more other vehicles……

Brian

By: Tom Chandler

Tom Chandler — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 18:29:27 +0000

The McCloud Watershed Council is probably the best resource to visit for news about Nestle’s latest depravities in Northern California.

Nestle is a slick operation. Their concern for the community is pretty much nil (they’re planning to run several hundred trucks a day through McCloud), and believe me, they don’t care what happens to the McCloud River or Squaw Creek. The just don’t.

Also realize this: they’re in it for the long haul. They’ve had a fulltime person on the ground in McCloud for several years now, and they put their sizable financial resources behind a slate of pro-plant candidates for the McCloud Service District.

How much of a chance did the no-plant candidates truly have?

By: Heddon17

Heddon17 — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 21:16:04 +0000

If you use one of those water containers with the filter that you fill up with tap water and let the water go through the filter (Brita, etc.) then your tap water will be just as good as the expensive bottled stuff.

If you reuse your empty water bottles and refill them with filtered water, you’ll save yourself a bunch of $$$ too.

Brian

By: Teh Wind Knot

Teh Wind Knot — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 18:35:33 +0000

The auto industry is in the toilet and MI has raised taxes so much that every other business is hitting the road. As a result, almost no environmental degredation is too alarming if it might help employ a couple of folks and Nestle has never shied away from that kind of thing. Governor Granholm is kind of a MILF, but she needs to recognize and protect the great resources in the state. A lot of folks head up that way often and drop big bucks because of them.

By: MN Justin

MN Justin — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 06:26:54 +0000

(1) Bottled water is no better than your tap water in most cases.
(2) It’s my understanding that the issue here is the word “spring” – they need to be within a certain a radius of a spring or similar groundwater feature in order to put that word on the label… They could just say “Ice Mountain Water” or something like that, and fill the bottles with purified standard well water.

Just stop drinking the damn stuff… all of it. If you need proof – send a few samples to a lab for comparison – you’ll see no significant difference.

By: Jerome Alicki

Jerome Alicki — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 01:37:18 +0000

It is important to note that Nestle is international and that the same tactics being used here in Michigan and and in California are also being used in South America.

Since we haven’t been able to stop Nestle with the Michigan courts – only slow them down a bit- we have to stop them in the court of public opinion. So, Blog Blog BLOG! We may not have the backing of the legal system, but we can get the backing of the blogger community and through them the larger national and international environmental organizations. Never underestimate the power of the written word.

Don’t buy bottled water unless absolute necessary. Also, if the state you live in has a bottle deposit for alcohol and soda, write your representative and encourage him or her to expand the bottle bill to include plastic water bottles.

This is a long, slow fight – a slog through the muck – but in the end it’s all worth it.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 19:57:42 +0000

Damn it Tom, don’t just tell me the problem, tell me what I can do to help! Nestle must be stopped, by any means available. I don’t have a lot of dough, so I can’t help out too much that way, but I want in on this fight!
(I apologize for the snarkiness)

By: Jerome Alicki

Jerome Alicki — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 19:06:34 +0000

Damn straight Clay, don’t buy “Ice Mountain.” There has been a boycott of “Ice Mountain” in Michigan already that started several years ago and continues.

Thanks for blogging about this issue. We need to start a national movement against Nestle, the blogosphere is a great place to start. We can change the way Nestle and other big water corporations operate in Michigan and California if bloggers join in and voice their opinions.