Although there were documents indicating the landfill’s location, current City Council members claimed they didn’t know about the site and even offered Brow an apology once the facts were revealed. (At that time, there were no state or federal regulations against this kind of dumping.)īrow gives the reader the specific time frame, location and other key elements that led to his lawsuit. In the book, he outlines how city of Atlanta officials knowingly allowed dangerous materials to be dumped at the so-called “Baby Gun Club Landfill,” throughout the 1960s and 1970s. It’s an inspiring and, at times, distressing cautionary tale about one man’s attempt to fight City Hall and win.īrow is a licensed builder and developer who has taken on the role of an environmental crusader based on his experience. Using documents, photographs, letters and other material, Brow efficiently outlines his battle to uncover efforts by government agencies to hide a toxic waste site. Illuminating and meticulously researched, Jerry Brow’s “The Concealment of the Baby Gun Club Landfill,” pulls back the curtain behind an illegal government dumping ground and one man’s attempt for justice and truth.
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