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We promised a look at a few of the degrees of separation for Fort Wayne Board of Zoning Appeals and the Plan Commission. While this is not all encompassing, if time permits, we’ll have more.

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Earth First, LLC. Preferred vendor in the bidding for Fort Wayne’s trash contract. Partner: Summit City Recycling & Transfer, LLC.

- Both new companies.
- No experience.
- Owned in part by Jerry (Jerome) Henry, Jr., the mayor’s brother.
- First in line for the new garbage contract with the city.
- If they get the award, the county will lose about about $105,000 in revenue from tipping fees.
- A waste-transfer facility on Pontiac Street, glad I don’t live nearby.

Folks, this has been in the planning stages for longer than one might think.

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Here is a recap.

Jerry Henry, an honest guy, but a tough businessman, is said, by opponent Mark GiaQuinta, to be a principle of Earth First, the company which was low bidder for the city garbage contract. Gregg Walbridge, a real estate developer is the managing partner of the recently formed company. I heard a third name, but can not remember it. Earth First is also the name of the earth liberation people who burn buildings in Colorado. I love their work. This Earth First has no trucks and no dump, but can get a loan to rent trucks and will pay a dump fee to the Republic site. I also heard that there is a key player who owns the land to the north of the Republic dump who will greatly benefit from this as his land will now become more valuable, they say, I do not remember that name either, but the tax rolls should shed some light. GiaQuinta said the money in garbage is made by the landfill operator, not the hauler.

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