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TX: County rejects prisons but welcomes toxic waste dump

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Struggling Andrews County sees value, not risk, in nuclear site By Enrique Rangel | A-J AUSTIN BUREAU Saturday, September 20, 2008 Story last updated at 9/20/2008 - 3:05 am AUSTIN - Like many rural counties in West Texas and across the nation, over the years Andrews County has experienced hard economic times and even lost some population. "In 1989, during the oil bust, we had one of the highest unemployment rates in the nation," said Russell Shannon, president and CEO of the National Bank of Andrews, which is located in the county's namesake city and county seat. "Things are better now because we put together a community strategic plan." The plan basically called for the diversification of the local economy, which was heavily dependent on oil and gas production, Shannon said...continue to full post

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