The people who live near the Exide battery recycling facility are angry.

It’s not surprising, since the soil and maybe even the air in the surrounding community maybe got a little lead poisoned.

Not good for raising healthy families.

I spent some time with Dave Bryan covering the story this past week and got to see representatives of California State Agencies try to discuss where things are and how the community and Exide can move forward.

The thing is, people who attended the meeting aren’t really interested in moving forward.  They want Exide to be shut down.  Now.

It’s an interesting story.  The area is mostly lower income and the one question that never really got answered is the same question asked at any of these meetings.

How come this doesn’t happen in Beverly Hills?

Of course, I think that’s meant to be rhetorical.