Daga Laurie Timmermann, Asheville don wani World BEYOND War Mai Gudanar da Babi, North Carolina, Amurka, Disamba 27, 2020
Wani rukuni na masu fafutuka tare da kungiyoyin zaman lafiya a Western NC sun damu matuka da samun labarin shirye-shirye daga Pratt & Whitney (P&W), wani rukuni ne na dan kwangilar aikin soja Raytheon Technologies, don kera injunan jirgin sama a kan kadada 100 na kasa mai kyau tare da gabar kogin Faransa. zuwa gare su $ 1 dala ta Biltmore Farms, LLC a zaman wani ɓangare na yarjejeniyar ɓoye.
P&W yana samar da injunan farar hula, kasuwanci da na soja don jiragen sama, kamar na F-35. Daga baya an fahimci cewa kashi 20% na samar da masana'antar da ake son samarwa za a kasance na sassan injin soja ne. Raytheon shi ne kamfani na biyu mafi girma a fannin tsaron sararin samaniya a duniya, yana samun riba daga yakin kusan shekaru ashirin da aka shafe ana gwabzawa a Afganistan da Iraki, kuma yana daya daga cikin manyan kasashen da ke samar da makamai ga kasar Saudiyya da ke gudanar da yakin kisan kare dangi na tsawon shekaru a kan al'ummar Yemen.
Kamfanin P&W ya shafe sama da shekara guda yana tattaunawa da jami’an gundumomi, duk da haka an sanar da jama’a aikin ne kawai a ranar 22 ga Oktoba, 2020. Hukumar Buncombe ta shirya kada kuri’a kan dala miliyan 27 na harajin kadarorin da ya kai dalar Amurka miliyan 160. Kamfanin P&W a taron sa a ranar 17 ga Nuwamba, 2020.
Laurie Timmermann mai ba da shawara na WBW na gida ya gabatar da sharhi na minti 3 a wurin taron, kuma ya gabatar da rubutattun sharhi ga Hukumar Buncombe County, a ƙasa.
Nuwamba 17, 2020
Ya ku masu girma kwamishinonin gundumar Buncombe:
A matsayin mai aikin sa kai na gida tare da World BEYOND War, Yin hidima a kan 400 masu sha'awar zaman lafiya a cikin WNC da dubban mambobi masu aiki a fadin Amurka da duniya, Ina rubutawa don shiga tare da NC Peace Action don tabbatar da dabi'un kawo karshen yaki, ba da fifiko ga al'adun zaman lafiya, da tsaro da ba a so.
Mazauna Asheville da gundumar Buncombe da masu hutun yankin sun yaba da tabbacin kariya ga ingancin muhalli da haɓaka zaman lafiya tsakanin ƙasashe. Bayan samun cikakkun bayanai, mutane da yawa za su ji takaicin cewa hukumar Buncombe tana ba da shawarar ba da dala miliyan 27 a cikin abubuwan ƙarfafawa ga katafariyar masana'antar kera Pratt & Whitney da aka shirya don sassan injin jet a kan kadada 100 na fitacciyar ƙasa kusa da kogin Faransa. kusa da Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina Arboretum, da Bent Creek River Park.
Gundumar Buncombe ba za ta iya samun maimaitawar CTS na Asheville electroplating shuka superfund site a Mills Gap Road a South Asheville wanda ya fitar da matakan haɗari na TCE, da har zuwa 10 sauran cututtukan carcinogens, sama da shekaru 30 kuma har yanzu ba a sami cikakken gyara ba.
Kamfanin injin jet na Pratt & Whitney a North Haven, CT ya saki fam miliyan 5.4 na sinadarai masu guba tsakanin 1987 da 2002, yayin da West Palm Beach, FL shuka yana da wuraren sharar guba guda 47 waɗanda suka ƙunshi ɗayan manyan wuraren tsabtace EPA masu haɗari.
Menene matakan kiyayewa da ake buƙata don hana leken asiri mai guba da haɗari, buƙatun don bayar da rahoton jama'a nan take na duk wani abin da ya zube ko gurɓatawa, tanade-tanade don cikakken gyara, da buƙatun diyya ga gunduma da duk mutanen da aka cutar?
Pratt & Whitney wani yanki ne na Raytheon Technologies, na uku mafi girma da ke kera makamai a duniya. Raytheon yana da tarihin samun riba biliyoyin daloli daga sayar da jiragen yaki ga Saudi Arabiya wanda hakan ya haifar da ta'addanci a Yemen shekaru da yawa ta hanyar yin aiki mai kyau. 16,749 hare-hare ta sama, da kashe fararen hula, da haddasa yunwa da barkewar kwalara.
Me yasa labarin Citizen's Times game da shirin Pratt & Whitney na gida ya ƙunshi injin F135 don jirgin F-35 Lightning II? Bisa ga dukkan alamu, Pratt & Whitney za su gina wasu sassa na injuna akan F-35s da layinsa na injunan soja, wadanda za a sayar da su ga kasashe kamar Saudi Arabiya, Hadaddiyar Daular Larabawa (UAE), da Isra'ila wadanda ke cin zarafin bil'adama. .
Waɗannan ikirari ba su da nisa. Tun daga ranar 11 ga Nuwamba, 2020, gwamnatin Trump na neman hanzarta bin diddigin wani gagarumin cinikin dala biliyan 23.37 a cikin mintunan karshe na jiragen yaki, jirage marasa matuka da bama-bamai ga Hadaddiyar Daular Larabawa da ke aiwatar da ayyukan ta'addanci a Yemen.
Wannan yarjejeniyar da aka yi tsakanin Biltmore Farms, LLC da Pratt da Whitney/Raytheon ta kasance a asirce, an hana sunan kamfanin ko da a cikin labaran jama'a, kuma Biltmore Farms ya nemi izinin muhalli da sunan kansa a cikin rashin bayyana gaskiya. An shirya sauraron mahalli amma an soke shi a cikin Maris saboda kulle-kullen COVID.
Mazauna gundumar Buncombe sun cancanci a sanar da su yadda ya kamata game da waɗannan tsare-tsaren. Ya kamata a jinkirta yanke shawarar bayar da abubuwan ƙarfafawa na gundumomi har sai ƴan ƙasa sun sami isasshen lokaci don yin bita da tantance munanan abubuwan da ke tattare da haɗarin gurɓacewar muhalli da kuma illolin ɗabi'a.
Dukanmu za mu iya amfana daga ilimi a cikin tsarin kasuwanci na Pratt da Whitney/Raytheon da tarihin yin kisa (a cikin riba), ta hanyar yin kisa (a yaki, tashin bama-bamai da mutuwa).
Haka ne, yankinmu yana buƙatar ƙarin tattalin arziƙi mai ɗimbin yawa, amma hakan yana nufin ba da ƙwarin gwiwa na jihohi da ƙyale gundumomi daga harajin kadarorin ga abokin tarayya na Raytheon Technologies Pratt & Whitney, wanda ke shirin kera injunan jet a kan kadada 100 na fitacciyar ƙasa, wanda aka ba su tare da Faransanci. Fadin Kogi?
Muna neman zaɓaɓɓun wakilan gundumarmu da su yi aiki tare da yin taka tsantsan a cikin yanke shawara idan aka yi la'akari da manyan abubuwan da ke faruwa na dogon lokaci.
gaske,
Laurie Timmermann
World BEYOND War Advocate
Ba tare da amsa ko magance duk wata damuwa na masu sharhi 20 da ke adawa da yarjejeniyar ƙarfafawa ta P&W ba, kwamishinonin Buncombe sun kada kuri'a gaba ɗaya don amincewa da dala miliyan 27 na harajin haraji. Haɗin kai tare da Veterans For Peace, Sunrise and Democratic Socialists of America sun fito kuma sun shirya kansu tare a ƙarƙashin tutar Reject Raytheon. Kungiyar ta shirya zanga-zangar ta farko a ranar Laraba. Dec. 9, 2020 da karfe 3:00 na yamma zuwa 5:00 na yamma wanda ya hada da jeri na masu magana da "mutu a" don tunawa da wadanda yakin Yemen ya shafa. Membobin haɗin gwiwar, ciki har da WBW, za su ci gaba da yin adawa da yunƙurin kallon masana'antar P&W, tare da membobin da yawa waɗanda aka buga wasiƙun adawarsu a cikin takaddun gida.
