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Gadsden’s taxpayers should not accept a final resolution based on the board’s word that the “proposal” by Pilgrim’s Pride has been denied.

I believe the veil of secrecy, whether for present or future considerations, should be removed from the IDA. The taxpayers who fund the organization deserve no less.

The support of the plant by a lame-duck administration and the area’s top industrial development entity flies in the face of opposition by Gadsden and Etowah County constituents.

Because of the recent closure of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. plant here, the state thought city officials would be amenable to any business. The state was right in their assumptions about city officials, but wrong about acceptance by the residents of Gadsden and Etowah County.

Pilgrim’s Pride continues its disingenuous justifications and manifestations in order to receive approval for its proposed rendering plant from our community.