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2. <br />What are the advantages of having this plant? The employment of <br />100 people and a few tax dollars? Is that worth the inevitable increase in <br />asthma and respiratory illness that the area will certainly experience? Is <br />that worth the additional safety and stress hazards caused by increased <br />truck traffic? Is that worth the destruction of fragile, natural <br />ecosystems that now exist in the country south of Pueblo? <br />Many of us from out -of -state have purchased land south of Pueblo <br />because we fell in love with the clean air, the pristine beauty of the land, <br />and the entire area. We are eager to become citizens of Pueblo County, not <br />to exploit it as a cement company will, but to love it and care for it. We <br />too pay taxes. <br />If the plant is allowed, I am certain that thousands of people like us <br />will be forced to reconsider their decision to move to this area of <br />Colorado. My husband and I thank you sincerely for doing all you can to <br />oppose the establishment of the Rio Grande Portland Cement Company <br />south of Pueblo. <br />Yours truly, <br />Elsa and William lenatsch <br />