Bergmann attacks EPA, says it arrests for infractions that make "no sense"
Count Memphis's perennial 9th Congressional District Republican candidate, Charlotte Bergmann, among those Republicans targeting the Environmental Protection Agency for overreach in how it enforces of the nation's laws aimed at protecting the environment. A statement on her website claims the EPA has been making arrests and cosing small businesses over what she characterizes as nonsense enforcement "to anyone but the EPA." We thought we would take a closer look.
By Bartholomew Sullivan :: Published on Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012 at 09:15 a.m.
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