on the consent calendar reporter: richard valley, the chairman of the board of supervisors agreed to an interview with cnn, but when we came to town he didn t show up. hi, i m kyra phillips with cnn. you cancelled our interview last week. can i call you back? reporter: i wanted to ask you a couple of questions most importantly why you voted to expand the toxic waste site even without a thorough health investigation. do you know i m the one who called for the investigation? reporter: valley asked the state for an investigation into birth defects, on december 15th, but just a week later, on december 22nd, he voted to expand the waste site. i separated the health concerns out of kettleman city with the land use decision that i made as it relates to the permit of the waste management
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earl devainy, that name ring a bell? maybe want, but he s got a really important job. he s chairman of the government accountability and transparency board, that s a fancy way of saying that he investigates waste, fraud and abuse in the stimulus program. he s kept a low profile, but he went public this week to refute what he says are myths about the stimulus program. josh levs in his natural habitat over there. so what s mr. earl devany complaining about? ? he says he s going on the attack on the myths spreading wild. the stimulus is $ 62 billion, borrowed dollars that we re paying interest on. there are all these myths and lies flying about. let me show you a few of what he s complaining about. you may have heard this one, that billions of dollars from gone to phantom districts.
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any new contaminants. there should not be an expansion of the hazardous waste dump. waste management has paid $3 million in taxes to the county. it s essential that the county knows what is causing these birth defects for the hazardous waste dump can be expanded, and i mean, it really appear like this is really a case about the money. reporter: so now residents and activists have filed a lawsuit against king s county. for any discussion of an item on the consent calendar. richard valley, the chairman of the kings county board of supervisors agreed to an interview with cnn, but when we came to town, he didn t show up. hi, i m kyra phillips with cnn. hi, how are you? you canceled our interview last week. let me call you back. i want to ask you a couple of questions and most importantly why you voted to expand the toxic waste site even without a
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