Breaking News: Recall
Recall campaign filed against Commissioner Al French on the grounds of malfeasance for covering-up poisonous drinking water crisis.
What Happened
In early 2020, local environmental officials called on French to support funding to clean up the water supply of Airway Heights and West Plains after “forever chemicals” (PFAS) from the airport polluted their drinking water. French denied the request, prioritizing the business interests of the Spokane airport over his constituents’ lives.
In light of Commissioner French’s cover up of a public health crisis and his conflict of interest as an airport board member, we are demanding accountability and believe this to be a blatant violation of his oath of office and responsibility to constituents.
Al French’s PFAS pipe dream
After years of silence on West Plains ‘forever chemicals’ — and with an election looming — County Commissioner Al French has promised to pipe water to ‘everybody’ with a contaminated well, but his plan is thin on detail. Meanwhile, he’s known about the contamination since 2017.
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Many with PFAS in their West Plains wells question airport leadership and Commissioner Al French
Documents recently released by Spokane County Commissioner Al French raise more questions about the government and community response to the contaminated waters of the West Plains.
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Al French and the “forever chemicals” cover-up
Four years ago, Spokane County water experts were eager to help with a public health response to potent contaminants in West Plains drinking water. A powerful commissioner pulled the plug.
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Who We Are
The Clean Water Accountability Coalition is a group of citizens, activists, impacted residents and organizations. We do not have hundreds of thousands of dollars to run a campaign, but know wrongdoing when we see it, and we have the people power to change it. And we will use this people power to highlight the blatant wrongdoing by Commissioner Al French resulting in the poisoning of our neighbors’ water.
Join our Clean Water Accountability Coalition
Thousands of residents are being poisoned in Airway Heights and the West Plains because of Commissioner Al French’s cover-up of the crisis and we need to act now. Will you join our historic Clean Water Accountability Coalition to hold Commissioner French to account for this unconscionable cover-up and show that people always win over power and money?