They're building a concrete plant less than a mile from my school.

I'm pissed off.

The concrete is going to stink to high heaven, and the traffic to and from school will be so much worse than it already is. The skyline will no longer be unbroken mountains, but now marred with smokestacks, and the air quality is going to go from fresh and healthy to stale and polluted.

I'm really, really, really pissed off. The people of the city should have something to say about this, because it affects all of their lives.

Yes, it'll bring jobs to the city, but it will also drive away potential home-buyers. SO many people moved here because of the fresh mountain air and the beautiful view. Now what? Say goodbye to spring showers and hello to acid rain. Goodbye open roads, hello six-o-clock traffic. Bye-bye cleansing breeze, hello asthma-inducing smog.

What can I do though? What can one kid do to save her town? There's a protest at the school on Wednesday, but I don't see how that will change anything.

I want this to stop, because I'm afraid that if it doesn't, I won't be able to want to live here anymore.

-N