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KINGS COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A Kings County Supervisor wants an apology from Kourtney Kardashian, and different protestors successful Calabasas, for what helium says were "offensive" remarks astir Kettleman City.
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved sending debris from the Palisades occurrence to the Calabasas landfill past week, prompting protestors to reason against it, arsenic reported by YourCentralValley.com's sister presumption KTLA.com.
According to Kings County Supervisor Richard Valle, 1 of his constituents made him alert of a motion that mentioned Kettleman City. Valle says the poster was violative and insensitive.
"[It] said, thing to the effect of, we don't privation this toxic waste, nonstop it to Kettleman City," Valle said.
While Kettleman City is known successful portion for its discarded absorption facility, Valle says the motion suggested that occurrence debris was excessively hazardous for Calabasas - but acceptable for Kettleman City.
"What came crossed was wealthy, entitled, privileged radical fundamentally saying the metropolis of Calabasas is truthful beauteous and a peculiar place. We don't merit this toxic discarded from the L.A. fires. Go dump it successful Kettleman City," Valle said.
Valle says Kettleman City is location to hard-working residents who merit respect. But much than that, Valle says they merit an apology, from Kourtney Kardashian.
Kardashian was seen protesting alongside galore successful Calabasas and Valle argues that Kardashian's power makes her liable for promoting respect among Californians.
Kourtney Kardashian arriving astatine the protestation tract (image courtesy of Valerie Allen)"We prayed for them - and our Kings County firefighters near their families, their children, and they deployed to L.A.," Valle said. "That is not showing immoderate grade of compassion backmost to us."
Additionally, Valle argues that sending discarded to Kettleman City would beryllium impractical and counterproductive for L.A. County.
"There's not capable trucks successful the authorities of California to haul that discarded to places arsenic acold distant arsenic Kettleman City," Valle said. "If determination were, owed to the region of hauling the discarded further distant than locally, it pushes your timeline to rebuild L.A. backmost significantly."
Valle says each the discarded has truthful acold been deemed non-toxic and is perfectly good to spell successful the Calabasas landfill. He insists that earlier Kettleman City would adjacent see taking further waste, Kardashian should contented an apology.
"She has the biggest platform, and I judge she is simply a true, good-hearted typical of the metropolis of Calabasas," Valle said. "Let's determination guardant - we are acrophobic astir the harm to our neighbors successful confederate California."
