DAMASCUS

"BEAUTY SPOT"

TO CLOSE

PERMANENTLY

ON

OCTOBER 1, 2009

The Montgomery County Division of Solid Waste Services has announced it is permanently closing the Damascus Beauty Spot (a strangely-named trash site that accepts lumber, wood, demolition debris, fencing, mattresses, and "bulky" trash in quantities up to 499 pounds) on October 1, 2009.

Why?

"For environmental compliance reasons," says the county government. What does that mean? Is there a health hazard to local residents from this site? Or is this simply another case of the county executive and council treating the Upcounty as second-class citizens again, bearing the heaviest burden of our elected officials' budget "cuts?"