A standing-room crowd of about 120 residents jammed Zion's cityhall Wednesday night to urge the zoning board to block a 200-acreexpansion of a waste dump bordering the far north suburb.
"For $300,000 now, we're going to sell out Zion for the next 20years," said Lois Fisch. "What about our grandchildren?"
Browning-Ferris Industries of Houston, the second-largest wastemanagement firm in the country, has proposed that Zion annex andrezone about 200 acres of unincorporated Lake County so the companycan enlarge its 150-acre dump site.
"Look at the people here," said Desiree Brush. "Why would youwant to put manufacturing in a residential area? Where are …
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