Two mines too many

Granite Construction’s claim of saving taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars and clearing the atmosphere of pollution is ludicrous. Granite’s PR campaign utilizes company paid for economic and environmental “studies” based on quack science and half-truths to confuse area residents about the true effects the nation’s largest hard rock open pit mine will have on the Fallbrook area.

Locating the epicenter of their pollution source in Fallbrook merely shifts the air pollution concentration to Fallbrook, turning our air quality and congestion into that of Riverside, the worst in the nation. Fal...