First action: Hedinger dismissed
In an article in Wednesday's Daily Register, Eric Fodor reported:
"State's Attorney David Nelson wasted no time in firing Stephen Hedinger, who was serving former State's Attorney Rod Wolf as an apparently unpaid assistant for landfill matters.
"Hedinger, a Springfield-based lawyer whose official title was assistant state's attorney for environmental affairs, was notified of his dismissal in a letter and facsimile dated this morning.
"Hedinger's primary duty was representing Wolf's office in efforts to keep Saline County Landfill closed, or at least to oppose the landfill's expansion permit, which would allow it to continue operating.
"Nelson is not sure whether he will continue to pursue litigation against Midwest Waste, the parent company of Saline County Landfill. He plans to look over the file and see whether Wolf's case against the landfill has any merit, Nelson said this morning.
"Saline County Landfill's operations have been embroiled in controversy for years, with prospects for both sides in the controversy getting brighter or dimmer with each new twist. As of now, the landfill's 28.9-acre expansion permit -- given the OK by the Pollution Control Board on May 6 -- is the subject of an appeal pending in the Fifth District Appellate Court."
"State's Attorney David Nelson wasted no time in firing Stephen Hedinger, who was serving former State's Attorney Rod Wolf as an apparently unpaid assistant for landfill matters.
"Hedinger, a Springfield-based lawyer whose official title was assistant state's attorney for environmental affairs, was notified of his dismissal in a letter and facsimile dated this morning.
"Hedinger's primary duty was representing Wolf's office in efforts to keep Saline County Landfill closed, or at least to oppose the landfill's expansion permit, which would allow it to continue operating.
"Nelson is not sure whether he will continue to pursue litigation against Midwest Waste, the parent company of Saline County Landfill. He plans to look over the file and see whether Wolf's case against the landfill has any merit, Nelson said this morning.
"Saline County Landfill's operations have been embroiled in controversy for years, with prospects for both sides in the controversy getting brighter or dimmer with each new twist. As of now, the landfill's 28.9-acre expansion permit -- given the OK by the Pollution Control Board on May 6 -- is the subject of an appeal pending in the Fifth District Appellate Court."
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