A KOTO Radio show, called Straight Talk: The Idarado Lawsuit, from April 9, 1987. Bob Brickell and Telluride Times journalist, Tony Daranyi, interview Telluride Mayor, Chip Lenihan about the Idarado lawsuit. Lenihan speaks of the goals of the current Idarado lawsuit--namely to get Idarado to clean up the water, air, and tailings and to pay for it. Steve Johnson is serving as the attorney and suing Idarado for the costs of restoring the water, air and soil to standards, the staff/attorney costs, the costs of capping the tailings, and the economic damages to Telluride.
Also discussed is the way the case has been handled and the public's complaints regarding the disclosure of the hearing.
Finally, exactly how the clean up is to take place is revealed.
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