The dispute intensified Friday between the Metropolitan District Commission and the Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority over the CRRA's plan to hire a contractor to run its trash-to-energy plant in Hartford for the next five to 10 years.
After The Courant published a story Friday about the situation, the MDC issued a press release blasting CRRA President Thomas Kirk over statements quoted in the story. Kirk responded with a statement of his own. Following are the two statements, in the order in which they were issued.
First, the MDC's:
MDC LABELS CRRA PRESIDENTS STATEMENT FALSE, DEMAND RETRACTION
December 10, 2010
For Immediate Release(HARTFORD, CT) - The Metropolitan District is appalled at the patently false and malicious statements made by CRRA President Thomas Kirk as reported in the Hartford Courant this morning.