At the time there were no state laws governing dump sites. And he definitely didn't know BGC waste was buried under one of the properties he bought.Īccording to city records, the city began operating an unpermitted landfill on the site in the late 60s. He didn't know about Baby Gun Club Landfill. All in walking distance of the Beltline's Quarry Park. Jerry Brow bought multiple properties in Northwest Atlanta with an eye toward the future. That's the big concern to everybody,” former EPD director Bert Langley told us. What other choice did I have when your attorney said one way or another they are going to take your property,” said Brow.Ī FOX 5 I-team investigation discovered the existence of Baby Gun Club Landfill buried deep in internal city memos, letters, engineering reports, and in two lawsuits that were quietly filed and then settled.Įyewitnesses told us they saw the dumping, aerial photographs from the '60s and '70s showed the cleared off dump site, and internal records documented how - who knows what - was dumped on the land for years before strict environmental laws were in place. Jerry Brow returned to Atlanta this past week and he wants to set the record straight. Brow was out of the country when Michael Bond's apology aired on TV.
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