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Final Approval for Controversial Car Shredder
![<span style="font-size: 10pt;">SOUTH BEND — The St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners voted 3-0 today to approve a petition to operate a metal shredder on Smilax Road in Olive Township.</span>](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-02/103211000-15131652.jpg "<span style="font-size: 10pt;\">SOUTH BEND — The St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners voted 3-0 today to approve a petition to operate a metal shredder on Smilax Road in Olive Township.</span>")
SOUTH BEND — The St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners voted 3-0 today to approve a petition to operate a metal shredder on Smilax Road in Olive Township.
Despite heavy opposition to the project among some residents of New Carlisle and Olive...Tags: St. Joseph County (Indiana), Natural Resources, Land Resources, Elections, Politics
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Buy American...Or Not
![Tuesday night, the St. Joseph County Council voted to buy only American made <a class="iAs" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: darkgreen 0.07em solid; padding-bottom: 1px !important; background-color: transparent !important; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; color: darkgreen !important; font-size: 100% !important; font-weight: normal !important; text-decoration: underline !important; padding-top: 0px;" href="#" target="_blank">vehicles</a> and to buy some Japanese vehicles too.](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2010-07/113677180-14061249.jpg "Tuesday night, the St. Joseph County Council voted to buy only American made <a class="iAs\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: darkgreen 0.07em solid; padding-bottom: 1px !important; background-color: transparent !important; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; color: darkgreen !important; font-size: 100% !important; font-weight: normal !important; text-decoration: underline !important; padding-top: 0px;\" href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\">vehicles</a> and to buy some Japanese vehicles too.")
Tuesday night, the St. Joseph County Council voted to buy only American made vehicles and to buy some Japanese vehicles too.
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The Council found itself between a rock and a hard place. It had two ordinances to vote on...Tags: Vehicles, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Hybrid Vehicles, Prius, Toyota
Feb 15, 2011
|Story| South Bend Tribune
Jul 14, 2010
|Story| WSBT Radio
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