More than 200 people packed a town hall hosted in Benson with Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes. All but a few of them stood in solidarity against a proposed aluminum recycling plant that Aluminum Dynamics is planning on building near Highway 80 and Seventh Street.

We arent anti-industry. We are for responsible industry, Misty Bloom said.

Shes the cofounder and president of the group Health Over Wealth Benson that is against the project. The group is suing the City of Bensons Planning and Zoning Commission over the project.

Were really hoping to just overturn that conditional use permit, the variances, Bloom said.

About thirty people talked directly to the crowd and Mayes about the project, many including Bloom voicing their concerns over pollutants they feel like the plant could emi

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