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Lo, mine archenemy has a follower:

It would be easy for Genevans to simply say, ah, Dr. Rodney Nelson is at it again.

The longtime area physician, former School Board member and community activist is renewing his fight with the Kane County Forest Preserve District over the fireworks that commonly end many Kane County Cougars night games at Elfstrom Stadium.

This has been a long-term battle for Nelson, waged largely with letters to the editors of area newspapers and missives to Geneva city officials.

Nelson is armed with a raft of studies that say fireworks produce air pollution particulates that are dangerous and become more dangerous for people who get more exposure to them. There are other studies that appear to have scientific basis and appear to counter Nelson's studies, but most of those have some kind of tie to the fireworks industry.

Big Fireworks? The truth is out there.

So it seems to me that it might be time for the Forest Preserve District to take a look at the situation. It seems appropriate that a governmental agency charged with preserving land and other ecological concerns might be willing to discuss an air pollution concern.

It's not like Kane County hasn't already gone there. It took a lot of pushing, but the county eventually took up the case of leaf burning, banning it in the face of convincing medical evidence about its potential harm.

As for Dr. Nelson, he has taken care of the medical needs of area residents and their children and grandchildren and served his community well in a number of ways.

Maybe Genevans should be glad he's at it again.

Genevans of the Kane County, Unite! You have nothing to lose but your, um, something.

For more background on this see this post.