- April 20, 2025
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Dear Editor:
I can’t help but wonder why the proposed Belvedere Terminals gas depot is referred to as an “oil tank farm.” Why are rows of huge unsightly tanks filled with toxic, highly flammable petrochemicals called “farms?”
To most of us, farms bring up bucolic visions of corn fields and amber waves of grain. Is this some public relations ploy to put the proverbial lipstick on a pig? It seems to be since Belvedere and other such companies facing controversy for their type of business or questionable activity employ crisis management PR companies to spin, dodge, obscure and even gaslight (pun intended) the truth.
And in the case of any oil tank farm, obscuring the reality isn’t that easy to do because you can’t fool all the people all of the time unless, of course, you happen to be the Palm Coast mayor and city council who were poised to approve the Belvedere “farm” in our town.
Dana Graves
Palm Coast
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