Key Takeaways
- Adams County Prosecutor’s Office confirmed no public records exist for the Killen demolition plan from 2020.
- The absence of a demolition plan raises concerns about safety evaluations and compliance with regulations.
- It suggests either a plan was never created or is being withheld, indicating a serious oversight issue.
- Without records, accountability is impossible, leading to community distrust regarding negligence or corruption.
- The Killen demolition is not just a technical matter; it involves critical safety implications.
Sometimes, the most damning evidence is the silence.
This week, the Adams County Prosecutor’s Office confirmed there are no public records for the demolition plan of the Killen Generation Station in 2020. The short email response, came from Administrative Assistant Katey McCann: “There are no response records for your request.”
Without a demolition plan, it’s unclear how safety was evaluated, who signed off on the work, or whether required state and federal standards were met.
What This Means
If no plan exists, it raises two possibilities, neither of them good:
- It was never created, or,
- It exists but isn’t being disclosed
Both scenarios point to a serious breakdown in oversight. And both demand answers.
When public records either disappear, or never existed at all, accountability becomes impossible. Communities are left to wonder whether negligence, corruption, or both paved the way to disaster.
The demolition of Killen wasn’t just an engineering project; it was a matter of life and death. And if Ohio law required a plan, the absence of that document isn’t just a clerical error.
It’s a Red Flag.
The thing that is most telling to me: I didn’t send the FOIA to the prosecutor; I went to the building and codes department as that’s where the plan would have been filed.
