Gesturing around her large living room, she says, “This could all vanish tomorrow!” She had worked hard. She had waited in line. She’d seen others “cut ahead,” and this had galled her and estranged her from the government. Like Janice Areno, Jackie had developed a deep story self. She could accommodate the downside of the free market and sadly that included the bad news of industrial pollution, but she had her own way of doing so.
