Headline from The Daily Ringer this morning: JoyTech Recycling Program a Rousing Success!

This followed by a two-page spread on the super-efficient automated system, the tons already recycled, and the sparkling facility…

Sparkling, yeah, because it never gets used!

Not surprisingly, there wasn’t a word in there about Aurora’s email, and at lunch, she tells me that she went to check out the center herself last night, and that there was NOTHING GOING ON! Then she rolled her eyes at me, like I’m crazy, and whispered something to New Guy.

How really, really, super cool of her. In fact, just so you can understand the coolness, I’m putting up this tooned photo of the lady herself looking too cool for school.

Anyway, it’s obvious that The Daily Ringer tipped JoyTech off that we were on to them, and they decided to stop their little disposal project until the heat died down.

Too bad for them, it’s already too late.

I went back to the JoyTech recycling center last night, and it was the exact same story as the night before. For some reason, I thought maybe it was a one-time thing. Like they were just getting going and couldn’t handle the volume right off the bat. Which was a stupid way to think. If they were just overloaded, they would dump in a landfill, not Ring City’s largest river.

Anyway, I told Aurora what I saw, and she was actually kind of skeptical, which is BS. Fine. Maybe it was 4 in the morning, but she never doubted me before New Guy came along. In the end, she agreed to send an email to The Daily Ringer asking them to investigate. She said that if there is something going on, they’ll get to the bottom of it.

But I’m doubtful. Jerry says that JoyTech’s got the Ringer wrapped around its finger. He says you can’t trust the news anymore.

Lately, Jerry and Aurora disagree about everything, so in a way, it’s a good thing she never comes over anymore.

Whatevs. We’ll do it her way. And if the Ringer does turn this into a snowjob, we’ll do it my way.

I’m not going to be stupid about this. Becoming a superhero takes some planning. I need to figure out:

• What my superhero name is going to be.
• What kind of disguise I’m going to wear.
• What kind of resources I have at my disposal, because, like Batman, I don’t actually have a super power.
• How I’m going to tell my story. This is really important, because getting the story out there is half of making a difference, right?

I can’t depend on a reporter for The Daily Ringer to tell the story for me, because JoyTech just bought the paper, but I think I have the perfect solution…