Sunday, July 31, 2005
As Editor of Hazleton Pravda, I Gombeggar would like to thank Doyna Yar and Kaph for their latest contributions to our humble Blog. Doyna touched on many things that we ourselves here at Pravda were mulling over. I would just like to reiterate some of his points of “Rotting Fish.”
Several people aside from our Mayor Lou have written in saying, “Just leave Hazleton.” Although our staff here at HP is packed and ready to go at the first opportunity, that is NOT the point of Hazleton Pravda. Sure we hate this dying, strike that—DEAD town, but we are here not simply to complain as the Mayor assumes. We are not here to do ANY of that. There is simply a LOT of things wrong with Hazleton. We are here to point them out. The first step in ANY problem while working towards a solution is to address it, to point it out. So as far as the concerns of some readers that HP is JUST complaining and NOT trying to SOLVE all of Hazleton’s diverse breakages in one fair sweep of the broom, I say that we are doing are part by beginning at the beginning and bringing illumination. And as solutions present themselves we will be happier then some to present them to the public. As always any suggestions are appreciated along with any comments, questions or otherwise. ALL ARE WELCOME here at Hazleton Pravda, so keep reading and keep thinking. Together we can maybe fix Hazleton.
Laughably Hazleton City
NOW ON WITH THE RANTING!
DREDGE DREAD (Hazleton Speaks, The Powers That Be Don’t Listen!)
Flyers have been circulating the area for months against dredge fill. People have put up signs all around the city in front of their homes and window sills saying “No Dredge!” It has been quietly mentioned from time-to-time in the Standard Speaker, Premier lapdog publication of Hazleton.
On Monday July 25th the people of Hazleton and the surrounding areas including McAdoo, Sugarloaf and Conyngham FINALLY got to face off with Mayor Lou sitting right in the middle of his den of thieves (laughingly referred to as a PANEL) about the Amphitheater and the dredge water fill that it’ll be sitting on. The whole meeting was THANKFULLY aired live on WYLN 35 (local channel 7), but it was a farce and a sham and sickening to watch as the supposed officials calling themselves engineers and what not expressed how wonderful this dredge fill and fly ash and other crap would be for the area.
But HOORAY to the people of Hazleton for finally standing up for themselves and another HOORAY for local denizens of this totalitarian wasteland for educating themselves about the dredge fill and the amphitheater and all the shady nonsense surrounding it. It’s a good bet that Mayor Lou and his cronies were thinking to themselves five minutes into listening to the public and its views (to borrow in CANT DO-ese) “I think we’ve made a mistake!” as the opinion was and is that the public, the people of Hazleton don’t want this dredge here.
Many points were raised by the citizenry that just require (and received) applause:
“I think you [Mayor Lou & cronies] should have done this [meeting] in a room that could accommodate more people—There are about 50 people outside that can’t participate.” And the audience filled the room so much that people were lined up outside the meeting hall doors waiting to come in and say their piece.
—The stability of dredge and fly ash was pointed out to be very much in question by another member of the audience citing Dr. Deritus (sp?) as the material goes through a period of ‘molding’ and if not done properly reduces it structural integrity. So a building wouldn’t be able to be properly built there.
—Another point made by the audience was the increase in traffic as they haul this crap in day after day for a 5-year period. Aren’t there enough dump trucks clogging up the roadways as it is? The people of McAdoo who expressed this problem are very concerned and rightly so!
—There were a couple of numbskulls in the audience too expounding how great the opportunities will be coming out of this dredge ‘project’. These few people were either gullible enough to buy into the lies of the proposers or actual plants put in the audience to sway public opinion like a flock of sheep. Luckily, the overwhelming majority of public opinion is against this. One man made mention that there are already something like 238 various chemicals that are in our bodies in the Hazleton area that SHOULDN’T BE THERE. And he said, “And WE DON’T WANT ANYMORE,” to which another great round of applause broke out!
Now let’s talk about some of the nonsense the den of thieves had to say:
—Early on Mayor Lou for a reason that alludes everyone here at HP started talking about his FAVORITE subject—More COPS! It seems an obsession really. Is he trying to create a Praetorian Guard for himself? And what relevance could this possibly have toward the idea of filling in strip mines with other peoples' crap???? Was the man just daydreaming while the meeting was being held? Thinking about being crowned with olive leaves and pronounced emperor of Hazleton? Bottom line is WE DON’T NEED MORE COPS IN HAZLETON!
—The head crony on this ‘panel’ did most of the talking. “We don’t want to compete with Can[T] Do,” he said when asked about VERY unspecific areas around the amphitheater that seems suspiciously parted out for more factories. Actually everything this guy and the other cronies said was either VERY unspecific or a textbook style answer that was written down in front of them to parrot off to us all. And as far as NOT wanting to compete with CANT DO well money changed hands in some fashion there and surly there'll be more to come to light about that in the near future.
—The ‘engineer’ had this to say about why we MUST take on more peoples’ crap: “…Can’t ship the fill from around here—Can’t ship enough from the area. Won’t—!” Yes this guy said they won’t do it. It’s gotta be this fabulous dredge crap. It’s the best filth they can find for us here in Hazleton. And the powers that be wanna make damn sure we get the BEST filth are money can be swindled for! And it’s only gonna be five years worth of trucking in new glorious filth.
—As for the reduction of structural integrity, the ‘engineer’ said, “Oh no—It won’t happen!” Well why not? No real reason was given.
—One of the most tossed around phrase in an attempt to legitimize how great dredge filth is gonna be for us was “DEP Permit.” Yes it was “DEP PERMIT—DEP PERMIT—Spatula City—Come to Spatula City—The DEP PERMIT—DEP PERMIT!”
ASK THE PA DEPT. OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
—“Nobody in the audience has answered this question,” said the head crony of the panel at one point. The question is now irrelevant. The point however is NOT. The audience came to ASK questions NOT to be solicited them by the panel. We forget our place cronies, don’t we? Or is it that the public has forgotten theirs by being something other then sheep? We at HP wish NOT to be sheep.
Now the piece de resistance: Todd Eachus Speaks (Or Rather He Tries To)
Up to this point in the so-called meeting things were to fairly civil, no they were generously civil on the panel. That must be said. They took the time to detail and outline their lies and carpetbagging very eloquently. Mayor Lou for the most part thankfully kept his mouth shut. And the head crony allowed the public to voice their opinion with great freedom and length. Not that the cronies cared. That was the genius of their little play-act going on here. This was all staged up to this point as bread and circuses for the public to swallow. “See how nice and patient we are with you people? We’re still gonna go ahead and do this whole dredge project anyway, but we’re letting YOU have your tiny little say as we double talk you with numbers DEP PERMITS and all sorts of tricks of our trade. Aren’t we so nice? We hear you are saying no to our project, but don’t care. It’s going through cuz all the backdoor dealings and money changings have already taken place. SO JUST SAY YES TO DREDGE!”
Now Eachus is a politician and there is little good to be said about them, but Eachus no matter what is admirable in his take on the whole thing: (To Paraphrase) I’m an elected official voicing the opinion of the public that I represent. And the people DON’T want this dredge! As Mr. Eachus began to present various points about how the people feel and what the PEOPLE really want, the head crony began to be much less accommodating and noticeably agitated by Mr. Eachus suddenly invoking a time limit on speaker time. He tried not once but several times to remove the microphone from Mr. Eachus’s hand and continually broke into every line of thought that Eachus began. Why? Because Todd Eachus was not a YES man and evidently could NOT be bought like some politicians. One of the most memorable things Mr. Eachus said to the panel is that, “You all stand to make a lot of money on this project if it goes through.” To which there was a look of horror on all their faces at this OBVIOUS revelation and dead silence.
Now here is about where Mayor Lou breaks in with the most audacious statement of his career as one politician to another when he addressed Mr. Eachus saying: “You disappoint me as a politician!” This is outrageous a statement, plain and simple as can be made by Mayor Lou, especially when Mr. Eachus simply reiterated that HE [Todd Eachus] is an elected official voicing the opinions of the people he represents. Mayor Lou just went on and on mudslinging about how Mr. Eachus wouldn’t speak with him about the project behind closed doors, he couldn’t be reached for a closed door deal…pardon…meeting…etc., etc.
—The offer of dirtsampling—At this point the panel of cronies again tried to sidestep any REAL points which were being made (a trick they tried many times that Monday). Here they offered to sample Mr. Eachus’s backyard soil to lend credence to this nonsense about how great the fill is. By this point Mr. Eachus is half laughing at these cronies and half getting mad as hell, until when it was clear to him that they wouldn’t let him say his piece because it didn’t jive with their views on the glory of trucking other peoples crap into Hazleton he handed back the microphone and walked out and away of the farce that was a town meeting.—Our hats off to Todd Eachus for doing his job. It is unfortunate that public opinion aside, THIS IS HAZLETON and we probably will be fed truckload after truckload of dredge and all sorts of other filth! Keep reading for more on the DREDGE DREAD situation as it unloads!
Panorama Still Pandering to the Geriatric Dead
Well, Tubby Rodino has done it again. Really, he’s probably done nothing at all, but he’s paid others to do really dumb things, so that Panorama’s July edition is as frivolous as ever to anyone under the age of 80. But ya know, in Panorama’s defense [you won’t hear THAT often at HP] it turns out the grade of paper used to print that unwanted dredged up nonsense and over abundant advertisements makes for excellent starter material for all types of campfires including tee-pee and log cabin styles. That’s some great ads to burn up right there! Schuyllkill Plus is still far superior.
Several people aside from our Mayor Lou have written in saying, “Just leave Hazleton.” Although our staff here at HP is packed and ready to go at the first opportunity, that is NOT the point of Hazleton Pravda. Sure we hate this dying, strike that—DEAD town, but we are here not simply to complain as the Mayor assumes. We are not here to do ANY of that. There is simply a LOT of things wrong with Hazleton. We are here to point them out. The first step in ANY problem while working towards a solution is to address it, to point it out. So as far as the concerns of some readers that HP is JUST complaining and NOT trying to SOLVE all of Hazleton’s diverse breakages in one fair sweep of the broom, I say that we are doing are part by beginning at the beginning and bringing illumination. And as solutions present themselves we will be happier then some to present them to the public. As always any suggestions are appreciated along with any comments, questions or otherwise. ALL ARE WELCOME here at Hazleton Pravda, so keep reading and keep thinking. Together we can maybe fix Hazleton.
Laughably Hazleton City
NOW ON WITH THE RANTING!
DREDGE DREAD (Hazleton Speaks, The Powers That Be Don’t Listen!)
Flyers have been circulating the area for months against dredge fill. People have put up signs all around the city in front of their homes and window sills saying “No Dredge!” It has been quietly mentioned from time-to-time in the Standard Speaker, Premier lapdog publication of Hazleton.
On Monday July 25th the people of Hazleton and the surrounding areas including McAdoo, Sugarloaf and Conyngham FINALLY got to face off with Mayor Lou sitting right in the middle of his den of thieves (laughingly referred to as a PANEL) about the Amphitheater and the dredge water fill that it’ll be sitting on. The whole meeting was THANKFULLY aired live on WYLN 35 (local channel 7), but it was a farce and a sham and sickening to watch as the supposed officials calling themselves engineers and what not expressed how wonderful this dredge fill and fly ash and other crap would be for the area.
But HOORAY to the people of Hazleton for finally standing up for themselves and another HOORAY for local denizens of this totalitarian wasteland for educating themselves about the dredge fill and the amphitheater and all the shady nonsense surrounding it. It’s a good bet that Mayor Lou and his cronies were thinking to themselves five minutes into listening to the public and its views (to borrow in CANT DO-ese) “I think we’ve made a mistake!” as the opinion was and is that the public, the people of Hazleton don’t want this dredge here.
Many points were raised by the citizenry that just require (and received) applause:
“I think you [Mayor Lou & cronies] should have done this [meeting] in a room that could accommodate more people—There are about 50 people outside that can’t participate.” And the audience filled the room so much that people were lined up outside the meeting hall doors waiting to come in and say their piece.
—The stability of dredge and fly ash was pointed out to be very much in question by another member of the audience citing Dr. Deritus (sp?) as the material goes through a period of ‘molding’ and if not done properly reduces it structural integrity. So a building wouldn’t be able to be properly built there.
—Another point made by the audience was the increase in traffic as they haul this crap in day after day for a 5-year period. Aren’t there enough dump trucks clogging up the roadways as it is? The people of McAdoo who expressed this problem are very concerned and rightly so!
—There were a couple of numbskulls in the audience too expounding how great the opportunities will be coming out of this dredge ‘project’. These few people were either gullible enough to buy into the lies of the proposers or actual plants put in the audience to sway public opinion like a flock of sheep. Luckily, the overwhelming majority of public opinion is against this. One man made mention that there are already something like 238 various chemicals that are in our bodies in the Hazleton area that SHOULDN’T BE THERE. And he said, “And WE DON’T WANT ANYMORE,” to which another great round of applause broke out!
Now let’s talk about some of the nonsense the den of thieves had to say:
—Early on Mayor Lou for a reason that alludes everyone here at HP started talking about his FAVORITE subject—More COPS! It seems an obsession really. Is he trying to create a Praetorian Guard for himself? And what relevance could this possibly have toward the idea of filling in strip mines with other peoples' crap???? Was the man just daydreaming while the meeting was being held? Thinking about being crowned with olive leaves and pronounced emperor of Hazleton? Bottom line is WE DON’T NEED MORE COPS IN HAZLETON!
—The head crony on this ‘panel’ did most of the talking. “We don’t want to compete with Can[T] Do,” he said when asked about VERY unspecific areas around the amphitheater that seems suspiciously parted out for more factories. Actually everything this guy and the other cronies said was either VERY unspecific or a textbook style answer that was written down in front of them to parrot off to us all. And as far as NOT wanting to compete with CANT DO well money changed hands in some fashion there and surly there'll be more to come to light about that in the near future.
—The ‘engineer’ had this to say about why we MUST take on more peoples’ crap: “…Can’t ship the fill from around here—Can’t ship enough from the area. Won’t—!” Yes this guy said they won’t do it. It’s gotta be this fabulous dredge crap. It’s the best filth they can find for us here in Hazleton. And the powers that be wanna make damn sure we get the BEST filth are money can be swindled for! And it’s only gonna be five years worth of trucking in new glorious filth.
—As for the reduction of structural integrity, the ‘engineer’ said, “Oh no—It won’t happen!” Well why not? No real reason was given.
—One of the most tossed around phrase in an attempt to legitimize how great dredge filth is gonna be for us was “DEP Permit.” Yes it was “DEP PERMIT—DEP PERMIT—Spatula City—Come to Spatula City—The DEP PERMIT—DEP PERMIT!”
ASK THE PA DEPT. OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
—“Nobody in the audience has answered this question,” said the head crony of the panel at one point. The question is now irrelevant. The point however is NOT. The audience came to ASK questions NOT to be solicited them by the panel. We forget our place cronies, don’t we? Or is it that the public has forgotten theirs by being something other then sheep? We at HP wish NOT to be sheep.
Now the piece de resistance: Todd Eachus Speaks (Or Rather He Tries To)
Up to this point in the so-called meeting things were to fairly civil, no they were generously civil on the panel. That must be said. They took the time to detail and outline their lies and carpetbagging very eloquently. Mayor Lou for the most part thankfully kept his mouth shut. And the head crony allowed the public to voice their opinion with great freedom and length. Not that the cronies cared. That was the genius of their little play-act going on here. This was all staged up to this point as bread and circuses for the public to swallow. “See how nice and patient we are with you people? We’re still gonna go ahead and do this whole dredge project anyway, but we’re letting YOU have your tiny little say as we double talk you with numbers DEP PERMITS and all sorts of tricks of our trade. Aren’t we so nice? We hear you are saying no to our project, but don’t care. It’s going through cuz all the backdoor dealings and money changings have already taken place. SO JUST SAY YES TO DREDGE!”
Now Eachus is a politician and there is little good to be said about them, but Eachus no matter what is admirable in his take on the whole thing: (To Paraphrase) I’m an elected official voicing the opinion of the public that I represent. And the people DON’T want this dredge! As Mr. Eachus began to present various points about how the people feel and what the PEOPLE really want, the head crony began to be much less accommodating and noticeably agitated by Mr. Eachus suddenly invoking a time limit on speaker time. He tried not once but several times to remove the microphone from Mr. Eachus’s hand and continually broke into every line of thought that Eachus began. Why? Because Todd Eachus was not a YES man and evidently could NOT be bought like some politicians. One of the most memorable things Mr. Eachus said to the panel is that, “You all stand to make a lot of money on this project if it goes through.” To which there was a look of horror on all their faces at this OBVIOUS revelation and dead silence.
Now here is about where Mayor Lou breaks in with the most audacious statement of his career as one politician to another when he addressed Mr. Eachus saying: “You disappoint me as a politician!” This is outrageous a statement, plain and simple as can be made by Mayor Lou, especially when Mr. Eachus simply reiterated that HE [Todd Eachus] is an elected official voicing the opinions of the people he represents. Mayor Lou just went on and on mudslinging about how Mr. Eachus wouldn’t speak with him about the project behind closed doors, he couldn’t be reached for a closed door deal…pardon…meeting…etc., etc.
—The offer of dirtsampling—At this point the panel of cronies again tried to sidestep any REAL points which were being made (a trick they tried many times that Monday). Here they offered to sample Mr. Eachus’s backyard soil to lend credence to this nonsense about how great the fill is. By this point Mr. Eachus is half laughing at these cronies and half getting mad as hell, until when it was clear to him that they wouldn’t let him say his piece because it didn’t jive with their views on the glory of trucking other peoples crap into Hazleton he handed back the microphone and walked out and away of the farce that was a town meeting.—Our hats off to Todd Eachus for doing his job. It is unfortunate that public opinion aside, THIS IS HAZLETON and we probably will be fed truckload after truckload of dredge and all sorts of other filth! Keep reading for more on the DREDGE DREAD situation as it unloads!
Panorama Still Pandering to the Geriatric Dead
Well, Tubby Rodino has done it again. Really, he’s probably done nothing at all, but he’s paid others to do really dumb things, so that Panorama’s July edition is as frivolous as ever to anyone under the age of 80. But ya know, in Panorama’s defense [you won’t hear THAT often at HP] it turns out the grade of paper used to print that unwanted dredged up nonsense and over abundant advertisements makes for excellent starter material for all types of campfires including tee-pee and log cabin styles. That’s some great ads to burn up right there! Schuyllkill Plus is still far superior.
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