tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318406227111514879.post3660277590788893149..comments2023-04-25T15:47:20.186-04:00Comments on Caterwauled: The army definition of "openness"Ed McKeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14767520306585909279noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318406227111514879.post-7419890271873018522008-08-31T12:56:00.000-04:002008-08-31T12:56:00.000-04:00What exactly is the Site Discovery Committee of Se...What exactly is the Site Discovery Committee of Seven supposed to be doing? Fighting among themselves over turf? Licking the Mayor's boots? Selecting the best bad site in Middletown? Praying for a miracle? Seems to a casual observer that the Rubber Stampers of the City's position on sites are well represented. These are mainly the same vocal, principle-challenged folks who eagerly embraced the Boardman Lane Resolution that contained the endorsement of the City's site on River Road. The non-vocal, having been heretofore non-vocal, add a spicy bit of mystery to the brew. Perhaps they know something that we do not. I hope they have been harboring a well-concealed hidden interest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318406227111514879.post-5459388721063350432008-08-30T15:59:00.000-04:002008-08-30T15:59:00.000-04:00Letter of the LawMiddletown is entitled to this le...Letter of the Law<BR/>Middletown is entitled to this legal document IF it exists. However, since it is non-existent, Middletown is not entitled to it.There ought to be a law covering this circular logic. That bothersome little "UF" word just will not go away. Most recently it has been interpreted to mean that the facility will not be built at all IF Middletown does not find a suitable location. IF the Armywants to cut off its nose to spite its face., that is their prerogative. IF the Army only had a brain!<BR/>Jasper CaneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318406227111514879.post-58647267224239975882008-08-30T09:59:00.000-04:002008-08-30T09:59:00.000-04:00So many new sites to Discover, so little time!Mile...So many new sites to Discover, so little time!<BR/><BR/>Mile Lane is an impossible dream. Just give it up. The City has had the property earmarked for years as a complement to the New High School's fields. And they have brokered a nice deal with the state to provide funding for a new Fire House, too. Recently we have witnessed the exuberance the City can muster to support residents with whom it agrees and the cold snubs that are offered to residents and Conservation Commissions with whom they disagree.The Mile Lane site will be fought tooth and nail! Probably full of turtles...<BR/><BR/>Pratt and Whitney as a possible host adds a genuine "red herring" to the site search madness.It will have strong advocates. Is there a more secretive company than Pratt and Whitney? Has there been much coverage concerning the contaminated site? Prowling the web, it appears that there are continuing concerns about nuclear wastes. All the familiar frightening radioactive elements are mentioned and a few possibilities that were new to me, like beryllium, as well. Maybe the Middletown Eye can dig up some information?This clearly is a bona fide brownfield. However, every brownfield does not a great Army Base site make.<BR/><BR/>Many communities are eager to recapture their riverfront from previous industrial usees. Their goal is for the public good, for the enjoyment of future generations and for the assurance of clean water. In contrast, middletown has set a goal of "Light Indudtrial" development for is riverfront and has recommended such a site for the Army eons ago. Pratt and Whitney's contaminated industrial site should be monitored and cleaned. But if it CAN be mitigated, I do not think it would then become a good site for an Army Base. Like the neighboring Kleen Energy Power Plant, an Army Base does not Represent "Light Industry".<BR/><BR/>Got to go sniff out some new sites.<BR/>Jasper CaneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318406227111514879.post-43711945360790914192008-08-28T19:49:00.000-04:002008-08-28T19:49:00.000-04:00A legal opinion consists of a detailed analysis of...A legal opinion consists of a detailed analysis of the law, consideration of precedents, and a discussion of ways in which the present situation is informed by or is different from those precedents. After all that, there is a judgment. A legal opinion does not consist of someone, be he an attorney or a general, simply saying what he thinks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com