8. What threatens the county?
Answer:
♦ Poverty & the Disparity of Income! Taking into
account inflation & the cost-of-living, a ‘Living-
Wage’ of no less than $13.00 per/hour should
replace the current ‘Minimum-Wage’! This can be
corrected in part with necessary ‘Public Works’
projects as shown herein!
♦ ‘Fracking’! The threat of pumping toxic-chemical-
poisons into our underground water supply, surface
water contamination, and destruction of our county’s
drinking water & natural springs constitutes an ‘act of war’
by definition!
♦ State Department of Environmental Protection! The
DEP has no policies or regulations for storage tanks
along water-ways and leaves such inspections up to
the owners – as seen in the recent spill in
southwestern West Virginia – and the same is
pending here in this county at Green Bank &
elsewhere! Just because the owner can be held liable
after a tragedy occurs doesn’t mean it cannot be
prevented beforehand by prudent practices!
♦ Corruption of local officials! This county has
undergone the worst period in its history with
corrupt & self-serving public officials for the past
two decades, whether in government or so-called
‘economic development’! Also as a county, we have
suffered through the worst period of law
enforcement corruption with theft, rape, and other
‘moral turpitude’ charges, indictments, and
convictions against deputy officers!
♦ Corruption of the Pocahontas County Solid Waste
Authority (PCSWA) by improperly creating an
‘assessment fee’ for every household, then having a
collection-agency pursue collections via lawsuits
including Abstract of Judgment Liens – while the
current county commission sits silent!
the poverty and ignorance, which go hand in hand, aint neva goin away!
ReplyDeletefocus on the things u can actually change, i.e. corruption.
To get rid of corruption Pocahontas County will need police and prosecutors who are not part of the problem. I won't hold my breath. I saw what happened to the last prosecutor who went after a bad cop.
DeleteWhat threatens the county most? Answer: All of the above. The conditions in this county will never improve until the people rid themselves of their indifference. The people must first elect county officers who do more than merely hand out the same old BS party line year after year after year. They must elect officers who actually do what they say. In the words of the highest paid judge in the world, Judy Sheindlin - "Don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining." I know the difference because my pants aren't yellow. That is more than I can say about most people I know.
ReplyDeleteYou sir are right
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