DEAR READERS:
REGARDING MY RECENT LETTER TO THE JOURNAL NEWS ON ENERGY HIPOCRICY, MR. SMITH WRITES ( YES THAT'S HIS REAL NAME) " ONE OTHER ITEM TO MENTION REGARDING ALTERNATIVE POWERED AUTOMOBILES IS THAT IF THE HYBRID CARS GAIN WIDE USAGE IN THE U.S. AND ELSEWHERE, THERE IS LIKELY TO BE A SHORT TERM BENEFIT, BUT WITH A SIGNIFIGANT LONGER TERM ISSUE THAT WOULD STILL NEED TO BE RESOLVED. IF SUCH CARS WERE TO BECOME COMMON, THIS COULD END UP WITH HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS TO EVENTUALLY MILLIONS OF UNITS. THE PROBLEM RELATES TO HOW ANY NATION WOULD PROPOSE TO DISPOSE OF THE INEVITABILITY OF THE MASSIVE NUMBER OF STORAGE BATTERIES SUCH AUTOS RELY UPON. AS THEY ARE PRESENTLY MANUFACTURED, SUCH BATTERIES MUST BE REPLACED FROM TIME TO TIME(DEPENDING ON MANY VARIBLES OF COURSE). TOXIC MATERIALS ARE IN EVERY SINGLE MODEL OF THESE BATTERIES AND NOP NATION IS EQUIPPED TO HANDLE THIS AT THE MOMENT. SUCH A SHIFT IN AUTOMOBILES IS SIMPLY EXCHANGING ONE PROBLEM FOR ANOTHER AND IT IS YET UNCERTIAN WHICH IS THE LESSER OF THE TWO."
ON THE SAME TOPIC OF THIS HIPOCRICY, I WOULD HAVE A BETTER TIME LISTENING TO THE ADVOCATES IN POWER WOULD THEY PRACTICE WHAT THEY PREACH. THOSE SAME ADVOCATES WHO WISH US TO DRIVE SMALLER AND/OR HYBID CARS AND WOULD LIKE US TO GIVE UP OUR SUV'S (SHOULD YOU OWN ONE)
DRIVE SUV'S OR ARE DRIVEN BY LIMOS THEMSELVES (AN EXAMPLE OF THE RULING CLASS MENTALITY). THEY ALSO FLY CHARTER UNLIKE US WHO FLY COACH. IT REALLY DOES DISTRACT FROM THEIR MESSAGE, AND MAKES THEM LOOK FOOLISH.
(ON A PERSONAL NOTE: THE ABOVE WAS EDITED OUT OF MY RECENT LETTER TO THE JOURNAL NEWS, BY THE EDITORIAL BOARD)
************************************************************************************* JUST WHEN I THOUGHT WE WERE THROUGH WITH THE COUNTY AND IT'S PAY RAISE, ON MONDAY JANUARY 9, 2006 IN THE JOURNAL NEWS WERE A COUPLE OF ARTICLES
ON THE COMMITTEES OUR COUNTY LEGISLATORS HEAD TO EARN THOSE EXTRA STIPPENDS(THAT MONEY WE PAY THEM OVER THE MONEY THEY GET TO SHOW UP).
TALK ABOUT MAKE WORK PROJECTS, NO WONDER THEY THINK THIS IS A FULL TIME JOB(HOW STUPID OF ME TO THINK THAT THE ONLY FULL TIME PART OF THEIR JOB WAS TO RUN FOR RE-ELECTION). KEEP IN MIND THAT WE HAVE ONLY 17 LEGISLATORS, APPERENTLY OUR COUNTY BELEIVES WE NEED 23 COMMITTEES. OF THOSE 23 ONLY 11 MET AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH, YET ALL THOSE COMMITTEE HEADS GOT THEIR AND CONTINUE TO GET THEIR STIPPEND. WOW! THINK ABOUT THAT WHEN YOUR PROPERTY TAX BILL(WITH IT'S 4% INCREASE) COMES IN THE MAIL. I FIND THE OTHER AMAZING THING IS THAT THIS ONLY COMES OUT IN THE PAPER AFTER THE ELECTION. I GUESS THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE ITEMS OUR LEGISLATORS AND THIER WILLING PARTNERS IN THE PRESS THOUGHT WE SHOULD NOT BE BURDENED WITH WHEN DECIDING WHO TO VOTE FOR. THIS ISSUE OF HOW OUR TAX MONEY IS SPENT WAS APPARENTLY CONSIDERED UNIMPORTANT. NEVER FEAR THOUGH, OUR COUNTY LEGISLATOR (AND MOINORITY LEADER) GEORGE OROS (REPUBLICAN) HAS THE ANSWER. ANOTHER COMMITTEE!!!! THIS TO TACKLE THE ISSUE OF FUTURE COUNTY PAY RAISES. ALL THE TIME I THOUGHT THAT EVEN IN NEW YORK, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY STOOD FOR SMALLER GOVERNMENT, AGAIN HOW STUPID OF ME. I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT COMMITTEE ALREADY EXISTED IN THE FORM OF US THE VOTERS. IN OTHER WORDS, I WOULD THINK THAT ANY FUTURE PAY RAISES SHOULD BE PUT TO THE BALLOT AND LET THOSE WHOSE POCKETS THAT MONEY COMES OUT OF DECIDE. I GUESS THAT IS TO FRIGHTENING FOR ANY ELECTED OFFICIAL TO CONTEMPLATE. JUST WHAT WE NEED, ANOTHER LAYER OF BEAUROCRACY TO BE PAID EXTRA TO DETERMIN HOW MUCH EXTRA WE SHOULD PAY THEM. I WOULD LAUGH IF THEY WEREN'T SERIOUS ON THIS MATTER.
JUST TO BE FAIR, I MUST ALSO REPORT THAT WILLIAM RYAN (DEMOCRAT) WHO IS THE MAJORITY LEADER HAS PROPOSED TO ELIMINATE SOME OF THOSE COMMITTEES. HOWEVER THIS IS THE SAME WILLIAM RYAN WHO SAYS HE LIKES TO LET MEMBERS OF THE MINORITY HEAD SOME COMMITTEES, JUST TO BE FAIR. OUT OF THE EXISTING 23 COMMITEES THE MINORITY PARTY HEADS 4. NONE OF THOSE FOUR MET AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH. SO IF THEY WERE TO ELIMINATE THOSE COMMITTTEES THAT DIDN'T MEET AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH, THERE GOES THE FOUR MINORITY MEMBERS ... JUST TO BE FAIR.
BAZZO 01/14/06
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