Comments on: Environment Agency Director Resigns http://blog.locustfork.net/2009/12/environment-agency-director-resigns/ A Wide Open Weblog for Big News, the Big Picture Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:37:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mike Dale http://blog.locustfork.net/2009/12/environment-agency-director-resigns/comment-page-1/#comment-3691 Mike Dale Sun, 13 Dec 2009 01:01:00 +0000 http://blog.locustfork.net/?p=5501#comment-3691 I just happened to realize that the Birmingham Distortion of the News could have left off something the chairwoman said LOL. She could have gone on to say that he was in fact excellent..as a good and faithful servant of power and coal interests, but terrible at protecting the environment and in particular our water resources. I know abut the honest services dilemma; I was just pointing out close ADEM has come to the accepted measure of corruption in Alabama. How can we say that Sue Schmitz is more guilty of taking money from the state for a job not done than someone who rubber-stamps the welfare of industry without even considering the interests of the people of the state (the very definition of the job.) The strip mine on the Warrior River adjacent to water intakes comes to mind. I just happened to realize that the Birmingham Distortion of the News could have left off something the chairwoman said LOL. She could have gone on to say that he was in fact excellent..as a good and faithful servant of power and coal interests, but terrible at protecting the environment and in particular our water resources.

I know abut the honest services dilemma; I was just pointing out close ADEM has come to the accepted measure of corruption in Alabama. How can we say that Sue Schmitz is more guilty of taking money from the state for a job not done than someone who rubber-stamps the welfare of industry without even considering the interests of the people of the state (the very definition of the job.) The strip mine on the Warrior River adjacent to water intakes comes to mind.

]]> By: Glynn Wilson http://blog.locustfork.net/2009/12/environment-agency-director-resigns/comment-page-1/#comment-3690 Glynn Wilson Sat, 12 Dec 2009 23:49:45 +0000 http://blog.locustfork.net/?p=5501#comment-3690 The U.S. Supreme Court may be striking down certain types of honest services fraud, we hear, but there are other avenues of investigation. We are looking at a couple of options ourselves as journalists. But realize that the only way to change the type of corporate criminals typically appointed to positions by Republicans in Alabama is to change the type of politicians we elect. Unfortunately, the bench in Alabama of electable possibilities is fairly short... The U.S. Supreme Court may be striking down certain types of honest services fraud, we hear, but there are other avenues of investigation. We are looking at a couple of options ourselves as journalists.

But realize that the only way to change the type of corporate criminals typically appointed to positions by Republicans in Alabama is to change the type of politicians we elect. Unfortunately, the bench in Alabama of electable possibilities is fairly short…

]]> By: Mike Dale http://blog.locustfork.net/2009/12/environment-agency-director-resigns/comment-page-1/#comment-3689 Mike Dale Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:38:39 +0000 http://blog.locustfork.net/?p=5501#comment-3689 The director of the Commission was quoted yesterday in the Bhm "News" on AL.com as stating that she thought that Glenn had done an excellent job as Director. I presume that to mean that the Commission intends to find someone equally skillful. "Honest Services" by officials has been big news in the past few years. I fail to see how anyone can believe that either members of the Commission or of ADEM have been faithfully performing their duty for the people of the state of Alabama and in fact have been wasting tax dollars by their very existence. Thus by the standards that have been set by prosecutors and the Newhouse newspapers, there needs to be an investigation. The director of the Commission was quoted yesterday in the Bhm “News” on AL.com as stating that she thought that Glenn had done an excellent job as Director. I presume that to mean that the Commission intends to find someone equally skillful.

“Honest Services” by officials has been big news in the past few years. I fail to see how anyone can believe that either members of the Commission or of ADEM have been faithfully performing their duty for the people of the state of Alabama and in fact have been wasting tax dollars by their very existence. Thus by the standards that have been set by prosecutors and the Newhouse newspapers, there needs to be an investigation.

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