alvinville, chapter two
The Alberton Papers, Vol. V, #II
By Dick Darne 9-18-07
Alvinville chapter 2
"Looks like good news and bad news from Alvinville, boys,"exclaimed Bill. "We’ll put aside the old news for now and think about this today."
"O.K., what’s the bad news?" asked Johnny.
"Bad news is they have been hit with an unfunded mandate. Even after spending 1.2 million dollars seven years ago, jumping through all the hoops, etc., building a new sewer treatment plant according to all the state and federal rules, they now must spend mucho bucks to disenfect the treated effluent before it goes to the river." explained Bill.
"Aren’t there lots of other needs in Alvinville that, if they did have the money, are more urgent?" asked Johnny.
" Oh yes, lots of things." answered Bill. "They can join a list of just about every small town in Montana, big towns too. For that matter, most states in the USA."
Todd jumped in. "There’s no money because the country has been and is being looted. About a Billion dollars every ten days or so spent in Iraq, most of it going to private contractors."
"Crony capitalism’s finest hour!" exclaimed Gno, who was never one to mince words. "Connect the dots and you’ll see the tentacles reaching into the highest levels of the executive branch. They are breaking the system on purpose, then more crony capitalism to fix it."
"So, what’s the good news?" someone asked.
"Alvinville has had enough. Instead of just rolling over, they have decided to wait and see. It appears as though every town in the state has had enough. Maybe in the country. The Organization Of Towns Of The State is going to protest to the EPA." said Bill.
"It all hinges on the solidarity. Or ‘solidarnosk’ as they would say in Poland. People’s struggles need solidarity as a few readings in labor history would affirm." said Todd. "Remember, it was not crony capitalism that defeated the ‘evil empire’, but solidarity."
Until next time, SOLIDARNOSK! dd
By Dick Darne 9-18-07
Alvinville chapter 2
"Looks like good news and bad news from Alvinville, boys,"exclaimed Bill. "We’ll put aside the old news for now and think about this today."
"O.K., what’s the bad news?" asked Johnny.
"Bad news is they have been hit with an unfunded mandate. Even after spending 1.2 million dollars seven years ago, jumping through all the hoops, etc., building a new sewer treatment plant according to all the state and federal rules, they now must spend mucho bucks to disenfect the treated effluent before it goes to the river." explained Bill.
"Aren’t there lots of other needs in Alvinville that, if they did have the money, are more urgent?" asked Johnny.
" Oh yes, lots of things." answered Bill. "They can join a list of just about every small town in Montana, big towns too. For that matter, most states in the USA."
Todd jumped in. "There’s no money because the country has been and is being looted. About a Billion dollars every ten days or so spent in Iraq, most of it going to private contractors."
"Crony capitalism’s finest hour!" exclaimed Gno, who was never one to mince words. "Connect the dots and you’ll see the tentacles reaching into the highest levels of the executive branch. They are breaking the system on purpose, then more crony capitalism to fix it."
"So, what’s the good news?" someone asked.
"Alvinville has had enough. Instead of just rolling over, they have decided to wait and see. It appears as though every town in the state has had enough. Maybe in the country. The Organization Of Towns Of The State is going to protest to the EPA." said Bill.
"It all hinges on the solidarity. Or ‘solidarnosk’ as they would say in Poland. People’s struggles need solidarity as a few readings in labor history would affirm." said Todd. "Remember, it was not crony capitalism that defeated the ‘evil empire’, but solidarity."
Until next time, SOLIDARNOSK! dd
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