I am a bit ticked off with the Our Opinion Thumbs up, Thumbs down on the 20th. Who ever the sorry excuses for human beings are, I am dumbfounded at the kumbuya for Chemours being such a great partnership over the years with the Blennerhassett Park and Foundation? This is part of the DuPont crew by whatever the name is now on their checks and business cards that has allegedly dumped C8 into the water and the air in this area for right on 50 years. This is to me the epitome of Hypocrisy on the part of some people? Or is it just Chemours trying to buy off the dunderheads before the next round of Lawsuits start?
Folks, the sicknesses and the dying is not over yet and will be more decades in the making. Instead of a Donation, why not a confession? It is supposed to be good for the Soul?
Had a Lady contact me here who also lives in Vienna talking about her recent diagnosis with a Thyroid condition and even her pets are sick with Thyroid issues. She is concerned about the C8, but again, one does not hear a word from anyone on testing in Vienna or Boaz?
The questionable politicizing between some companies in this area and some of the Foundations that give and receive money leaves me and should with many of you a sour taste? In the old days, I was taught to call it "buying influence" with all the right people for all the wrong reasons?
We have the same garbage going on in Vienna where Mr. Rapp and Mr. Azinger swear by DuPont and by extension now Chemours. If it is another 50 years, it will still seem to be an alleged sweetheart deal on the extra Filtration Systems and the delay installing them?
Does Mr. Rapp's Campaign expenses report show the Tax Dollars that went into street paving for some folks in their areas as he bought votes? How about all the free publicity in the media that he got that was worth tens and tens of thousands of dollars? Corruption is this area and I don't mean just Vienna even if it is the tip of the iceberg is so bad that Wood County would lose thousands in population if God flushed His toilet. Sadly, the loss would be the 47% or the deplorables and not the real wrongdoers.
Seems the final chapter is being written by the BOE on Waverly School. It is their intention after a required meeting to combine it into the new school in Williamstown. This of course once they finally get the final sign off on the potential IF and I repeat IF any contamination at the old Fenton Glass Works site? Should be no problem there either; just like Johns Manville here in Vienna. Develop it like a seemingly industrial remediation process site instead of a residential one? Criterial for development is supposed to be less stringent?
I was crowing the other day on the new jobs in Weirton, even if only 41 to start. But should not overlook the estimated 1000 in the Ritchie Center Park area. Let us hope most if not all of those jobs go to local people and not to outside hiring/ crews?
Might just help to keep the West Virginia unemployment number going down. 'nuff said'.