In the beginning, this web site was created to express our frustration with the damage done to our home by Marks Contracting, LTD and the lack of cooperation and compassion by those parties involved with the blasting investigation.
The legal battle with Travelers Insurance Co. for responsible reimbursement of damages done to our home was turned over to Dr. Dante Picciano, Esquire and Gary A. Brienza, Esquire. However, both Dante and Gary dropped this family like a hot rock after wasting four years of our lives while doing nothing to help. It was only explained after the passing of these years that we were not worth the effort.
The main obstacles we have tried to overcome by the acknowledged criminal blasting done by Marks Contracting, LTD are the corrupt blast records that were turned over to the Pottsville District Mining Office of the PA DEP. This government department failed to properly investigate these records and as long as they stand as credible evidence we are unable to move forward.
Since January31, 2003 our family has had to endure years of living in filth and unable to finish the remodeling job of our new home due to this corrupt investigation performed by DEP. We have yet to enjoy living in our new home. The corruption of Marks Contracting LTD, McAdoo Sewer Authority, Spotts Stevens & McCoy, Travelers Insurance and the Pottsville District Mining Office continues. Hopefully the corruption will end along with the suffering so that our family can pick up the shattered pieces of our lives and move forward.
In the midst of saving our home and shortly after the creation of this web site, we were introduced to not only the toxic dumping of Coal Fly Ash but other dumping done just a short distance from our home. That awareness combined with the rare cancer that ravaged Patti’s sister and ultimately resulted in her passing away at a young age began a journey into hell that shifted the main theme of this web site to that of toxic waste dumping. As a result, it has become a combined effort; justice for our home and justice for our environment.
16 News story over the illegal blasting of the McAdoo sewer authority. Take note of the many bore holes in the photo. Each one of these holes represents a crime with the intent to load large quantities of explosives next to our homes. The holes were drilled in broad day light requiring large drilling equipment for months. My theory is that the PA DEP knew that McAdoo was built on bed rock. The PA DEP granted the permit to a construction firm knowing that they would violate this permit; then looked the other way to complete an otherwise impossible project. To this day the PA DEP, Schuylkill County District Attorneys’ Office, F.B.I. and various government agencies refuse to offer an explanation. To date not one government agency will reply to my letters. The news clip showing my damaged main support beam has a bad shadow, click here for close-up photos that leave little doubt that this was new damage. Beam Photo
8-31-10 After seven years I still have people riding past my home and asking. “What happened?” Basically the McAdoo Sewer Authority blew up our home and the PA DEP covered up the real crimes. On January 31, 2003 our home was rocked by illegal blasting that caused severe damage. According to one eyewitness “It looked like they dropped a bomb on you, your whole house whipped back and forth and the intersection at Blaine Street jumped up in the air.” I will list part of the DEP corruption from that point on.
DEP told us that they were investigating the cause of our damage. That proved to be a lie because the contractor in charge of the blasting denied blasting on that day. The engineer firm in charge of what were paid for what?
For months we asked for an update from DEP and on each occasion replied that the investigation into our home is still continuing. It was later revealed that the PA DP never investigated because they thought we were lying.
There were several eyewitnesses that watched the blasting of our home. Their testimony would have proven that the blasting records eventually submitted for our home forgeries. DEP told us for months that they were contacting these eyewitnesses. That proved to be a lie, they never contacted anyone because they wanted the true account of what happened that day to remain covered up.
Later that year Patti and myself along with a neighbor were asked to testify in court on behalf of DEP. Before that court date Rick Lampkie and Dennis Whittaker stopped at our home to get us not to mention anything of our home in court. They used the excuse that this would be handled separately and at a later date. They also silenced the testimony of my neighbor who voluntarily came to court that day to testify on behalf of our home because of what he had witnessed. We were lied to again because later never came and PA DEP closed the investigation into our home after this court date. I believe that they knew this before the trial and manipulated our testimony to cover up the true crimes in this investigation.
For years they continued this so called investigation. During that time we were not allowed to touch our home until all the insurance companies and the DEP investigations were completed. Our home was in the middle of being remodeled and we were forced to needlessly live like this. I believe that this was intentional to force enough time and hardship on my family that we would just give up like everyone else did in McAdoo. The PA DEP WANTED MY FAMILY TO SUFFER because this would aid in their cover up into the real crimes that they committed.
My claims to the damage done to my home were denied based on the corrupt blast records that DEP allowed to be submitted for my home. I later discovered a home video of the McAdoo Borough Sewer Authority’s contracted firm removing fuses from the ground in an area that the PA DEP ruled as “...unsubstantiated blasting.” I sent the PA DEP copied of this evidence and they refused to comment. I later went to the Pottsville District Mining Office to review all the records that they had on my home and the evidence was gone. Rather than cover up about more evidence that proved they conducted a corrupt investigation they simply threw the evidence away.
Several frustrated years later I decided to use the Right to Know Law to prove that the PA DEP never conducted an investigation but a cover up instead. I submitted RTKLR for interviews of my neighbors and they were all denied. The PA DEP claimed that they needed to protect my neighbors’ testimony so I was denied the records. Just more corruption because I asked my neighbors if they had been interviewed and everyone said no! The PA DEP denied my RTKLR to cover up interviews that never took place; this is corruption.
I requested a copy of the raw blast rolls from the blasting done to our home for seven years. On each occasion I was denied this document because DEP claimed that it was part of an active investigation. On April 10, 2009 I received a signed affidavit from Thomas Callaghan, District Mining Manager that the PA DEP never had this record in their possession. The PA DEP lied to my family and they never examined the blast rolls during their so called “thorough investigation”. They wasted countless hours of my life and allowed my family to suffer just to bury the truth long enough in the hope that all parties would lose interest.
This is a partial list of the crimes committed by the PA DEP during their corrupt investigation. My civil and constitutional rights were crushed in plain view for all to see and to date not one government agency has stepped in to stop the PA DEP. Instead they ran from their legal and ethical responsibility.
For months not one government official will contact me including the PA DEP, F.B.I, Schuylkill County DA Office or David G. Argall.
The bottom line is that my home on top of rock was blown up with the illegal use of mass quantities of high explosives in broad daylight and in front of dozens of witnesses and the PA DEP got away with this. This crime went unpunished because my government officials stood silent while my rights as a citizen of this country were crushed and nobody cared.
8-15-10 A detailed record of the files that DEP have denied us are found by visiting http://openrecords.state.pa.us and just type DREYER into the search field.
I sent the PA Office of Open Records a signed affidavit from Thomas Callaghan that he lied to the Office of Open Records during the hearing. Their response was that I failed to file a complaint within the appropriate time and there was nothing that they could do.
I reported the episode to the Allentown Office of the FBI and now they refuse to answer my letters.
One record that I was denied by DEP and the Office of Open Records was the location of my water supply. I was denied that record because I could be a terrorist and poison my own drinking water; that was the official ruling by the Office of Open Records.
I will post photos of the A/C Fuels fly ash dump and the sediment pond that ruptured flooding a completed mine reclamation project and wetlands.
DEP lied to various government officials; claiming that it never happened and refuse to acknowledge the photos. Just an endless stream of lies from the Pottsville District Mining Office SPEAKOUT & AC Fuel Pollution 04
8-2-10 "I am requesting at this time the public utility equivalent to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission to file a formal complaint. This would provide the consumer a chance to have a third party review the complaint and strip the MBSA the ability to charge legal fees at will."
8-1-10 "For over seven years the Pottsville District Mining Office has lied, destroyed evidence, ignored eyewitness evidence and did all within your power to obstruct justice."DEP 8-1-10 Sent& Enclosures
7-25-10 The local media frenzy has subsided after exercising my 1st Amendment Rights. There is still an occasional drive-by with someone trying to snap a camera phone photo. I decided to post a small album- Pen Mightier Than The Sword 7-22-10& Blasting Damage Photo Album
7-22-10 Today I was interviewed by Bob Reynolds from 16 WNEP news. It was a vey thorough and professional interview; it was appreciated. Mr. Reynolds was surprised that I had video footage of the MBSA digging fuses from the ground in front of my home in an area that DEP claimed was never blasted. I explained that DEP refused to mention that the video existed. I forgot to mention that I also during the same time period provided the MBSA with a copy. MARKS BLEW UP OUR HOME AND LIED ABOUT
7-21-10After years of my family suffering due to DEP and MBSA corruption I finally break down and start the repairs out of my own pocket. Not more than a few weeks into a lifetime project I get a warning attached to my door from the McAdoo Borough Code Enforcement Officer for not having a permit. I immediately called back and explained that I am repairing the damage to my property from the MBSA. Naturally it did not matter to John who expected me to pay for the privilege of repairing the MBSA negligence. I did ask what would happen if I failed to get the $10 permit. John bluntly said the fee would be $500; imagine that! McAdoo Permit 7-20-10 & McAdoo Borough 7-21-10 Sent
7-20-10 Once again the PA DAEP fails to respond to a simple question, “Does the PA DEP still consider the blast records associated with my home to be accurate and thoroughly investigated.” It’s amazing how the multitude of lies stop once the possibility exists that the F.B.I might be looking over your shoulder.DEP 7-20-10 Sent
6-23-10Good morning McAdoo! You may have noticed a little activity around my home over the Fathers Day weekend. After seven years of McAdoo Borough Sewer Authority and PA DEP corruption I decided to fix the damage done to my home the best that I can from my limited budget. For those new to this web site I will give a brief recap. On 1/31/2003 the MBSA and the PA DEP illegally blasted my home while installing a state mandated sewer. I could not touch my home for years while the PA DEP conducted an investigation that they never really conducted that attached forged blast records to my home. For years we lived in a home that was under construction and literally rotting apart while the imaginary investigation continued. A few more years past while I battled the insurance companies that denied payment for the destruction because the PA DEP allowed forged blast records from a supposedly thorough investigation. The last couple of years out of the seven were spent trying to gather records from the PA DEP that they refused to turn over citing the need for privacy because they were part of an investigation. Finally Thomas Callaghan from the Pottsville District Mining Office sent an avadavat stating that they never had the records that they said they did and lied then refused to contact my family again.
I decided to document the damage and repair work out of my own pocket from the MBSA sewer installation and their corrupt investigation.
The first damage that I have to address is the area around the front porch. The blast shook the house with such a force that it caused my porch roof to sag and cement floor slab to sink. This then caused my gutter to lose its normal slope and it would not drain the rain water; this intern cause my side walks to constantly freeze during the winter. I tried toremove the gutter last year and reinstall but I could not get a proper pitch for he water to drain so I have to jack up the porch roof.
The MBSA and the PA DEP removed the natural wind break in back of my home that prevented the snow from pounding us from the strip mines in back of our home. This causes the snow to funnel through the yard and drift on the front porch to the point that I cannot open the front door. Since I already am forced to lift the front porch roof I will have to install a new knee wall to stop the snow.
The blast also broke the natural shingle seal on the roof and they are cupped and damaged. I reported this to the PA DEP in 2003 and told them that this would happen but they ignored it stating that the blast records did not substantiate the damage. These are the same records that they never had.
The cracked front porch cement floor should be removed and restored to its pre-blast condition but I cannot afford this cost; estimated around $5000. I will probably be forced to just shove some caulk in the cracks to try and prevent further damage. The damage to my side walk and curb in both the new and old cement that magically appeared right after the blast will forever stay that way; I do not possess the financial means to repair the MBSA damage.
Before I even start on the $100,000 estimated damage done to my entire home I must install a new porch roof, build a porch knee wall and re-level the roof, install new gutters, patch the cement floor and then try to salvage the porch trim and windows that literally rotted while the PA DEP and the MBSA conducted their “thorough investigation” that never took place!
For the record I did try recently to contact Thomas Callaghan from the Pottsville District Mining Office but all the thugs employed by the PA DEP have crawled back under their respective rocks and refuse to contact me. More time wasted and more of my life flushed down the toilet due to corruption! Hanger 6-19-10 Sent
3-16-10 Final entry and the rest of the story; as promised, my family did keep our appointment with a well known local lawyer. I want to share his remarks as part of my final post.
The three complaints that I had over the MBSA court order is that; it forces us to complete the project in winter while the ground is frozen forcing my family to damage our home.The amount due the MBSA is incorrect and the court order forces us to destroy evidence of a crime. According to the lawyer the MBSA can force us to destroy our home because the court order says so and “I cannot afford to change this in court”. Is this unethical and immoral; yes. It is however legal because I cannot afford a competent attorney neither before nor after the court order. So I am forced to damage my home once again in broad daylight for all to see and this is legal. The billing practice of charging incorrect amounts for the past year by the MBSA and Kelly stands reputed as legal because “I cannot afford to change this in court”. Is this wrong? You bet. With the financial resources of the McAdoo residents utilities behind her she can charge ordinary residents that work a forty hour work week whatever she feels simply because they cannot afford competent legal help. This does not apply to the hand full of wealthy McAdoo residents that can afford legal assistance. No. These laws will apply to you and your family to enjoy. Evidence sitting in the ground that would have proved illegal and undocumented blasting did happen is allowed to be destroyed in plain view for all to watch because “I cannot afford to change this in court”. Even if I could afford legal representation by selling everything that I own and won against the MBSA I would still lose in the end because of the PA DEP. The PA DEP would spend hundreds of thousand s of your tax dollars to bury their corrupt and illegal actions in court turning my family’s misery into a high stakes poker game that we simply cannot afford to play. The bottom line is that my family’s life, home and reputation are forever destroyed in plain view and for all to see and it is legal only because they have more money. I like to compare this to the woman that was raped in the middle of a busy neighborhood street while the neighbors simply pulled the drapes closed pretending they were not a part of this crime by remaining silent. For the few that would mock our suffering saying that this is America and you could have went for free legal aid. Not true and no again. This is part of an American illusion that no longer exists; we tried that and it does not work for civil cases involving property. The system is beyond broke and corrupt like most of this country. I could go on but after seven years and over a half a million web pages viewed there is little point. The same holds true for our speaking out on pollution and the illusion that you can fight the PA DEP and their unlimited wealth of your tax dollars. Just save your breath. You’ll need it fighting silicosis from breathing in fly ash.
I spent a sizeable amount of my time and resources proving that the PA DEP lied and covered up local pollution to further their own interest and DEP either ignored or destroyed the evidence while the F.B.I stood by and watched. I will leave this web site posted forever as a memorial to the destruction of a family whose only crime was sitting at their breakfast table moments before our home was destroyed believing that my government would keep us safe. This decision was made not to forever complain about our problems but as a diary into the futility of an average worker in this country that tried to use the tools available and how they repeatedly failed. Hopefully it will save someone seven years of heartache by learning from our experience so the next time that you are inclined to bad mouth President Obama and draw a few Hitler mustaches on top of his photo in the newspaper; think. Is he really a fascist trying to implement socialism and destroy your American way of life? Maybe America no longer exists but as an illusion in your mind so how can it be destroyed? Unfortunately my family is stuck in this god forsaken town thanks to the MBSA and the PA DEP. Our savings was invested in a home that remains destroyed coupled with a fine of thousands for standing our ground. And now I do not possess the financial means or the endurance to take fifty steps backwards just to take the one step forward to pick up my life, our lives from that point in time of January 31, 2003. Goodbye.
3-13-10The Slusser Law Firm forbids me from contacting him that makes MBSA solicitor number two that refuses to provide any credible proof to back up their claims. I am warned that the MBSA and Kelly have not committed fraud and yet Kelly and the MBSA refused to explain or provide proof to the illegal and fraudulent charges. This was a simple request that millions of consumers throughout this country make on a weekly basis. I will as my rights as a consumer in a free country continue to complain about illegal billing practices and freely express that as my constitutional right until provided with the proof that I requested. I will accuse anyone that tries to demand funds from my family by forcing me to pay without saying what the charges are for; this is extortion. I will be provided with the documentation that I have patiently requested for months delivered promptly to my door with an apology enclosed for wasting my time and damaging my reputation by implying that I do not pay my legal and credible bills when I understand what they are.Slusser 3-13-10 Received
3-12-10 At what point did the various departments within our country stop doing the right thing on their own? Today proving that they acted inappropriately isn’t good enough you have to take them to court to correct the wrong doing or else they just wish you good luck and close the books. This means that all of our civil rights that we pride ourselves on as a nation only belong to the rich that can afford legal representation. The rest of us just get to pay taxes and beg for our rights hoping that some government official will throw us a bone because they are tired of us yapping; case in point is DEP and the Office of Open Records. Corruption within the PA DEP is no surprise but the OOR was just created and this virgin agency is already polluted with corruption. Hopefully they will stop kissing the ass of every other government agency that they are trying to protect and do their job with the best interest of the tax payer at the top of the list and not DEP. OOR 3-12-10 Letter Sent & OOR 1-31-10 Letter Sent
3-11-10 Not one word in reply to my many complaints of MBSA illegal billing practices or forcing my family to destroy our home for a second time. Christopher B. Slusser is just worried that I might have offended Kelly and the board members. Nothing is ever discussed out in the open but endless attempts to keep thing secret; corruption. Slusser 3-11-10 Received & Slusser 3-11-10 Email
3-5-10 The MBSA is in the news again flaunting their decision to post the delinquent bills at the office. They have my permission to erect a billboard along route 309 and post my name at anytime. I want to be acknowledged as a responsible consumer that refuses to pay fraudulent charges at the whim of Kelly. No mention of the past illegal practice of charging %25 fee plus send them to ARB for collection without a warning. No mention of the illegal amounts charged and withdrawn at random; no mention of arbitrary legal fees charged or illegal fees charged and then removed when exposed without a sign posted at the MBSA that Kelly failed to do her job correctly for yet another month. The biggest lie is the statement by Ron Simasek that he will work with the people; flagrant lies and the residents of McAdoo put up with this nonsense like mindless cash cows. I have dozens of ignored letters begging the MBSA to work with me or at the very least explain the charges; all attempts fell on deaf ears. I find the $100,000 figure in delinquent accounts more of Kelly’s creative book keeping. In all probability it includes a large figure of disputed charges from another borough or township but it sounds more spectacular that McAdoo could be made up of so many irresponsible people. An audit of the bookkeeping and billing practices of the MBSA since its creation is long overdue. This corruption compounded by the hundreds of illegal blasting violations while the MBSA and their engineers did nothing to stop warrant and FBI investigation. Republican 3-5-10 & NEWSPAPER
3-3-10 At one time I admired Senator Arlen Specter and believed he shared a common bond with NE PA; being a cancer survivor. Not only did he abandoned his friends in NE PA by clearing the way for a rail line to dump toxic waste but damaged his own dignity and credibility by joining an ever increasing fraternity of corporate whores. Here are few of Specter’s quotes found in his opposition to the state of Delaware’s motion for a preliminary injunction, these are a few of the reasons that he gave why Hazleton needs to accept this contaminated waste: “Longshoreman’s Association…earn on average $50,000 per year”; “the region’s consumers benefit from the reduced shipping costs”; “residents of the Delaware Valley region have already waited too long to receive the economic benefits”; “environmental harms raised by Delaware are unfounded” Speaker 3-2-10, Republican 3-2-10 & Specter Dredge Injunction
3-1-10 MBSA- Corrupt sewer authority for a corrupt borough
$129, $86.50, $42.25 for court cost; why that amount and what was it for? %25 fee and sent to ARB for delinquent accounts; who notified the residents who own this authority that there was a billing policy change and when? I was charged $695 in fraudulent fees that they tried to extort from my family in the January bill and then Kelly charged me a $5 fee because I did not pay; no explanation. These are just a few of the fraudulent charges on my MBSA bill and they refuse to tell me what they are for. Not only did they refuse to justify the charges but Kelly Hoherehak (Office Manager) screamed at me that I have no right to know and “she can do whatever she wants, it’s up to her.”; like some corrupt milkmaid in charge of the Dreyer Family cash cow! Does anyone wonder what they were billed for like most normal communities in this country? Nothing is ever done because in typical corrupt McAdoo politics nobody cares. SPEAK OUT
2-28-10 Another MBSA bill has arrived and another wasted day battling MBSA corruption; the days of treating my family as the authority’s cash cow are over! The MBSA is in desperate need of an FBI enema to help flush out the corruption. Slusser 2-27-10 Sent& MBSA Bill 2009-2010
2-28-10 More letters written to my various government officials that see the corruption but refuse to act while allowing my family to suffer DEP 2-28-10 Sent& DEP 10-3-09 Sent
2-19-10 I just received a reply to a question sent last month to EPA regarding monitoring our area for dust pollution or enforcing PM2.5 regulations. I did not mind the wait considering my own state DEP refuses to acknowledge any of my many letters; at least EPA didn't force me to beg for an answer. I am a bit confused as to why EPA would need months to answer a few health related questions regarding McAdoo and coal fly ash. In my mind every EPA agency would have access to fast computers and hard drives crammed with health studies and data created while looking out for our health and welfare; just push a button and volumes of data from an Excel spread sheet is available. The cynical side of me believes that nobody really cared about our health in the small communities that surround the co-generation plants as long as we could create cheap energy. Just enlist the services of the Pottsville District Mining Office to run interference for the rules and regulations in place to safe guard our health; a little B.S from the right government agency carries a lot of weight and saves millions in needless monitoring equipment and troublesome studies. I could be wrong but I have been waiting since last year to simply find out from DEP what is in my water despite President Obama’s new Office of Open Records, somehow I expected more bang for my tax dollar.
2-14-10 Dear Mr. Slusser, I never received a reply in response to my February 5, 2010 letter asking if I should damage my foundation and surrounding structure while fulfilling the MBSA court order.
2-14-10 It is my belief that the record on public display should reflect an accurate account from your investigation based on tangible evidence and not hear-say.
My rights as a citizen of this country should not be compromised simply because of my economic status in life and my ability to attain competent legal advice or representation. OOR 2-14-10 Sent & OOR 2-14-10 Sent Enclosure
2-5-10 Be advised that making this connection in the winter while the ground is still frozen will cause considerable damage to my foundation and surrounding structure.
This is a problem that the MBSA has been aware of for years. The damage resulting from working on the sewer system during the winter has been such a problem that the McAdoo Borough was forced to enact a borough ordinance / policy that prohibited constriction specifically before April 1.
Considering the before mentioned knowledge of your client leads be to believe that the MBSA purposely forced my family to engage in this destructive act as a form of harassment.
The fact that this illegal act has been incorporated into a court order is nothing short of extortion.
According to the January 31, 2010 letter that I received from your firm I am to blindly follow this court order; how do you wish to proceed? Slusser 2-5-10 Sent& Slusser 1-30-10 Received
2-1-10 Great article in the Standard Speaker about solar energy, always willing to save an article in NEWSPAPER that proves we can cut the fossil fuel energy cord and still survive. I am old enough to remember waiting in a two block long line for gas that I was allowed to buy only because I had the right odd/even license plate in a Philadelphia suburb during the 70’s. Our government announced that they would never allow this to happen again by exploring and using alternative fuels. What happened; we ended up with some lame ethanol project that went nowhere? The lobbyist bought off our government and convinced your politicians that we cannot survive without coal and oil so we wasted 30 years and did relatively nothing. That was a stupid mistake; to make the same mistake again will not be stupidity but criminal and immoral. Speaker 2-1-10 & NEWSPAPER
1-31-10 Thomas Callaghan conspired to obstruct justice by falsifying records and/or verbal testimony during this investigation. To omit this fact is corruption and reminiscent of seven years of corruption that my family experienced with the PA DEP.OOR 1-30-10 Received &OOR 1-31-10 Letter Sent
1-30-10 The court order will be followed to the letter and all future payments will be on time. I will also destroy the evidence that links your client to the undocumented blasting and subsequent property damage as you have instructed. Slusser 1-30-10 Received & Slusser 1-30-10 Sent
1-26-10 My RTKLR from PENNVEST arrived in record time. The request was fulfilled in a professional manner and I actually felt like I received something for my tax dollars. I did send another letter for contact information over the many questions pertaining to these new documents: Legal Fees $254,537.19; Admin. Costs $54,965.76; Financial Costs $49,797.86; Permits $92,063.70; A/E Fees $1,077,943.81; Construction $7,381,696.13; Other $64,050.05. Hopefully I will eventually receive a breakdown of how the MBSA could spend $309,502.95 in Administration Costs & Legal Fees and tell my family that answering a few questions after blowing up my home is putting a strain on the system; DO NOT CONTACT. Last time I checked you could purchase all the stamps and envelopes for the job for under $10. The $92,063.70 for Permits is a puzzler; why would there be any permits necessary in a state mandated sewer installation and who received the money? PENNVEST 1-26-10 Received, PENNVEST RTKLR 1-26-10 Received, PENNVEST 1-26-10 Sent & DOWNLOAD (#11)
1-23-10 "I have a question relating to the above paraphrased portion of our court order. Will the Schuylkill County Sheriff Department sell my personal property or will we be at the mercy of MBSA personnel to invade our home and sell our belongings? Do we have the option to pay the sheriff cash to satisfy the “execution on personal property” when my home is invaded?" Slusser 1-23-10 Sent & Simasek HCO 1-18-10 Received
1-20-10 Dear Mr. Dreyer:
Enclosed is the Court Order dated November 24, 2009; which you did not appear at and were ordered to pay fees, costs, application fee and past delinquencies. It is broken down very clearly in this Court Order and you were given 4 months of equal payments to pay all these charges starting on January 15,2010. No further explanation is necessary. No personal contacts with the Slusser Law Firm will be acknowledged; any correspondence must be sent directly to the office.
Sincerely,
Ron Simasek MBSA Chairman
Cc: MBSA members Slusser Law
McAdoo Borough Sewer Authority forbids my family from contacting the newly appointed solicitor, Christopher B. Slusser. For years my family has been forbidden from contacting the MBSA Solicitor, Richard P. Mislitsky and now the corruption continues. MBSA 1-20-10 Received, Slusser 1-20-10 Sent & Mislitsky Do Not Contact
1-18-10 Dear Mr. Slusser,
I have just spoken with a lawyer that advised me to pay the court order until I hear from the FBI. I would appreciate a breakdown of the charges before I pay the January installment. Please be advised that in following this court order the McAdoo Borough Sewer Authority is forcing my family to destroy evidence of undocumented blasting that caused considerable damage to my home. Slusser 1-18-10 Sent Email
1-18-10 On November 18th, 2009 the Department of Interior (DOI) sent out a News Release stating that they are making plans to strengthen the oversight and inspections of coal mines and to promulgate Federal regulations to better protect streams affected by surface coal mining operations. 1-18-10 Citizens Coal Council Action Alert
1-17-10 Dear Mr. Slusser,
Since September 20, 2004 the McAdoo Borough Sewer Authority, Richard P. Mislitsky and Spotts, Stevens and McCoy have alienated my family and forbid us from contacting them.
This discrimination has place an overwhelming and unnecessary hardship on my family and prohibited us from acquiring the necessary information into the undocumented blasting done to our home on January 31, 2003.
As the newly appointed MBSA solicitor is it the intentions of your office to continue with the policy of discrimination implemented by Richard P. Mislitsky?
1-17-10 "The second truth since that day is the PA DEP abused their power by preventing my family from acquiring the appropriate records and documents; conspiring to obstruct justice." Callaghan 1-17-10 Sent & BLASTING DAMAGE LETTERS SENT
1-12-10 Remember the protests of the 60’s? Despite the peace signs and the flower power symbols it too k a real commitment to stand up for your believe back then. Do you enjoy breathing? That god given act is in jeopardy thanks to the fossil fuel lobbyist and the kill the plant to save a nickel mentality. Follow the link to protest a bill that would strip laws already in place to protect the right to breathe clean air. Here is your chance to protest without having to buy a Volkswagen bus and spend six months painting peace signs on it. PROTEST HERE & MY PROTEST
1-10-10 DEP is in the news today filling in another abandoned mine with on site mine spoils; no fly ash. DEP cited numerous trespassers for the need to spend around a million bucks. The best part is that 75% of the land is owned by a hunting club and the club member s can’t recall one accident since 1974. Maybe the Bang, Bang Gang should change their name to the Big Buck Club and check the roster to see who works for the PA DEP. Why does McAdoo get millions of cubic yards of toxic coal fly ash dumped next to our water supply and a hunting club gets the environmentally friendly treatment is just another DEP mystery. One last tidbit before I go; while surfing the web I ran across a project plan from a co-gen down in Tennessee that has Hazleton in their sites for a new dumping ground, thanks Mayor Lou! Speaker 1-10-10 & Kingston Fossil Plant Offsite Ash Disposal 2009
UPDATE I was just informed by STOP THE DUMPING that the TVA removed Hazleton from the list of dump sites because they consider it unsafe to dump in an open pit without a liner; once again we have another state that managed PA’s environment better than our own PA DEP.
1-10-10 Patti just received a reply from Melissa Linden, Environmental Scientist for the EPA-Region III. According to Melissa the EPA is responsible for monitoring the air but the PA DEP is the one that pick the monitoring locations; you can stop laughing now! I posted a copy of the letter and the JPG map attachment; the PDF map is one that I created from Melissa’s to help demonstrate the air pollutants that surround McAdoo. It is obvious by the lack of monitoring sites around McAdoo that the PA DEP is in charge of picking the site locations. EPA 1-9-10 Received Email,State Picked EPA Air Monitor Sites McAdoo, State Picked EPA Air Monitor Sites McAdoo PDF & DOWNLOAD
1-9-10 Just received the documents that I requested from the Office of Open Records on August3, 2008. Bob Fox, Deputy Director sent no apology and offered no explanation as to why the Office of Open Records violated their own laws. Maybe the courtesy copy that I sent the FBI prompted their timely and professional response. Fox 1-9-10 Received & BLASTING DAMAGE LETTERS RECEIVED
1-8-10 "I realize that I am not in your district and that you probably have your hands full meeting the needs of your own constituents but my family needs your help. I have contacted the office of Senator Argall but he refuses to reply."Mellow 1-8-10 Sent & RTKL 4200-09-020 Affidavit
1-7-10 After years of discrimination against my family the McAdoo Borough Sewer Authority finally gave Richard Mislitsky the boot; about time. The only sad but typical part of this news story is that he was let go due to saving a few bucks. The fact that he helped to destroy my home and family had nothing to do with their decision. Years of unanswered letters pleading for help to the MBSA and McAdoo Borough Council fell on deaf ears as usual. Not one of them cared about what they did to my family or the suffering that they caused but have a chance to save a few dollars and he's out of here in a heartbeat. To add insult to injury the MBSA retained the services of Spotts, Stevens and McCoy as the engineering firm. For those not familiar with this firm they were in charge of the sewer project while Marks Contracting, LTD illegally blew up about 100 homes and acquired over 600 blasting violations. What did Spotts, Stevens and McCoy do to stop the carnage and protect the residents of McAdoo, nothing they just stood around for months and watched while joking with the workers. For this stellar performance they get another contract, what a corrupt town! Speaker 1-7-10, SSM Ignore Dreyer Family & Mislitsky Don't Contact
1-5-10 While unable to sleep last night I decided to try a web search of my old attorney Gary A. Brienza to see how his life turned out; since mine is basically shit! Apparently my old attorney found himself a new job as The Upper Saucon Township Municipal Authority Sewer Solicitor working hand in hand with the PA DEP.
For years people keep asking me how it was possible for our lawyer to do nothing for three years and why we have nothing to show for those three years of representation; well there you go. Before the last tear dries let me get to the best part, while we were fighting the PA DEP and the McAdoo Borough Sewer Authority and their assorted partners in crime Gary was actively working side by side with t he very people that we were fighting, there ought to be a law. There probably is a law but nobody gives a shit about the average worker in this country today; just the corporations. Mutchler 1-5-09 Letter Sent, Upper Saucon Township Meeting 10-25-07, Welcome to Upper Saucon Township, Brienza 8-30-07 Received & Brienza 10-12-07 Received
12-30-09 2009 ended with a typical and ant-climatic round of PA government corruption. I finally received a reply from Terry Mutchler, Executive Director with the PA Office of Open Records. The reply is long overdue and in direct violations of the laws they were created to protect. I believe that the reason Terry replied at all was because I sent a courtesy copy to the FBI; to this date Terry has refused to respond to several letters. The only reason that Terry responded today was a feeble attempt to close the books on my family for 2009 and wishfully not having to hold his department accountable for crushing my civil rights in 2010. Anyone that has visited this web site over the years knows that the “Final Determination” filed by Audrey Buglione, Esq. a lie and corrupt; she could have at least spelled my name correctly. Browse through Docket No. AP 2009-0453 and compare their lawyers response to what documents I actually received over the years. I had high hopes for President Barak Obama by creating the Office of Open Records; unfortunately it’s basically the same shit, different day! Docket No AP 2009-0453, Mutchler 12-30-09 Received, Mutchler 12-30-09 Sent, OOR 8-10-09 Received & TOXIC WASTE DUMPING LETTERS
12-30-09 Thomas Callaghan, P.G. District Mining Manager and Agency Open Records Officer lied to the Office of Open Records. I turned to the Office of Open Records for help and what did I receive for six years of suffering at the hands of the PA DEP; insults and ridicule from Appeals Officer Audrey Buglione, Esq. I sent the Office of Open Records proof positive that the PA DEP lied to them; curious to see if they get the same callous treatment or a light corrupt slap on the hand. 2009-0450_Dreyer-DEP, Mutchler 12-30-09 Letter Sentno2 & RTKL 4200-09-020 Affidavit
DEFINING CORRUPTION
Literally means to destroy (from the Latin corruptus)
Is not a rare phenomenon: Takes many forms with different types of participants, settings, stakes, techniques and different degrees of cultural legitimacy; is not only about stealing: it can also relate to the abuse of power in decision making processes. Is a form of behavior that deviates from ethics, morality, tradition, law and civic virtue.
