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
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
12-29-09 Stop by and visit with Ashley Dredge our new web page host for the Toxic Photo Album. Since there is no fine particulate problem in Schuylkill County according to EPA I thought it only fitting to include of few past photo albums. This is a prime example of an EPA Biostitute studying the violation of the PM2.5 regulations in Schuylkill Country. As an official EPA Biostitute you would park far enough from a co-generation plant like NEPCO; taking care not to park too close and get that new company car dusty. Turn the radio to your favorite station and close your eyes for a well deserved nap. The closing of the eyes is a skilled biostitute skill that is honed by years of practice. The skilled biostitute knows that conducting an investigation with your eye open might lead to witnessing a violation and warrant getting out of the vehicle and breathing in the polluted air. As an added bonus leaving the cap on all the test equipment preserves the test filters for future use thus saving the tax payer thousands. TOXIC PHOTO ALBUM(number 10 &11)
12-28-09 No dust in Schuylkill County according to EPA, “Also, based on designations made by EPA, Schuylkill County is not violating the fine particulate standard, so we won't be developing a SIP (with actions) for that area in any case” . I may have misunderstood the SPI directive regarding the federal PM2.5 standards and I have included the Email response that will explain. What I did receive took me by surprise and that doesn’t happen very often. Evidently we are not involved in any of this fine particulate talk because according to EPA we are dust free in Schuylkill County; I am waiting for a reply as to how this is possible.SIP 12-28-09 Received Email
12-27-09 Section 110 of the Federal Clean Air Act (CAA) requires states to develop State Implementation Plans (SIP) and programs to meet the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) established by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to protect public health and welfare.
Have a complaint regarding dirty air in PA; tired of the current coal fly ash practices coating your children’s lungs with toxic waste then you have until January 29,2010 to send Arleen Shulman your comment by writing to the address in enclosed PDF file or by sending her an Email at ashulman@state.pa.us . SIP PM2.5 12-26-09 Received & SIP 12-27-09 Sent Email
12-26-09 Time for another end of the month corruption report! Still no reply from Adam D. Aichele, Special Agent FBI; Secretary John Hanger, PA DEP; Thomas Callaghan, District Mining Manager; State Senator David G. Argall; Tom Corbett, Attorney General; Terry Mutchler, Office of Open Records; Robin M. Hittie, State Ethics Commission; James P. Goodman, Schuylkill County District Attorney; Richard P. Mislitsky, McAdoo Borough Sewer Authority Solicitor; McAdoo Borough Council, McAdoo Borough Police Department or the McAdoo Borough Chief of Police. Interesting relationship between government officials with regards to my corruption complaints within Schuylkill County; when I request basic information that would spare my family needless suffering I am ignored but when the taxes are due we have no problems communicating with each other! Hopefully the FBI is not just ignoring me and will show them the error of their ways. Government Corruption 12-16-09 Sent & LETTER SENT
12-23-09 Where does the PA DEP train their personnel and investigators? The same double standard has been going on for years. New Jersey adamantly refuses to dredge the Delaware citing numerous environmental and health concerns; the PA DEP say no problem we’ll dredge it. New York refuses to open the Catskill Mountains for gas exploration citing the same concerns New Jersey; the PA DEP says no problem to gas exploration in the Pocono Mountains and we’ll even open up the states game lands to gas drilling to sweeten the deal. Other states refuse to spread bio-solid waste citing numerous health concerns; the PA DEP says not only will we allow the spread of deadly bio-solid waste but we’ll take yours as well. Maybe we should fire the PA DEP and hire the New York DEP to protect the future of our state and lives?Speaker 12-23-09 & NEWSPAPER
12-23-09 Since the PA DEP blew up our home six years ago I have found myself with a lot of free time; unable to work on my home until the matter is ethically settled. I found myself wondering through the PA DEP web site and came across a page link where the PA DEP and Ed Rendell celebrated their use of your federal tax monies. They “invested” part of the 5 million dollars in anaerobic digesters. At first this seemed to make sense to me; help the environment by eliminating the bio-waste and the dangerous pathogens and get electricity in return. The investment that caught my eye was $254,382 given to three small dairy farmers. After briefly researching anaerobic digesters it became clear that the tax payers got nothing in return since the material still need s to be disposed and spread in a labor intensive process to heat the cow shit in order to raise the temperature of the waste and kill the deadly bacteria. We as tax payers get nothing in return and three dairy farmers get a quarter of a million dollars. Why not give McAdoo Borough $250,000 to install a wind turbine and generate electricity that would benefit over 1,000 families and leave the Culm and toxic fly ash worthless as it should be? DEP Green Page, Anaerobic Digesters & TOXIC NEWS (number 25 &26)
12-18-09 Only in Hazleton can a mayor who imports a million tons of toxic waste into his city be referred to as mayor and “Go Green” in the same sentence! Speaker 12-18-09, NEWSPAPER & SPEAK OUT
12-17-09 The FBI has finally swung the cross hairs on the back of Schuylkill County; about time. Unfortunately after years of suffering my family is still ignored and alienated by the FBI. You would think that corruption, conspiracy to obstruct justice and blowing up a town with illegal explosives would fall under FBI jurisdiction, who knows? I did notice that the Special Agents in charge of the investigation in the article left a phone number to report any helpful information. Coincidental enough this happens to be the same office and phone number of the agent that we contacted on his business card so I decided to post a link to the web page with the complete address. Speaker 12-17-09, LINKS & NEWSPAPER
12-17-09 Mining Related Complaints, Concerns & Problems – The official DEP site so that you can file a complaint over coal fly ash. Who knows after five or six years of lies from Thomas Callaghan, District Mining Manager you can file a complaint with the Office of Open Records because you are no wiser than the first day you contacted the Pottsville District Mining Office. After a year or two of the Office of Open records ignoring your request for information you might get an invitation to try again but be more precise in your request.WEB SITE & LINKS
12-14-09 "Hazleton Creek Properties felt it was necessary to literally bus in over 100 employees from as far away as
Philadelphia. None of these individuals asked any questions. They simply sat there, cheered on cue and tried to
shout down anyone who actually lives here and tried to ask a question." Speaker 12-13-09 &Newspaper
12-14-09 While searching through some of the old post on this web site I ran across a fun Virtual Reality Fly Ash tour that I created on July 15, 2006. Click on to the Weblog and go to page ten and scroll down. The tour requires a Quick Time player but there instructions located on the weblog page. The idea is to click and hold down on the mouse button as you walk around the dump. Directly in back of you behind the trees is Number 8 Reservoir just to give you an idea how close DEP granted the A/C Fuels permit. Fly Ash Tour High ,VR Fly Ash Tour Low & Toxic Photo Album
12-13-09 It’s hard to believe not one but two re-designed web pages for your viewing pleasure. After trying to find some info on my own web page I decided to scrap the page and start from scratch. Stop by from time to time for reports, maps and general information that would take years to pry from DEP; if they had it to give in the first place. Even if you’re not searching for info just stop in and see Tom Coruptus Toxic News
12-11-09 News Flash- My McAdoo Home presents the new and improved Speak Out Forum! Alias is acceptable if it will get someone to talk. Who knows maybe we will hear from Senator David G. Argall. Even Dave can use an alias; I bet “The Insider” is still available. SPEAK OUT
12-6-09 It is ironic and a true testament to the corruption within the PA DEP that they have selected you as their “Agency Open Records Officer”. Your abuse of the RTKL has destroyed my family; as punishment for this crime the PA DEP rewards you with this position paid for by my tax dollars. DEP 12-6-09 Sent
12-4-09 The court order is in; the McAdoo Borough Sewer Authority wins judgment against the Dreyer family. The Schuylkill County court never invited us and judge Miller decides that it was OK to destroy my criminal evidence where the illegal use of explosives took place; still trying to understand that oneNo.S-1039-08 11-24-09_Web, Prothonotary 10-14-09 Sent & Prothonotary 10-21-09 Sent
I did file a complaint with the F.B.I. for refusing to contact the court on our behalf; obviously we were lied to by the F.B.I. and they had no intentions of helping us despite two years of constant contact. Aichele 12-4-09 Sent
12-4-09 I sent a brief letter to President Obama asking for help. Who knows maybe he will read it; stranger things have happened.Obama 12-4-09 Sent
12-4-09 " I have never seen such a vulgar, diabolical "public meeting" that DEP held
the other day, November 16th. It was supposed to be a so-called
question and answer format, but it was more like a public deception." Yurick Sr 11-28-09
11-29-09 How was your beautiful Sunday afternoon spent; I bet you didn't have to waste it writing the PA DEP. Another hour, afternoon, week, weekend, month or year it’s hard to keep track of all the corruption. No reply from DEP or any of the courtesy copies that I sent last month; hopefully the silence means that someone somewhere has taken by accusations seriously and are investigating. The home page of my web site is getting lengthy and difficult to load so I will only keep six months of info at a time and delete the rest. DEP please be advised if you’re scouring my website trying to find one shred of evidence that I have done something wrong over the past six years to exonerate yourself, now is the time to make your copies. DEP 11-29-09 Cover Letter Sent & DEP 11-29-09 Sent
11-28-09 This Right-to-Know Law Request started out as a simple request for what was in my water. Three things prompted the curiosity above and beyond not trusting the PA DEP as far as I can throw them. The first was each water quality report that I received reported high levels of Arsenic and radioactive elements. Second, not all the contaminants require testing each year. The third was that according to my 2007 Consumer Confidence Water Report my homes water supply is owned and managed by United Water a subsidiary of SUEZ. Suez also owns NEPCO which is responsible for dumping millions of ton of toxic coal fly ash next to my home and water supply. Arsenic is one of the gifts found in their “beneficial” coal fly ash. The PA DEP monitors the dumping of this waste and the quality of my water which in my opinion is a conflict of interest and a breeding ground for possible corruption. So far I still do not have an answer; first DEP ignored my request then I was asked to simply trust my water report and leave DEP alone. Finally the DEP sent a report full of coded numbers that was unlike any lab report that I ever seen. I filed another request and was denied the location of the source of my water supply because I could be a terrorist. I then filed a RTKLR to the new Office of Open Records. Their lawyer denied my request because she felt that I could be a terrorist and that DEP answered my previous RTKLR. The Office of Open Records refused to discuss the PA DEP corruption and cautioned me never to contact the PA DEP over this again because it would be construed as harassment. I filed a formal complaint that this was discrimination and that her Final Determination was founded on hear-say and circumstantial evidence. I then filed a RTKLR for the hard copy documents that this lawyer used to make her determination. My request was granted months ago and I still have not heard from the Office of Open Records. Bottom line is that I still do not have an answer from the PA DEP as to the contaminants found in my water supply; just more corruption. RTKR 4200-09-019
This sudden interest in providing me with the truth is only months after the federal government enacted the Office of Open Records which is an agency designed to provide government transparency and prevent local government corruption.
I have asked these questions numerous times of the PA DEP and have never received an answer. Usually DEP would pretend that they never noticed the question; that is why I try not to discuss more than one topic in one letter. DEP feeds off of confusion so it is logical to starve their appetite.
Basically the affidavit states that DEP (Pottsville District Mining Office) did nothing to help the local citizens including my family before, after or during the blasting carnage.
Spotts, Stevens and McCoy, Inc. was the firm hired by the McAdoo Sewer Authority to oversee or manage the project. They were also the same firm that stood by and simply watched as the construction firm committed over 600 blasting violations.
The McAdoo Sewer Authority later turned to SSM to review the hundreds of property damage complaints that accumulated from the PA DEP & SSM ignoring the illegal activity.
A quick internet search proves that the PA DEP and SSM had a long work related history. The question is did the PA DEP ignore the pleas for help from my family and the citizens of McAdoo due to incompetence or was it corruption while trying to protect their pals at Spotts, Stevens & McCoy? RTKL 5310-09-015 Affidavit& BLASTING DAMAGE LEETERS RECEIVED
11-24-09 Please read the enclosed letter from Congressman Paul Kanjorski pleading with DEP not to pollute our environment. This plea was submitted thanks to the efforts of CAUSE and a recent report filed by Mr. Robert Gadinski, PA Licensed Professional Geologist.
The effort to keep the corporate whores of this state from turning our neighborhoods into toxic waste dumps is important to our health and future generations. It also represents a stand that we must embrace for basic self respect or civic pride. Toxic waste is not beneficial except to the bank accounts of the PA DEP and a few politicians and business men.
This letter also raises and even higher concern or threat to our unquestionable right to clean air and water. That threat is the PA DEP. Why are there thousands of wasted man-hours spent in this state begging the PA DEP to preserve our environment and in turn our lives? This is crazy; the DEP should be writing congressmen, businessmen and citizens begging us not to destroy the environment. Instead we get some B.S. plea to stop using our wood burning fireplaces or use our lawn mowers less as if we are idiots and believe that this will make a difference compared to a million tons of toxic waste buried in our back yard.
Maybe the time has come to cut our losses with the DEP. Maybe sell the DEP as a corporation to the various industries of our state as consultants. This should be an easy transition since they already own the PA DEP through the many PAC groups and lobbyist.
Take the funds and start a new agency dedicated to the real preservation of our environment free from the influence of corporate dollars. Stop settling environmental issues in court were the winner is the one that can afford the biggest legal bill as if our lives were one big poker game. Start a seven member board or court strictly under control of this new agency. The new ruling members could be compromised of 3 members with an industrial background, 3 members to protect the government interest and one ordinary citizen as the tie breaker; just thinking out loud... DEP RE Hazleton Creek - 09-11-23 Letter Sent & TOXIC NEWS
11-22-09 "After wasting countless years of my life trying in vain to acquire these records I filed several RTKLR under the pre 2009 Right to Know Law. Thomas Callaghan failed to honor those RTKLR and provide me with my records citing the need for the DEP to protect their investigation. This later proved to be a gross perversion of the RTKL since there were no records that the DEP had in their possession."Hanger 11-21-09 Sent & Hanger Enclosure 11-21-09 Sent
11-22-09 I have decided to post all of the hundreds of letters submitted to the PA DEP since our home was destroyed by the illegal blasting and subsequent corrupt investigation on January 31, 2003. I will include all letters that were spent writing the PA DEP in vain while trying to acquire a few simple records into the coal fly ash pollution and my communities’ water supply.
The letters will be published respectively on the BLASTING DAMAGE- LETTERS SENT/ LETTERS RECEIVED & TOXIC WASTE DUMPING – LETTERS SENT/ LETTERS RECEIVED. I realize that most people viewing this web site are unable to spend the time to view the enormous amount of time wasted while trying to find the truth within the PA DEP so please just take a moment to view my letters sent at random and then a few replies from DEP. A pattern of corruption should easily manifest itself even to the occasional visitor.
Since I am viewing the several
affidavit's just recently sent by DEP District Mining Manager Thomas Callaghan, I will start with these. For years I contacted Tom to acquire information that would shed some light on the fact that DEP conducted corrupt investigations; for years Tom just jerked me around referring to my struggles as his SAGA. Tom was pretty smug in his blatant attempts to keep me from my information and the truth until the Federal Government established the Office of Open Records. The sudden interest in providing me with my information had nothing to do with my family’s years of suffering but saving the ass of Thomas Callaghan. Tom was no longer able to pervert the old Right-to-Know Law at will but now had to answer to a higher authority.
11-19-09Months have passed and still no reply from Terry Mutchler and the Office of Open Records. Hopefully the very agency created by President Barack Obama to combat the many violations of our Right to Know Law Requests has not been infected by the PA DEP. For years this family has cautioned every agency that we have contacted that the Pottsville District Mining Office of the PA DEP is like a corrupt virus that infects everything that they touch; years of abuse of our civil rights from the PA DEP and still no relief in sight. So much for our nations Right to Know Laws; the only thing we have a right to know in north east Pennsylvania is that we get to pay unfair taxes for an abusive government then die from old age and frustration!Mutchler 11-19-09 Letter Sent & Enclosure 11-19-09 Sent
11-1-09 Another day wasted battling the corruption of DEP and the McAdoo Borough Sewer Authority; so much corruption, so little ink!
10-15-09 First the McAdoo Sewer Authority damages my home through illegal blasting. After the damage the MBSA hires the very engineering firm that stood by and watched as this illegal activity unfolded to assess the damage. Complaints are swept under the corrupt rug while my family is warned never to contact the MBSA and Richard P. Mislitsky for help.
Now after years of needless suffering the MBSA has petitioned the courts to sell my damaged home for the equity to pay for the sewer installation. This installation would force my family to dig up an area that the MBSA conducted illegal and undocumented blasting and in the process destroy any remaining evidence of this crime; one neat and tidy corrupt act that silences over six years of corruption.Prothonotary 10-14-09 Sent, Mislitsky 10-14-09 Received, Court - No. S-1039-08 Cover Page & MARKS BLEW UP OUR HOME AND LIED
10-3-09 "My family was forced to live in filth for years while your investigation continued; walking through the blasted debris of our foundation until it became pulverized dust. My family has spent six and a half years of holiday after holiday watching the roof leak while trying to enjoy a Thanksgiving meal alone because our home is too embarrassing and dangerous to invite quests over for dinner. The frustration of watching as the wall of my son’s room turns black with mold from the leak by the chimney that your corrupt investigation cause. Broken steps and bare walls frozen in time from remodeling put on hold. Wasting countless dollars because our home was in the middle of construction and many of the walls are without plaster or insulation; often freezing because the furnace is unable to meet the demand due to the bare walls and the fact that it was also damaged by the blast with its bowed walls. " EPA 10-3-09 Sent
9-13-09Breaking news: "CITIZENS GROUP NOTIFIES FEDS OF ILLEGAL PENNSYLVANIA MINING PROGRAM - SENATE URGED TO REJECT OBAMA NOMINEE PIZARCHIK"
9-13-09 PLEASE voice your opposition to Joseph Pizarchik’s nomination to be Director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) before it is too late!
8-20-09The USGS (U.S. Geological Survey) “As an unbiased, multi-disciplinary science organization that focuses on biology, geography, geology, geospatial information, and water, we are dedicated to the timely, relevant, and impartial study of the landscape, our natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten us.”
The USGS just concluded an extensive National Water–Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program, Mercury in Streams Ecosystem.
To put the study in a nut shell they attribute coal combustion plant (co-generation) as the leading source of Mercury pollution that has successfully polluted every Stream Ecosystem of the entire country including Alaska.
So much for clean coal! This might explain the T.V. commercial absence of the dancing lump of coal endorsed by the coal industry.
The report extensively explains the hazards of this cancer causing heavy metal in the Stream Ecosystem, “Methylmercury is a neurotoxin that is biomagnified in aquatic food webs so that piscivorous fish and wildlife, and humans that consume fish, are potentially at greater risk of exposure to methylmercury. USGS data and research may aid in the development of more rigorous models that relate water quality to mercury bioaccumulation, thereby enhancing capabilities for predicting mercury contamination in fish.”
This is exactly the very same fear / complaint that I filed with the Pottsville District Mining Office of the PA DEP. I was concerned that the coal fly ash that was eroding into the wet lands directly below the A/C Fuel coal combustion fly ash dump would be leaching the Mercury along with other toxic material.
I explained this in my complaint that toxins like Mercury could work their way up the food chain and harm human life.
The PA DEP in a typical arrogant response concluded that this was not happing because we would see dead stuff lying around the dump site. When you are done laughing you can click on the letter link to read their official response, DEP 10-16-08 Dead Stuff.
After reading the dangers of Mercury from the NSGS and the response from Keith B.C. Brady, P.G.; you have to wonder is Mr. Brady that uniformed about the toxic materials in the environment that he was hired to protect or was this just another biased and corrupt report from the PA DEP to protect the illusion of "beneficial fly ash".
8-19-09 Just a few days ago I had a brief discussion with a co-worker about coal fly ash. It amazes me how misinformed the general public remains despite the millions of tons of this toxic industrial waste dumped in our backyards annually.
That combined with the recent traffic of coal fly ash into the A/C Fuel fly ash dump warranted a brief letter to the editor. I t was a humble attempt to shed some truth to combat the myriad of lies perpetuated by the PA DEP. Just click on the LETTER TO THE EDITOR 8-19-09 LINK.
I also posted some of the recent photos taken of the current work within the A/C Fuel fly ash dump. Apparently the fly ash that I reported as eroding away like big chunks of a melting glacier are being knock down and graded. Of course this was not found necessary after the many investigations conducted by the PA DEP; they found nothing wrong as usual.
It is hard to say for sure what exactly is going on since the DEP refused to fulfill my Right-To-Know Law Requests; that was the plan after all to silent the citizen and conduct their questionable business behind closed doors. The Office Of Open Records nailed the door shut by denying my appeal warning me not to harass the PA DEP; only in corrupt PA!
8-14-09 F.Y.I. - The citizens of McAdoo do not own our own water supply! Our water supply is owned and managed by United Water a subsidiary of Suez. The company that owns the NEPCO co-generation plant that is dumping millions of tons of toxic industrial coal fly ash waste next to our water supply is owned by Suez. The Consumer Confidence water report that we receive to instill trust and faith in our pure water supply is published by United Water a subsidiary of Suez. The government agency that is the watchdog designated to protect our water supply in McAdoo is the PA DEP. The government agency designated to find a home for the pollution produced by the NEPCO co-generation plant is the PA DEP. This sounds more like a Hollywood movie script; for more info check out some of the links in Patti’sSPEAKOUT entry Tom Linzey / movie /reality. The movie that exposes Suez and mentioned in Patti’s entry is, The 11th Hour.
8-9-09 After having an opportunity to review the letter chastising me for insinuating that all associated with the Pottsville District Mining Office are corrupt I decided to post another photo album dedicated to some of Mr. Brady’s lies; I will post the album permanently on the TOXIC WASTE PHOTO page. Since receiving my final determination from Audrey Buglione, Esq. (the Lawyer) of the Office Of Open Records it was obvious that I need to be more assertive in my complaints and accusations. Craig Lambeth, Esq. for the PA DEP made it a matter of record to the Lawyer that I put a strain on the resources of the DEP by contacting them so many times and that I am generally unreasonable. The Lawyer for the Office Of Open Records took the bait; hook line and sinker and created in my opinion a biased “Final Determination”. First off I can’t help that it creates a huge amount of resources to battle the constant stream of lies from the PA DEP. It takes a true corporate whore to complain about the work involved sorting through the lies told by this department; you get paid for it. I on the other hand get paid nothing plus I get the opportunity as an American citizen to pay the tax that created the lie in the first place. What we need to get established is that I am the victim and not the overpaid Craig Lambeth, Esq. along with the PA DEP. What amazes me is that Craig Lambeth, Esq. is the equivalent to the Office Of Internal Affairs that many law enforcement agencies have to crush corruption. That explains why the corruption inside the PA DEP has been allowed to fester for years; who really checks on this department? A good example is the raw blast roll that I requested and was promised by the Pottsville District Mining Office for six years. After six years of lies, the PA DEP finally admits that they never had this in their possession. To understand the significance of the raw blast roll compare it to a DNA sample used by law enforcement in court. The report derived from the DNA is comparable to the blast report complied and sanctioned by the PA DEP. Not having the raw blast roll that produced my report is comparable to not being able to match the body that produced the DNA sample. All the legal B.S. that follows including the volumes of scientific blasting data; it is basically worthless. Instead of worrying about the strain six years of suffering that my family experienced from this corrupt investigation put on the department; Craig Lambeth should be more concerned about the corruption that caused this suffering. The letter has a few Post-it sticky notes attached just click on the note to reveal the comment. The photo album is 16 MB long so give a chance to download then click on the center of the player to start the slide show, DEP 10-16-08 Received 2 & JUST ANOTHER DAY OF DEP LIES ALBUMThere is also a version of this slide show that you can download and pay on your computerJust Another DEP Lie EXE.
8-9-09 A brief letter sent to the Office Of Open Records explaining why I feel that my Final Determination denial was biased. I included a copy of the letter sent to them that I received from Keith B.C. Brady, P.G. Chief Surface Mine Section. This was the letter that scolded me for accusing the PA DEP of ignoring my years of surface soil samples requests to prove that this was not a toxic event. Mr. Brady admonishes me that the PA DEP only uses “verifiable facts” and “scientific data” when investigating a complaint. The Office Of Open Records denied my request for documents from Mr. Brady citing that it would be illegal to produce documents that do not exist. That would make the PA DEP and Mr. Brady liars and they wonder why I personally feel that they are all corporate whores that should be fired!Just click onto the little sticky note found in the PDF file to view my thoughts on Mr. Brady’s letter. RTKL 8-6-09 Sent & DEP 10-16-08 Received 2 I have also included a few of the past PHOTOS that to prove them wrong, these are but a fraction of the irrefutable evidence sent to the PA DEP or viewable from my web site but Mr. Brady just can't seem to see the pollution. Maybe he should be replaced by someone more capable that can recognize pollution?
8-4-09 "All hard copy records in the possession of the Lawyer prior to August 1, 2009 that led this Lawyer to conclude that “DEP has shown substantial evidence”. The alleged substantial evidence claimed to be in the possession of the Lawyer was used to determine that my request was “Repetitive and Disruptive”." RTKL Office Request 8-4-09
8-4-09 Dear Mr. Callaghan,
In November of 2008 I embarked on a quest to find hard copy evidence that my water quality was safe to drink.
This quest originated after my Consumer Confidence Report showed elevated levels of Arsenic.
As you are well aware Arsenic is a by-product of coal fly ash. The elevated levels of Arsenic made me question the number coal fly ash dumps that surround my home and whether these dumps were eroding their toxic payloads into my water supply.
After several months and countless hours I still do not have one legible hard copy record to relieve my fears.
Recently I was denied the location of my water supply citing that after 9/11 I could be a terrorist wanting to contaminate that water supply. In the effort of protecting the infrastructure and national security my request was denied.
I have three questions:
Does this policy apply to all non government persons i.e.; citizens?
Has the PA DEP ever divulged the secret location of a community’s water supply after The Pennsylvania Safe Water Act, Act of May 1, 1984, P.L. 206, as amended, 35 P.S., 721.1 et seq.?
If the water supply has been divulged in the past, what are the criteria that would discriminate one citizen vs. another and label that citizen as a terrorist suspect?
8-2-09My Final Determination from the Lawyer of PA Office Of Open Records is available for review by clicking on the Docket No AP 2009-0453 link. This record will be permanently available for review and/or download on the Letters Received page listed under Toxic Waste Dumping. It is important to point out that this Final Determination complied by Audrey Buglione, Esq. is biased and discriminatory based on limited information compiled at her discretion. It does not provide evidence that would support the determination that the PA DEP fulfilled my previous RTKLR. For the most part this document does support the determination that the PA DEP is allowed to lie about documents requested while hiding under the ruling that these documents were acquired during a non-criminal investigation and exempt. This will be brought to the attention of Terry Mutchler, Executive Director after I file my appeal. It is still unclear if the Office Of Open Records will allow me to appeal this corrupt document by filing directly to their office. If I am forced to file my appeal with the Commonwealth Court then that would necessitate a huge legal fee; eliminating me from all appeals based on my income. Many questions still remain from this Final Determination that needs to be addressed. It is still unclear if the Lawyer excluded me from the Right-To Know the location of my water supply because she feels that I am a terrorist or does this ruling apply to all resident of PA? If this only applies to me then I will be filing charges of discrimination and violations of my civil rights against the Lawyer.
8-2-09RTKL sent to the Office Of Open Records; this should be interesting! I wonder if President Barak Obama were to visit this web site and view the progress of his newly formed Office; would be pleased or outraged? I still believe that he would be outraged. The overall view at work is that I am a fool for believing that this office would be any different than the one under Bush, time will tell. RTKL Office Request 8-2-09& LETTER SENT
8-2-09 "Ms. Audrey Buglione, Esq. (the Lawyer) omitted several key documents in her Final Determination signed July 29, 2009.
The end result is that most of the information and determinations enclosed in Docket No. AP 2009-0453 are false. I personally believe that this was done intentionally and I would like the opportunity to present the documents to prove the foundation for my belief.
Most of the documents that I wish to present are apparently in the hands of the Lawyer but not presented in a way that would grant my RTKLR; I consider this to be a biased investigation.
I view this as discriminatory and a violation of my civil rights and wish to file an appeal. Unfortunately I do not possess the financial means to appeal this in Commonwealth Court as ruled by the Lawyer.
I am respectfully requesting the opportunity to appeal this Final Determination to Terry Mutchler and the Office Of Open Records in the form of one letter and the related supporting documents.
If the Office Of Open Records still feels that the Final Determination compiled by the Lawyer is without bias; I will than cease all attempts to burden this office in the future. I do not wish to be classified as “Repetitive and Disruptive”." Mutchler 8-2-09 Letter Sent
8-1-09 I just received my “Final Determination” from the Office Of Open Records and all seven items of the appeal were denied. Since this weekend is my birthday I decided to take a break and wash the stench of corruption from the PA DEP and the PA Office Of Open Records from my body. My documents from Audrey Buglione, Esq. (the “Lawyer”) will be published next week along with a copy of my appeal. The most corrupt decision of this document is that the Lawyer sanctioned the PA DEP and their right to withhold the location of my water supply on the premise that I might be a terrorist. This decision to withhold the location of my water supply has nothing to do with national security and everything to do with hiding the corrupt investigation conducted by the PA DEP. The questions and documents that I requested in connection with my water supply have been denied because the PA DEP have no test results or answers, especially when questions of coal fly ash are brought into the mix. On August 2, I will be 54 years old and for the first time in my life I am embarrassed to be an American. To use the war on terror to hide the department’s corrupt investigation is a disgrace to all the “Citizens” that lost their lives. It is a desecration to the memories and graves of the brave soldiers that fought this battle both on domestic and foreign soil. I will file a formal complaint with Senator David G. Argall next week but I anticipate that my letters will fall on deaf ears just like the dozens of letters in the past that Dave ignored when the PA DEP is the subject.
7-26-09 The next document placed on the web-site for public display is the Final Determination, Docket No. AP 2009-0450. Just click onto the link or view this document permanently on the LETTERS RECEIVED page. This Final Determination represents six years of fighting for my documents collected during the corrupt investigation by the PA DEP. The entire 12 page document could have been summed up in just a few sentences, saving the tax payer a great deal of money i.e.: “Mr. Dreyer, do not attempt to acquire any documents from the PA DEP. Everything that they do is considered an investigation and exempt from the RTKL; they are above the law.” The insulting part of this document is when Audrey Buglione, Esq. makes a point to mention all of the government agencies for the past six years that I contacted while trying to get my requested records. Not one word asking why or warning DEP not to abuse the RTKLR system by ignoring me; forcing me to contact all of these agencies. Not one word cautioning Thomas Callaghan for ignoring years of request and forcing the Citizen to treat him as a child by writing in bold red letters just out of frustration DEP 12-5-07 Sent Red! On the last page of this document I am warned not to make further requests of the documents under this final appeal. Did Audrey Buglione, Esq. ask why I had to make the same RTKLR for six year? Did Ms. Buglione ask why the PA DEP lied and failed to answer most of my past RTKLR? Did Ms. Buglione caution the PA DEP in this Final Determination not to make a mockery of the RTKL over the past 6 years by ignoring my past request? Did anyone from the Office Of Open Records ask if the records even existed or did DEP just pervert the RTKL to cover-up the lack of eyewitness testimony from interviews that never took place? The corruption that has infected the PA DEP spreads like a virus to every government agency that touches them; the new Office Of Open Records reaffirms that diagnosis.
7-23-09 The reason for the lack of entries is that I have been waiting for the new Office Of Open Records to make their final determination on my Right-To-Know Law Requests (RTKLR). The results for the first phase of my requests have arrived and all records requested from the PA DEP have been denied. According to Audrey Buglione, Esq. any record collected during an investigation is private under the law. Since everything that the PA DEP does can be construed as an investigation; all records and everything the PA DEP does is considered secret. We the citizens’ of Pennsylvania have created a department that is above the law. I see no difference in the new Office Of Open Records versus the pre 2009 version other than a new coat of paint. The only benefit that I personally received is that the new Office only wasted seven months of my time to deny me the requested documents instead of four years. For those that have inquired about my water supply and the documents that the PA DEP has denied I am to expecting this determination after July 29, 2009. Since the final determination will be made public; I will make public all of the letters and e-mail sent between myself and the Office Of Open Records that led up to this final determination in chronological order. This should give all interested parties that are contemplating using our new agency a brief glimpse into the overall process. I will start with the last letter sent by myself in reply to my Final Determination. Please click onto the link Mutchler 7-22-09 Letter Sentto view the latest communication.
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.
