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Thursday/ February 14, 2013
1 pm/est: I spoke at the State University College at Oneonta this morning. The professor introduced me as the most influential civil rights/environmental activist in our area for the past few decades. I nearly cracked up laughing at that. Spect that explains why this area is as hurting as it is.
2:30 pm/est: Twelve completed health surveys were in the Tri-County Bipartisan Committees mail box at the Post Office. One was from an 80-year old man, who wrote, I smell an agenda here!
2:55 pm/est: Tonights school board subcommittee meeting is postponed until next week. On one hand, I think that there is far more than enough to do, to have held the meeting. On the other hand, I suspect that whoever scheduled it for Valentines Day was not thinking. On one foot, I could attend the Otego Village Board meeting tonight; on the left foot, I could go instead to the Sidney Town Board meeting. Both are scheduled to vote on moratoriums on fracking.
4:18 pm/est: Going out for Valentines Day dinner.
11:16 pm/est: Ended up going to the Sidney meeting. Supervisor Bob McCarthy started the clown show by challenging the minutes from last months meeting. He denied saying several things attributed to him. When told that three people had filmed the meeting, and recorded him saying exactly what the minutes attributed to him, he went on a rant about not caring what citizens say. This would seem to confirm rumors that he was shit-faced drunk at last months meeting.
I was among the people who gave 5-minute presentations to the board. When questioned if I was a Sidney resident, I said no, but I may rent here soon, so that I can challenge Bob in this falls election. Then I spoke about the epidemiological study of the villages population, with some attention to two cancer-clusters that happen to be located in neighborhoods that are at the edges of a couple toxic industrial waste dump sites. I noted that some of these same toxins are used in hydrofracking, and said I would be happy to present our final report to the board in an upcoming meeting.
Three more human beings spoke, before an older woman that Ive never seen before took the floor. Although she was supposed to be addressing the board, she instead took the opportunity to tell the pro-environment people that they were idiots. Then she focused upon me: And you are an environmental cult leader! After finishing up, she returned to her seat, which was next to mine. She then repeated this line a few times, while giving me what could most pleasantly be described as a hate stare. I thanked her for her kindness.
Curious day, all in all. I think that Ideas are influential. In that vein, I hope the college students took note of the concepts I talked about, rather than the strange old man who was talking about them. That would be my agenda. And that cult exists only within the angry ladys head. It must be uncomfortable to have such diseased thinking.
FSogol
(45,470 posts)panader0
(25,816 posts)A great view into small town politics. An "environmental cult leader" no less!
NBachers
(17,098 posts)Or maybe a perpetrator.
All hail Zarog, leader of the Water Cult!
OK, I've got two hearts left (along with the one I gave myself) and one's going to you.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)AnotherDreamWeaver
(2,850 posts)but there isn't a report on how the vote went, or if the vote was postponed. Hoping they both passed.
Thanks for all the work and effort you put into this,
ADW
H2O Man
(73,528 posts)Sorry about that -- I should have included that information.
AnotherDreamWeaver
(2,850 posts)siligut
(12,272 posts)But has no idea. Sounds like you are having quite an effect, judging from the opposition you are getting.
Raksha
(7,167 posts)When they start accusing you of that, you'll know you're making a serious impact. Not that it would it be all that comforting.
hootinholler
(26,449 posts)They can be fun.
Octafish
(55,745 posts)"One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agree with you. You do not change people's minds."
FZ may've been correct. He also noted:
"Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe."
I imagine what the PTB fear most about you is your work with the young. Their blocks of wax have not been shaped into stupidity.
H2O Man
(73,528 posts)Onondaga Chief Paul Waterman telling me that young women are the way to get lots of people to come out for public events such as rallies; and that older women were essential for getting hard work accomplished.
Beringia
(4,316 posts)and Good Luck on your work.