No vote for Corbett

He supports jobs. If everyone gets away with not in my back yard. There will be no jobs left in this county.

Support Tom wrote:

He supports jobs. If everyone gets away with not in my back yard. There will be no jobs left in this county.

Leave THEM alone. They are REQUIRED to vote straight DEMOCRATIC as their great-grandpa told them to do. To hell with jobs! Besides, oBOMBo already created 1,986,017 jobs since takin' over just a year or so ago. We be jus' fine, as long as the welfare checks keep coming in. Who needs a job????? What we have to say out here in the hinterlands makes no difference; Philly and P'burg rule. Get ready for another ONE like Gov. Spendell, along with re-election of Arlen Sphincter.

Onorato turned Alleghany County around. Corbett can't even handle the Attorney General's budget properly. Maybe he should prioritize and protect the people, not the corporate ag and the sludge haulers. He's suing townships and asking for their vote at the same time! Good luck with that!

Maybe you should get better information. Tom is exactly what la needs.he stands for what's right!!

Tom Corbetts office had been doing a LOT more with less. Did you know their budget was cut by 10 pecent last year? Or that it is smaller than when Fisher was in office?

Your hero Onorato held property taxes steady by raising every other tax he was allowed to, to the maximum level allowed, then wants to be sainted because he lowers one slightly after public backlash. Dan Dan the Big Tax Man

For the record wrote:

Tom Corbetts office had been doing a LOT more with less. Did you know their budget was cut by 10 pecent last year? Or that it is smaller than when Fisher was in office?
Your hero Onorato held property taxes steady by raising every other tax he was allowed to, to the maximum level allowed, then wants to be sainted because he lowers one slightly after public backlash. Dan Dan the Big Tax Man

How original??? Scaring voters with misinformation. Don't Republicans realize the general population sees right through that?
Everyone's budget was cut. It is called prioritizing, to stay within your budget. Corbett should not be politically posturing on our nickel.

Maybe Corbett should spread human waste on his property so he can live what he fights for?

I got the impression from Susan Fox's letter that Attorney General Tom Corbett has been using state muscle to overrule the will of individual communities regarding toxic waste. If her statements are true, do we really want a governor who seems willing to trample the wishes of individual communities under the heel of state government?

anybody but toxic tom wrote:

Onorato turned Alleghany County around. Corbett can't even handle the Attorney General's budget properly. Maybe he should prioritize and protect the people, not the corporate ag and the sludge haulers. He's suing townships and asking for their vote at the same time! Good luck with that!

What, did he turn it around 360 degrees?

I think the notion that NIMBY applies in the situation involving the application of sewage sludge implies there may be places where the land application of sewage sludge is a good thing, with wonderful benefits. Most people that oppose sludge spreading on land quickly learn that poisoning wells, endangering wildlife and breathing in flying disease is a bad idea for everybody, even those in denial or those that intentionally hide behind the truth. And the truth is that nobody ever does the the work to know what is in any given batch of sludge, but what is known is that in any given batch there are as many as 80,000 different chemicals, viruses and bacteria from places such as factories, hospitals and mortuaries on the short list, AND THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO SAFELY RID OURSELVES OF IT.
I am amazed that a man seeking the highest office in the State of Pennsylvania is so silent about defending himself vis a vis this festering lesion on the seat of his political anatomy. The only question is when will somebody investigate and reveal who is paying for Toxic Tom's campaign, and will that be known before or after the election.

Not only did Corbett formerly work for Waste Management, he accepted campaign donations from them (and many more special interests). He can only be trusted to do what is right for the campaign contributors, not for the people of Pennsylvania. See this if you want to know the truth: http://therealtomcorbett.wordpress.com/

Common For the Record, yes ten percent looks like a big number but go back though the last ten budgets and you'll find much larger cuts, some of them yearly cut in double digits. Last year alone DEP and DCNR's budgets were cut by 25%. And if they were to petition the General Assembly because they were over budget they would get laughed out of the chambers.

For the record wrote:

Tom Corbetts office had been doing a LOT more with less. Did you know their budget was cut by 10 pecent last year? Or that it is smaller than when Fisher was in office?
Your hero Onorato held property taxes steady by raising every other tax he was allowed to, to the maximum level allowed, then wants to be sainted because he lowers one slightly after public backlash. Dan Dan the Big Tax Man

At least Onorato knows how to run a government, rebuild an area and create jobs. What does your boy Corbett know how to do? Anything else but sue PA residents with their own money??He needs to stay within his budget just like the rest of us out here and the other departments in PA.

Susan Fox wrote:

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At least Onorato knows how to run a government, rebuild an area and create jobs. What does your boy Corbett know how to do? Anything else but sue PA residents with their own money??He needs to stay within his budget just like the rest of us out here and the other departments in PA.

Good point and well said!

Well said, Sue Fox! Toxic Tom should resign! We need someone who cares about our rights to ban the land application of sewage sludge, instead of trying to ram it down our throats! If he thinks sludge is sooooo great, let him and his family live by the sludge pit for a few weeks in our community! We should all be embarrassed to have such a governor and his web site says "protecting the families of PA." What a joke!!!!! Wake up people! Don't let big business poison your wells and farm land and destroy the health of your families, just for the sake of making $$$$$$$!!!

Mr. Brown:

1) Aren't you a memebr of the Shrewsbury Township Planning Commision- the same township that Susan Fox sits on as a member of the Board of Supervisors?

2) Isn't Ms. Fox also an elected official and a Democrat with an obvious bias towards a Democratic candidate?

3) Isn't Mr. Corbett responsible for enforcing the laws the are currently on the books (whether he agrees with them or not), ie. the ACRE law?

4) Didn't the courts already make a ruling that another township, who had a similar situation as Shrewsbury, was in violation of the ACRE law?

I find it very disturbing that Ms. Fox , and you, due not identify yourselves as having a politically motivated desire to distort the truth, and omit certain facts, in order to obtain the desired result. Whereas I think the township should be allowedto regulate the sludge, I think that Mr. Corbett summed it up best-when he recommenedded that if people don't like the law- then they should take it up with the legislature.

Bro1856 wrote:

Mr. Brown:
1) Aren't you a memebr of the Shrewsbury Township Planning Commision- the same township that Susan Fox sits on as a member of the Board of Supervisors?
2) Isn't Ms. Fox also an elected official and a Democrat with an obvious bias towards a Democratic candidate?
3) Isn't Mr. Corbett responsible for enforcing the laws the are currently on the books (whether he agrees with them or not), ie. the ACRE law?
4) Didn't the courts already make a ruling that another township, who had a similar situation as Shrewsbury, was in violation of the ACRE law?
I find it very disturbing that Ms. Fox , and you, due not identify yourselves as having a politically motivated desire to distort the truth, and omit certain facts, in order to obtain the desired result. Whereas I think the township should be allowedto regulate the sludge, I think that Mr. Corbett summed it up best-when he recommenedded that if people don't like the law- then they should take it up with the legislature.

Since I'm the only Mr. Brown on this thread (that I know of), I'll assume you addressed this post to me. If I'm wrong, my apologies.
Anyway: No, I am not on the Shrewsbury Planning Commission; I don't live in Shrewsbury or anywhere near it; I know nothing about this issue except what I've learned from Ms. Fox's letter and the various posts on this thread (and I've already stated, in my previous post, that I have no idea whether or not they are true).
My sole interest in this matter concerns what I perceived to be a bias by Mr. Corbett toward using his power as State's Attorney General to steamroll the will of local governments. IF (and I clearly stated this in my prior post) that is indeed the case, then Mr. Corbett would probably not be my first choice for governor.

JeffreyABrown wrote:

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Since I'm the only Mr. Brown on this thread (that I know of), I'll assume you addressed this post to me. If I'm wrong, my apologies.
Anyway: No, I am not on the Shrewsbury Planning Commission; I don't live in Shrewsbury or anywhere near it; I know nothing about this issue except what I've learned from Ms. Fox's letter and the various posts on this thread (and I've already stated, in my previous post, that I have no idea whether or not they are true).
My sole interest in this matter concerns what I perceived to be a bias by Mr. Corbett toward using his power as State's Attorney General to steamroll the will of local governments. IF (and I clearly stated this in my prior post) that is indeed the case, then Mr. Corbett would probably not be my first choice for governor.

Thank you for the clarification as there is a Jeffrey Brown on the Shrewsbury Planning Commission.

I don't think it is a bias of Mr. Corbett. He is paid to do a job- which is enforcing the laws passed by the legislature. Unlike most politicians- it seems like he's doing the job to which he was elected. The courts have also upheld his legal opinion.

Ms. Fox is expressing sour grapes. She knows full well that , under the advice of Mr. Corbett, if she wants the township to gain the ability to override state mandates and enact stricter controls, then she needs to go to the Legislature to repeal or modify the ACRE law.

Bro1856 wrote:

Mr. Brown:
1) Aren't you a memebr of the Shrewsbury Township Planning Commision- the same township that Susan Fox sits on as a member of the Board of Supervisors?
2) Isn't Ms. Fox also an elected official and a Democrat with an obvious bias towards a Democratic candidate?
3) Isn't Mr. Corbett responsible for enforcing the laws the are currently on the books (whether he agrees with them or not), ie. the ACRE law?
4) Didn't the courts already make a ruling that another township, who had a similar situation as Shrewsbury, was in violation of the ACRE law?
I find it very disturbing that Ms. Fox , and you, due not identify yourselves as having a politically motivated desire to distort the truth, and omit certain facts, in order to obtain the desired result. Whereas I think the township should be allowedto regulate the sludge, I think that Mr. Corbett summed it up best-when he recommenedded that if people don't like the law- then they should take it up with the legislature.

1. Jeff Brown is not on the Shrewsbury Planning Comm. this year, he stepped down due to commitments at work this Jan.

2. Yes, I am a Township Supervisor for Shrewsbury and began my 6 year term this Jan. 2010. I did not write my Editorial as a Township Supervisor but as a "Regular Citizen", as you have discribed in other posts. Just for your information I am a registered Democrat, and have always supported the best candidate despite their party affiliation. In fact I was a Reg. Republican for 30 years prior, not that that makes any difference.It is quite obvious to me that Dan Onorato already knows how to run a successful Government unlike some other candidates.

3.The ACRE bill specificially states that the Attorney General MAY (not that he MUST or is REQUIRED to) take cases of disagreement and litigate them. He chooses to sue Townships on behalf of the Sludge haulers and Agribiz, he doesn't have to. He should be looking into the citizens complaints and defending them instead.

4.Yes, actually there are many Townships fighting the same issue all across PA and actually all across the US. On 2 cases in PA the AG challenged an Ordinance that CELDF wrote and twice now the courts have denied Corbett his POs because the Courts could not determine that the spreading of sewage sludge is a "normal Agricultural practice". The one case is still in the courts, the Ordinance is still on the books. The other case went through the courts and that Ordinance was amended and is legal. So, no, the Courts still can not determine that sludge is a normal agricultural practice and the Attorney General has not won his agrument.Also another note, the Federal Law ,The Clean Water Act and the Federal EPA Rule 503 that regulates sludge, states that it is "local determination (a political subdivision of a State) on the use of sludge.

And lastly, I have not distorted the truth. The AGs office went in Feb., I heard, to ask the Legislators for more money because they were over budget, that was before Corbett decided to sue the Fed. Govt. over the health bill. I do not know if they gave them anymore or not, maybe someone on here could verify that for all of us. All other departments need to stay within their budgets just as most PA residents do in these times. As far as going to the Legislators I have been doing that since 2007 and I will be in Harrisburg this Thursday to speak to some of the Representitives about the issue again. If Corbett was the best candidate for the job I would support him but he isn't in my opinion.

Unfortunately, there will always be those who are set in their opinions and will not even consider the possibility that Toxic "Tom" Corbett has his own agenda. The people in the townships want a safe environment and the local municipalities (after listenting to their citizens), know what's best for them and the environment moreso than Toxic Tom. Shame on him for using our money to sue us! How insulting! He's just as bad (if not worse), than the corporate executives who spit in the eye of the taxpayers by giving out huge bonuses after their "bailouts". How conveniently planned that he's getting free publicity just before election time. Hmmmmm!