i'd ask Ole Pete, but i lost his phone #, haven't seen him on the train in a
long time. and the last time i was aboard the Clearwater Sloop, he was not
there.

if you are referring to the Hudson River PCB issue: there are arguably very
real reasons for not disturbing the material at the bottom of the river.

not withstanding GE: (who should be held accountable) work that needs to be
done cannot be done( for the most part) without federal money. it is beyond
the reach of local government. this is not only about commerical ventures
gone bad, it is also about an antiquated infrastructure and a population
base that has swelled.

The point of what i posted was two-fold.
first: hillary is not the only one concerned about the sound. there are and
have been many others, republican and democrat.
and frankly some of the most effective efforts have been by those outside of
government...........
she deserves credit for what she has done as a Jr. Senator. not more or less
and preferably in context. ( a word i'm afraid is disappearing from the
current politcal scene)

Pataki found funding to correct severe "structural" issues.
this has value for you as well.
Nothing to do with GE, which is a seperate debate.

my post had nothing to do with defending pataki.........and hopefully you
may begin to get the point that while i remain engaged and interested in
what is happening, i prefer no government.....not republican,
democrat,,,,,,or nader for that matter.

Since they are here to stay, I just use em for whatever value they have,
appreciate them for their service when it happens and vote as i see fit.

so in the end the defense of democrats and bashing of republicans means very
little to me.

gf.




"Bobsprit" wrote in message
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Testimony of Governor George E. Pataki

You might ask Pete Seeger what he thinks of Pataki. Pataki has defended
large
companies who were cited for massive dumping again and again. For a long
time
(and it's still pending) he looked the other way while GE refused to pay
for
cleanup of the worst spill in the areas history. But Pataki seeks federal
assist? It's a damn crime. At least Hillary and Schumer have been vocal
about
it.
It might also interest you to know that my father is a naturalist (for 45
years) who worked to fight these companies and people like Pataki. And I
myself
worked for the NY Zoological Society dept of Ed. for a while. I actually
know
the real stories. E-mail me offline if you'd like to hear the awful GE
spill
story and how the whole LIS bed is layered with poison for miles.

RB