Last nights meeting dominated the talk show circuit this morning.   Even Nancy got on (lol)… Where was Liz?

Roughly there were 200 people there against the power plant, and 4  for.  How do we know this?  After one speaker who was a plant from the boilermaker union asked it be approved,  one Tea Party type standing in the back row, shouted “YEAH” and clapped with two hands over his head.  It was ridiculous, Really.  His spouse clapped loudly,  she was sitting in the back row, and one other person midway up the right, clapped once or twice tepidly.

it really made the Tea Party type look bad… He looked a little like Dr. Singleton formerly of the CRI, except he wore a facial hair arrangement that went out of style after the Civil War.  Of course he was wearing a green shirt with a tie.  K-mart deluxe. He should have just clapped and no one would have noticed how few supporters in Newark were behind the power plant.  But his loud explosion drew everyone’s attention to him, and not that he minded, he probably like Ted Cruz thought playing the brave unflinching forward marching dork was one that would enhance his reputation.

Like Ted Cruz, he was wrong.

The ratio was 200 to 4.  If any politician is supporting the building of the power plant on the grounds it creates jobs, if that ratio corresponds, he can count on 2% of the vote.

The bottom line is this needs to be Newark’s decision.  No one else’s.  Newark has to live with the consequences of their decision.  Do they want a power plant next to them for 75 years?   Any agreement made now with these owners, will be switched as soon as the first outside buyer takes over.  What is promised now, will not last, We saw with the Bain Capital revelations last year….

The noise will be constant,  The pollution will be never ending,  The toxic chemicals brought in, will have to go somewhere…

The accurate number of jobs that will be created will be 23.  Roughly 7 on three separate shifts.  Of course those out of state personnel hired to build the plant may buy a McDonald’s sandwich or two, but is this really worth all the negatives…. ?

I have my own opinion.  But those who live there, need to decide.  (Why should I decide for everyone?  WTF am I?)….

Whatever Newark itself decides, needs to stick.