Comments by rcr
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Posted on January 23 at 3:54 p.m.
Point being that with all the uproar over recent actions of the Commission reported in the news, and No one steps up to try and do a better job. Opinions are sacred and your right, but at some point I would have thought that someone else would step up and say, Let me try and change things. That opportunity is open until Tuesday.
Posted on January 23 at 12:09 p.m.
Interesting that so many have negative opions of the elected officials and todays status is that no on else is running to oppose them. If you truly care about the future and truly think these individuals should be replaced, the filing deadline is Tuesday.
Posted on December 11 at 9:06 a.m.
First off, let me say that the issue of "blowing up" is a myth. Stored fuel, transported fuel and active Nuclear plants won't blow up. Nuclear warheads will. It's all about the design. Currently, at other plants spent fuel is stored in dry cask storage units that prevent the stored bundles from sustaining a chain reaction. These casks are designed to withstand the worst accident and maintain their integrity. The storage in Yucca mtn. and the transport to Yucca will utilize the the same technology. The Soviet reactor s completely different which led to the accident at Chernobyl. That type of accident cannot happen in the US, and cannot happen with spent fuel storage. So the current state is that we have all these bundles, stored throught the US. Yucca would concentrate the storage locations to better control the waste. It is a solid design and a great location. A few miles away is the testing grounds where the government tested above ground nuclear explosions. No individual will ever live in that region. Not a good thing it happened, but now why don't we utilize that area for the upmost good.
Posted on December 9 at 2:47 p.m.
Having toured the proposed facility at Yucca Mountain Nevada, I can say that the debate over the Technology of storing spent fuel is a political debate. The technology I witnessed firsthand is sound and will provide for a long term solution to the storage issue. An added benefit is that the fuel stored there is readily available, should the US decide to start reprocessing the used fuel, such as is common in Japan, Sweden and France. The more knowledgable our citizens become on the Nuclear Power front, the better equipped we will be to break our reliance on Carbon Based Energy sources.
Posted on June 26 at 11:44 a.m.
I actually have used the services you have talked about. And understand their importance. The Helicopter could have been Sited in a way that the impact on the adjoining neighborhood would have been lessened to nly have take offs and landings when it was needed for Hospital business. Currently the helicpter takes off and lands when a need is there for Non-Newman business, to perform the daily checks and to ferry the pilots in and out during their watch. Unneeded and unneccesary flights that impact the neighborhood with every takeoff and landing that has nothing to do with saving a life at Newman's. So be careful when throwing stones with an uninformed opinion. When I was Life-flighted out, there was plenty of time to bring the helicopter in from the airport.
Posted on June 26 at 10:27 a.m.
The next administartor should be someone who thinks less of building his empire and more of caring for the community. The direction the Hospital has taken with continued expansion into the Neighborhoods without a care of the negative impact to the residents can now be stopped.
The Hospital Board is the next focus of opportunity.
Posted on May 15 at 7:30 p.m.
Absolutely not. Board member Helbert has a extremely valid point. Immigrants over history have been required to adopt the language and education standards of our country. The continued push for communities to lessen it's standards to accomodate individuals ethnicity has dumbed down the process. My guess is that member Garza's parents read, write and speak fluent English is a result of their generation holding firm to standards and they them assimilated. Please don't make me decide to take my tax monies to a community that will maintain minimum standards.
Posted on January 1 at 10:31 a.m.
Actually they would of supported this. Joe and Earl both believed in investing for the future. For the price they paid originally for this building, ESU will multiply the returns of the investment. Their donation had more to do with keeping a Prison off the campus and investing back into the cause as anything.
The return on investment should be put back into the ESU trust so that it can continue to grow as these businessmen would have wanted.
Posted on May 3 at 4:19 p.m.
A protest petition would at least require a "Super Majority" of the commission to pass the Zoning issue. Of course, given their actions, that is a done deal anyway. Open Meeting law problem?
It is disgusting that they are voting for the infrastructure before approving Zoning.
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Posted on October 5 at 2:26 p.m.
I've tried this one too. It's as clean as the one on west 6th and well maintained too. What a great design for the logo's. I wish this business owner well. Hoping he sets the standard for Carwashes in Emporia. I've also had the no soap muddy experience down south
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