Alaska files suit against OWB owners

[Downeast Farmer]

I'm with you, tmudd, and it's that way here, too--my neighbors are the local government and thank goodness they're willing to do it--our First Selectman gets nothing but flack every day of the year for a measly six hundred bucks--and the desire to serve. But it's that way everywhere in our country, which is why our forebears fought for our system. I think all those people who are always railing against the government--especially those who work for it or were elected to lead it--are either lazy or disingenuous: if you don't like the government, get in there and fix it or elect people who will. Now, that's my two cents....

 

[TheMightyMoe]

We need to keep giving the government money so they can fix everything.

I'm here from the government, I'm here to help.

 

[BrotherBart]

I'm here from the government, I'm here to help.

"I'm from the government and I am here to tell you to quit choking your neighbors. Since in a society of laws they can't come over and shove those green splits up your ass."

 

[TheMightyMoe]

Or the government could send in one of it's "experts" to diagnose if their actually is a problem with the boilers or if it is simply the fact that they are burning green splits.

But it is so much easier to sue someone for 10k a day, after all, the legal staff is already on hand to handle any possible problems.

Like I said, I am not against regulation, but how they do it. It isn't regulation if they simply ban it / force people to find alternatives at their own expense. But it is a lot easier to ban/fine it then to regulate it.

It's not about the fact I give them money, but what they do with it.

We voted the EPA away up here for a reason. So now the state has to do the kings bidding.

/shrug.

 

[pen]

I think a month and a 1/2 run on this topic is good for now.

Closing things down.

pen