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Sierra Blanca, Bernie Sanders, Paul Wellstone, a Poor Minority Community and a Nuclear Waste Dump (Original Post) George II May 2016 OP
You guys couldn't be more clueless. cali May 2016 #1
Much more low-brow discussion here ----> JonLeibowitz May 2016 #2
That place is like Jonestown. QC May 2016 #3
What does that have to do with the OP and subject at hand? Why not address THIS issue? BTW... George II May 2016 #5
Oh I just thought people would like to read the great information on that thread. JonLeibowitz May 2016 #6
Well, Jon, also related might be the fact that Jane Sanders PROMISED on live television.... George II May 2016 #9
Actually I do think it is wrong for Jane Sanders to receive that money. JonLeibowitz May 2016 #10
Thanks, I appreciate that. George II May 2016 #11
I don't see a problem with the FEC filings though. JonLeibowitz May 2016 #13
Be nice. Bernie and Jane have to make a living too. WhiteTara May 2016 #4
You won't even see many "views" here and never mind a response. Dropping like lead to the bottom Jitter65 May 2016 #7
Sorry to disprove your priors. Oops. JonLeibowitz May 2016 #14
I just posted more fact about Sierra Blanca than you want to deal with. Please comment. Bluenorthwest May 2016 #18
And Jane Sanders is still making money from her commission position Lucinda May 2016 #8
Did he commit a Federal felony or 10? No, he did not. DisgustipatedinCA May 2016 #12
K&R for visibility. Thankfully he people of Sierra Blanca had a true hero lunamagica May 2016 #15
Are you also mad at Bill Clinton for signing the bill into law? Eric J in MN May 2016 #16
Neither Clinton nor Ann Richards are actively involved in sending Vermont toxic waste.... George II May 2016 #19
Which toxic waste? Based on what action of Bernie Sanders? NT Eric J in MN May 2016 #20
He was instrumental in stripping amendments intended to provide safeguards.... George II May 2016 #21
Of course Sierra Blanca was never a nuclear waste dump but it was NYC's sewage treatment Bluenorthwest May 2016 #17

JonLeibowitz

(6,282 posts)
2. Much more low-brow discussion here ---->
Wed May 4, 2016, 09:26 PM
May 2016
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1107124800

I particularly like this gem:

18. Who knows what else George. But it is damning enough to prove

both Jane & Bernie the liars they are in running a campaign scam on America by presenting themselves as something they are definately NOT even close to.

The longer he stays in the race the more these damning truths will be revealed.

Bernie Sanders, Koch paid Tool of the TeaParty.
He's simply the Sara Palin of the 2016 Race.


Explains why McCain says he'll vote Clinton over Trump (& not bernie).
McCain has seen this reality show before & it ushered in the Palin /Koch Teaparty that destroyed his Republican Party.
FEC wants answers next wednesday, May 11.
Still unaccounted for, is the mysterious $10 million campaign cash dump.


Jesus, what a hateful screed.

George II

(67,782 posts)
5. What does that have to do with the OP and subject at hand? Why not address THIS issue? BTW...
Wed May 4, 2016, 09:29 PM
May 2016

...what you posted wasn't from me, it was someone else, so why drag that off-topic stuff into this discussion?

JonLeibowitz

(6,282 posts)
6. Oh I just thought people would like to read the great information on that thread.
Wed May 4, 2016, 09:31 PM
May 2016

They are quite related.

If you don't like the information I post, feel free to put me on ignore.

George II

(67,782 posts)
9. Well, Jon, also related might be the fact that Jane Sanders PROMISED on live television....
Wed May 4, 2016, 10:26 PM
May 2016

....(MSNBC during an interview by Andrea Mitchell), that their 2015 tax returns would be released "when they're due", which was April 18, sixteen days ago.

Still no tax returns. And on top of that, they've requested a 45 day extension for filing Sanders' FEC mandated Personal Financial Disclosure which, if granted, conveniently falls about a week after the last Primary.

Do you think there's something in those 2015 tax returns or that financial disclosure that might be, let's say...embarrassing?

Getting back to the topic, though, the fact is that Bernie Sanders was instrumental in Federal legislation that allowed toxic waste from VERMONT to be shipped to Texas, and Jane Sanders (his wife) was a member of the Commission that decided where that toxic waste from VERMONT would be shipped. And she got PAID for it, and continues to be paid for it.

JonLeibowitz

(6,282 posts)
10. Actually I do think it is wrong for Jane Sanders to receive that money.
Wed May 4, 2016, 11:13 PM
May 2016

I noticed that line in the tax returns when it came out, and was disappointed. It's a conflict of interest.

Yes, there may be things in the 2015 returns that are also embarrassing.

Yes, he should release the 2015 returns stat.

JonLeibowitz

(6,282 posts)
13. I don't see a problem with the FEC filings though.
Thu May 5, 2016, 12:26 AM
May 2016

Mostly because I don't believe for a second all the theories I see about $10MM contributions. I have posted before about how I think that's a giant misunderstanding about how FEC filings work.

Eric J in MN

(35,619 posts)
16. Are you also mad at Bill Clinton for signing the bill into law?
Thu May 5, 2016, 04:17 AM
May 2016

Are you also mad at Ann Richards for supporting the law?

Paul Wellstone and Bernie Sanders both opposed the Iraq War, which occurred over their objections. Unlike the Sierra Blanca plan, which wasn't implemented.

George II

(67,782 posts)
19. Neither Clinton nor Ann Richards are actively involved in sending Vermont toxic waste....
Thu May 5, 2016, 12:23 PM
May 2016

...to Texas in 2016. Sanders is.

George II

(67,782 posts)
21. He was instrumental in stripping amendments intended to provide safeguards....
Thu May 5, 2016, 02:11 PM
May 2016

...and cosponsored the legislation allowing it to happen, and his wife still sits on the joint Vermont/Texas Commission that determines where Vermont toxic waste is shipped within the state of Texas.

http://www.tllrwdcc.org/about-the-comission/

COMMISSIONERS

Brandon T. Hurley, Chair, TX, term expiring August 31, 2019
Peter Bradford, VT
The Honorable Richard H. Dolgener, TX, term expiring August 31, 2015
Linda Morris, LMP TX, term expiring August 31, 2015
John M. Salsman, CHP Vice-Chair, TX, term expiring August 31, 2017
Richard H. Saudek, VT
Clint J. Weber, TX, term expiring September 1, 2019
Robert (Bob) C. Wilson, TX, term expiring August 31, 2017

Alternate Commissioner

Jane O’Meara Sanders, Ph.D. , VT

 

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)
17. Of course Sierra Blanca was never a nuclear waste dump but it was NYC's sewage treatment
Thu May 5, 2016, 08:37 AM
May 2016

facility for many years. When the Federal Government ordered NY to stop dumping their sewage sludge into the Atlantic Ocean, NY's solution was 'The Poo Poo Choo-choo', endless trains of NYC sludge taken by train to Sierra Blanca Texas.

New York's Sewage Was a Texas Town's Gold
" It is hard to imagine places more different than New York and Sierra Blanca, and the contrast has always underscored the mercenary marriage between the nation's largest city and the small town where it has dumped its sewage since 1992. That year, after Congress had prohibited the city from dumping its sludge in the Atlantic Ocean, New York signed contracts with several companies to treat and transport its sewage. One of them was a Long Island joint venture, which began shipping up to 250 tons every day on the 2,065-mile journey to West Texas. The Texas Observer, the political journal, recently called it ''the poo-poo choo-choo.''

The Long Island company, Merco, had first sought a site in Oklahoma, but after meeting resistance there learned about a failed resort called the Mile High Ranch in Sierra Blanca. The company purchased the 81,000-acre area so that the treated sludge could be spread on ''application areas'' as if it were fertilizer. The company rotates the areas of land chosen to absorb the sludge. "
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/27/us/new-york-s-sewage-was-a-texas-town-s-gold.html

This article has more details and photos 'Toxic Texas'
llegal Dumping At Sierra Blanca

In 1999, Merco admitted that it had spread sludge from New York that had not been properly treated to reduce pathogens - a state and federal requirement. (12) Merco had previously been caught spreading untreated sludge and fined $12,800 in 1994, a sum unlikely to deter illegal dumping on a contract valued at $168 million dollars over five years. Instead of requiring that the sludge be treated before it is shipped, as is required by law, the TNRCC simply suggested that Merco mix the untreated sludge with lime on site to bring the pathogen levels up to Class B standards.
http://www.txpeer.org/toxictour/merco.html

I find it interesting that Clinton Supporters never know the actual history of the places like Sierra Blanca which they attempt to exploit rhetorically. If they cared about Sierra Blanca, they would know about Sierra Blanca. But they don't.

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