Sources confirm FBI probing GP bid fixing
The Herald-Gazette has confirmed that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is conducting an investigation into allegations General Protecht was involved in an attempt to fix bids in order to get its product line carried by Home Depot.
At the Democratic meeting the director of the IDA was kind enough to tell all present the Chinese do business differently than we are used to. For once I agree with an IDA spokesperson.
False UL labels and bribery are indeed "different" ways of doing business. Apparently the Chinese do "do business differently".
I believe the IDA has a history of misleading the public and making poor judgments in integrity. We all know the history of a past key IDA member and his personal involvement with other IDA staffers and members, and we all know two leading IDA members bailed him out of jail on charges that most of us would disown a family member over. We know (or should know) the lies about "Green Power".
Thankfully we have the FBI to watch the integrity of future IDA friends and family.
Let's get rid of the IDA, or change the entire staff to people who are little more objective and forthwith with the public. We are paying over $100K a year, most of which goes to one person's salary, and getting dirty laundry and dirty air in the process. To me, that isn't a good value.
Tom
1) "If you're not part of the solution, you are part of the problem."
So Tom, which are you a part of?
2) "What's done is done."
Why keep dragging these past issues up? Learning from the past is one thing, regurgitating in EVERY topic make me want to vomit!
The IDA intentionally brought a major source of local air pollution into the county. They continue to defend or ignore the mistake, thus they cannot or will not learn from the mistake. They are either a group of "yes-men" who have no desire to learn how things work, are incapable of learning, or they are lying. It has to be one of the three because the facts are what they are.
I can absolutely prove what I say because it is based on facts, sound science, and research.
They apparently collect their information from the very people who want to build a source of pollution in our area.
As for the past, it is their track record. They established their record, not I. They own it, not I. When they or their representatives continue to misrepresent things or deny easily confirmed science and facts it does not show they are improving, or that they desire to improve.
Tom
If we were all as smart as he thinks he is, there would be no crime, pollution, rock quarries, fired recreation directors, unemployment, gangs, meth, or problems of any sort in this county. Seems to me that Raunchy is jealous because he is not a power player in town- that's just too bad- he will never rise to anything above a "Blog monger."
Go back to the Dispatch, Tom....it's where all misfits go......
Keep it up Tom.
Anything else would mean they intentionally, without community agreement, brought :
249 tons of nitrogen oxides (NOX).
249 tons of carbon monoxide.
At least 250,000 tons carbon dioxide emissions.
The low side estimate normally is about 1 ton CO2 per megawatt hour of electricity. This means a 50MW plant (50 tons per hour) times 24 hours = 1200 tons per day. 1200 tons per day is 438,000 tons per year. Let's assume they run at 80% full power on average and have exceptionally good efficiency and just conservatively call it 250,000 tons CO2 per year.
Carbon Monoxide compared to cars
249 tons of carbon monoxide, the license limit, is about 500,000 pounds. This is the same carbon monoxide (CO) level produced by 3,788 cars at current EPA CO limits of about 4 grams per mile that are driven 15,000 miles a year in circles around the power plant during one year. This is the pollution of 17,290 cars driving 9 miles round trip per day....seven days a week.
All of this can be verified, and any member of the IDA could have verified this if they actually bothered to learn how power plants and combustion works.
http://www.barnesvillega.net/price_of_jobs.htm
Pretending the problem doesn't exist won't make it go away.
The Mayor at the last Concerned Citizens meeting said Barnesville had a surplus of water because of Carter's. The Mayor obviously is willing to trade our healthy air and lack of having to go through emissions testing for the surplus of water.
This is why I think the IDA is "messed up". We are stuck with a decision made by people who don't understand the workings of what they invite in.
NONE of the local media covers any of this.
Tom
the beads can be used in cultured marble or aggragate for various things including cement and asphalt, the beads are inert.
They actually can take our and other cities waste to boost the stream of recyclables and fuel for the power generation system.
We could make money off that end and maybe off the electric sales.
The company is called PLASCO. Their plants are the ultimate in green technology.
look it up and say no to the other plant if we have to go all the way to D.C. to make it happen.
Mr. Chen was trying to coax funds out of the Ministry of Commerce in China by claiming a bold investment project in the US - his company in China doesnt do enough sales to justify a $30 million dollar investment.
The Georgia Dept. of Economic Development does not do their due diligence in vetting prospects, they're too desperate for any investment from China.