MONTANA DAM IS BREACHED, SLOWLY, TO RESTORE A SUPERFUND SITE
By JIM ROBBINS, New York Times, Science, May 27, 2008 — MILLTOWN, Mont. — Milltown Dam, a symbol of industrial progress that became a symbol of destruction, was recently breached, and two parts of the Clark Fork River were joined again.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/27/science/27dam.html
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This morning, our good friend from the News at City Hall, Frank Lombardi, describes the strange method by which the people of NYC are taxed once again. Thank you Frank for providing us with vital information concerning the costs, especially the fact that the DEP is spending MORE than it COLLECTS! The simple enough solution to cut costs is lost among the powers that be. Read and Enjoy!
WATER BOARD PONDERS 14.5% HIKE
FRANK LOMBARDI, Daily News City Hall Bureau, Thursday, May 8th 2008
As the Water Board mulls a 14.5% rate hike, the puzzled public wonders: Who, or what, is this (bleepin’) agency?
Think of a stacked deck in a poker game; the house - in this case, City Hall - always wins.
. . . .The collective bill to its 825,000 rate payers for the fiscal year ending June 30 is $2.24 billion. It jumps to $2.54 billion next year, hence the rate hike.
. . . . So, you could say another soaking is in the cards for the city’s property owners.
Listing of board members can be found Web site:
http://home2.nyc.gov/html/nycwaterboard/html/board_members/index.shtml.
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CITY POLS IN WATER FIGHT
By TOM TOPOUSIS, New York Post, May 6, 2008 — A proposal to raise water and sewer rates by 14.5 percent came under fire yesterday from city lawmakers who accused Mayor Bloomberg of using some of the increase to pay for other services, such as for cops and teachers.
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Paterson Nominates Executive Director for Port Authority
By PATRICK McGEEHAN, Published: May 3, 2008, New York Times
Gov. David A. Paterson announced on Friday that he had nominated Christopher O. Ward, a former executive with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, to be the authority’s executive director. Mr. Ward, 53, would succeed Anthony E. Shorris, who was appointed to the job last year by Gov. Eliot Spitzer.
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