Comments on: Mayor: “Fingers Crossed” For New Railroad Tie Treating Facility

By: BMM

BMM — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 20:43:17 +0000

Wow, so much negativity! This article says this is a safe product. Why not get more information on the product and company before you railroad them right over into Alabama where all the other industry keeps going. Give them a chance and see what it is all about before you pass judgement. This county needs jobs with longevity and decent pay. Bring them on!

By: Thinker

Thinker — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 17:10:56 +0000

Conspiracy theorists? You’re not paranoid if you REALLY ARE being persecuted, poisoned and diseased…by big money and greedy corporations. You’re being enraged, defensive, alert, reasonable, suspicious and all of that in as an appropriate response. It was brought out in the documentary I recommended (see below) that communities and even states don’t have the resources or money to properly research these operations.

I don’t like to be a blocker in group discussions. I mean we do need railroads to conserve energy and move products, etc. Railroads need railroad ties. But why do that work right in the middle of a community where people breathe and drink the water? Put it out in the boon docks in desolate areas, but of course along a highway or rail line. But even then then environment needs utmost protection. We are so slow to learn that even the death of frogs can mean our own demise given time.

By: Jack Moran

Jack Moran — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 16:05:26 +0000

OH, YES -
How about a monthly “Budget Compliance Report” comparing year to date and balance on each line item of the City Budget for each council person and for the interested public, and a current Balance Sheet.

Every Citizen has a right to know if the Asset Value of the tax payers is being preserved

By: Jack Moran

Jack Moran — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 15:58:44 +0000

Century Needs:
~A level playing field for contractors and vendors
~Policies and Procedures (a Rule Book)
~The council meetings are supposedly held along “Roberts Rules of Order”; however, there is no Parliamentarian, no Master at Arms, no “Old Business” and no New Business on the “Agenda”.
~Bring spending and loans into compliance with the Town Budget
~A committee, commission, or some group to address Life Quality and even
~Community Safety & Survival [shelters, evacuation, speeding on Hwy 29 & Hwy 4, public transportation, enterprise utilities (water, gas, sewage), annexation, etc.
~Address purchasing as a system and stop this silly practice of “. . . approving bills . . . . ” for payment.
~Compliance with Florida Statute 119 regarding the archive of city records, especially computer records (A sound and functional Policy and Procedures)
~Economic Development Policies and Procedures (what kinds of businesses and industry) and the procedures for purchasing-or-leasing property approval
~Activation & Promotion of the “incubator” on Pond St. that has been vacant since it was completed 10 years ago.
~Access to High-Speed Broadband Internet from anywhere in town.
~legitimate and congruent borders for the City, Sewer District, Water District, and Gas District. – A correct and accurate municipal map.
~Profit and Loss, Balance Sheets, and Cash Flow statements on all enterprise activities of the City.
~ and many, many more steps toward good, solid management . . .

By: Just sayin

Just sayin — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 14:25:30 +0000

Companies whose products produce toxic chemicals and pollution for years to come nearly always choose impoverished communities because they know the people will put the possibility of jobs ahead of personal safety.

Think about your children and grand children before selling their health away for a fast buck!

Yes Century needs jobs, but at what cost?

By: Just sayin

Just sayin — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 14:24:32 +0000

Think about chidren and grand children before selling their health away for a fast buck!

Yes Century needs jobs, but at what cost?

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 22:44:00 +0000

REGARDING:
“It sounds like you have already been drinking some of their Cool Aid.
Are you fireproof yet?”

Nope, I burn easily–too high a fat content.

Drink the Kool-Aid, reference to followers of Jim Jones who had his disciples drink Kool-Aid in rituals right up to the time he put poison in it and got about a thousand people to knowingly drink it, knowing they and their children would die but so caught up in following him that they did so willingly.

Expression used lately to denounce any belief without spelling out any flaw, just pretending it is as mindless as the people at Jonestown in Guyana. In this case the idea that everybody isn’t automatically evil or good, that you should always assume the worst or the best without ever checking.

David preferring Pink Lemonade flavor
Actually Boo Berry, blackberry flavor
but they don’t sell it anymore

By: Jack Moran

Jack Moran — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:52:20 +0000

YES, I am sure that Freddie Wayne would not KNOWINGLY allow “something toxic” or dangerous or hazardous into Century; but, there still needs to be an investigative process of accountability and reporting – that Century does not have, that it must have to survive. That is why we have “Business Brokers” and the like to do such investigations, but still we need a clean set of rules WRITTEN DOWN in a formal policies and procedures for economic development.

By: =)

=) — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:26:08 +0000

Kool aid. Not cool aid. A jobs a job. I’m sure Freddie isn’t going to let something toxic into our town, that’s just more griping from the community he has to listen to.

By: Jack Moran

Jack Moran — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:24:46 +0000

It is not prudent to tell everything regarding your plans for business or anything else, neither is it appropriate for people to speculate too wildly; that is exactly why we have a process called “DUE DILIGENCE”; a good definition is —-
Due Diligence: An investigative process, usually undertaken by investors, but also customers, due diligence refers to the process of making sure that someone is what they say they are and can do what they claim (e.g., does the product really work, do they really have customers, etc. ) and will do no harm. Basically, the process of discovering the “TRUTH”.

I have done “due diligence” on the product and process, but not on the people or the company involved. BTW, petro-tar is NOT an inert substance – thank goodness, it is a reactive organic. It can and will be eaten by bacteria. (Dr. Peter Prez – Microbe Masters) This discussion thread has NOTHING to do with BP or tar or oil spills. This is about good, safe jobs and industry for Century, and one company in particular.

Century needs to have a set of RULES as to what is acceptable in the way of industry and the substances allowed to be used in that industry. The town needs to have someone or some company who is capable of determining if a prospective company and or product is a “good fit” with the town and the people and what the potential hazards or “down-side” is, and that plans are in place to deal with a potential problem. Heck, Century DOES NOT HAVE A DISASTER PLAN OR SHELTER, STORM SHELTER, EVACUATION PLAN, EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM or anything! If there is a toxic spill, or tornado – YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN – just like Louisiana and BP.

Have you ever seen a disaster drill or exercise in Century? DUH!