Gas drillers literally move in and occupy any area in which they operate. It is tantamount to a military invasion. Where once the local people went about their daily lives in peace, now the roughnecks are in charge. They are everywhere, in the coffee shops, restaurants, motels, and clogging the highways and little country roads. There is hardly room for the local residents or tourists or hunters or fishermen who may try to find a place to stay. It's Boomtown USA. Great for the merchants for a while, maybe even decades. But bad for the environment and human beings who reside in the area. Great for a few landowners who will make some good money. Bad for everyone else who suffers the consequences with no benefits whatsoever.
http://thedailyreview.com/news/towanda-motel-branches-out-1.1135269
Did you see the ad right next to the article, which said, "Have you signed a gas lease? Now's the time...to protect your property for future generations." Well, it's a little late for that in the Towanda area- they're scoping out the elementary school as we speak for a good place for a well pad (yes, they leased the elementary school- what were they thinking?). Also, have they not heard the term "boomtown" before? A boomtown is a place which prospers for a while and then fades away to a sad ending. It is the antithesis of long-range planning.
ReplyDeleteTowanda is doomed, not that anything was good in it anyway. It's run by a bunch of ignorant idiots full of corruption. Also courts cater to females and screw men. Corruption is so bad even the surrounding counties lawyers know about it and wont even come to towanda, PA. That is truely sad!!!!! It's so bad that the courts let mothers abust children and wont even let the children get counseling. The judge denies counseling for the children. Truely a sick place to be......
ReplyDeleteThe other day approximatly 8-4-2011 a water truck was broken down on Route 6 in Wysox, PA bradford county. well, I was there stuck in line and watched a State trooper act like a total moron. Yelling and screeming at people to move and try telling the tow truck driver how to do his job. Who do these cops think they are?? If they want respect then they need to show respect. If this is a show of what PA State Police are like then its a real disgrace. Maybe it's just in the hills of Bradford County, PA , where corruption runs all through the county....
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