CITY’s WATER WOES KEEP DRIP, DRIP, DRIPPING … EPA THREATENS ACTION … WILL COUNCIL’S ‘FANTASTIC FOUR’ STICK TO THEIR GUNS? THE HEAT IS ON
BY DAN VALENTI
PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY
(FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THE WEEKEND EDITION, APRIL 13-18, 2018) — The recent vote of the Pittsfield City Council to defeat the Tyer Administration’s proposal to borrow nearly $80 million to pay for unfunded mandates ordered by the federal government’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to the city’s waste water treatment facility off Holmes Road didn’t stop the water torture for the city’s bedraggled taxpayers. It only postponed it.
This week, the EPA sent another scare to Mayor Linda Tyer and council president Peter Marchetti. It came in the form of a long letter that can be boiled down to two points:
(a) We (the EPA) are aware of what your council did.
(b) If by the end of June you haven’t agreed to the upgrades we are demanding, you will be severely punished.
THE PLANET calls this “Your tax dollars hard at work.”
It’s ironic that the EPA should be demanding anything of anybody right now, given the charges of corruption that have been brought public by former Trump campaign aide and later EPA political appointee Kevin Chmielewski. He blew the whistle to House and Senate investigators on the EPA administration, particularly alleged wrongdoings by current administrator Scott Pruitt.
Chmielewski charges:
— Pruitt blew past an allotted $5,000 budget to redecorate his office by leasing works of art from the Smithsonian and building a $43,000 sound proof booth.
— Pruitt used EPA Director of Scheduling and Advance Millan Hupp as his personal real estate representative and spending considerable time and agency resources to find a home.
— Pruitt “100 percent” approved pay raises for favored staff even after the White House blocked the salary increases.
— Pruitt’s energy lobbyist landlord complained over speaker phone that he never paid him rent for the condo, and that Pruitt’s daughter was scraping the hardwood floors with her luggage.
— Pruitt attempted to sign a $100,000 per month lease for use of a private jet.
— Pruitt directed staff to find reasons for him to travel home to Oklahoma on taxpayers’ dime during long weekends.
— His chief-of-staff was told not to attend travel planning meetings after objecting to stays at expensive hotels and costly flights.
— Scheduling international trips based on places he’d like to visit as opposed to where work required him to go.
— Pruitt paid $30,000 for private security detail.
In short, the EPA has no moral right to be demanding anything of anybody at this time. Organizations and systems rot from the top down, as a generation of Pittsfield politics has proven. With EPA leadership allegedly so bankrupt, the proper response for the city of Pittsfield will be to call the EPA’s bluff. Should the agency attempt to go forward with fines, the city can appeal this through the roof, and win.
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Here is the e-mail Mayor Tyer sent to councilors about the letter
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From: “Tyer, Linda”
Date:04/11/2018 3:25 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: City Council
Cc: “Richard M. Dohoney – Donovan & O’Connor, LLP (rdohoney@docatty.com)” , “Turocy, David” , “Kerwood, Matthew” , “McCulloch-Dews, Roberta”
Subject: Wastewater Treatment Plant
Good Afternoon Councilors:
Attached please find a letter that I and President Marchetti received yesterday afternoon from the Environmental Protection Agency regarding the city’s permit and administrative order for the upgrades at the wastewater treatment plant. I consider this an urgent matter and intend to submit an authorization for funding at the Tuesday, April 24 meeting. After you’ve had a chance to review the attached letter please feel free to contact either myself, Attorney Dohoney, or Commissioner Turocy with any questions you may have. In addition, President Marchetti was present at the session with Ms. Dunn, the EPA Region One Administrator, and her team.
Due to a long standing commitment I will not be in attendance at the April 24 meeting. However, the city’s administrative team, all of whom have been actively engaged in this process, will be present at your meeting to answer any questions you may have. Please do not construe my absence from your meeting to mean that I am not fully 100% committed to ensuring our compliance with the EPA permit and administrative order.
Sincerely,
Linda
Linda M. Tyer, Mayor
City of Pittsfield
70 Allen Street
Pittsfield, MA 01201
(413)499-9321
ltyer@cityofpittsfield.org
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The takeaways from the mayor’s letter are these:
- She is determined to seek the funding again.
- She will do so not in person but through department heads.
- The request will take place at the council meeting on April 24.
- All she needs to do is swing one vote from among Chris Connell, Melissa Mazzeo, Kevin Morandi, and Donna Todd Rivers.
- Even as we speak, the full court press is on to win that vote.
- City hall sources say that the mayor is confident that the seven councilors who voted to approve the funding will stick to their votes. “Those votes are in the bag,” says one source.
- Sources say Rivers and to a lesser extent Morandi will be the target of “political pressure” to switch.
- One switch to the “yes” side will give the mayor the 8-3 supermajority she needs to get the funding approved.
- Our sources are predicting that the mayor will “get” that eighth vote.
THE PLANET has in previous recent columns discussed in great detail why a yes vote is the wrong vote here. We won’t rehash the arguments again. Interested readers can search the archives (located on THE PLANET home page).
The matter will come to a head on April 24, council chambers, beginning at 7 p.m. If you wish to have your say, be there. With the city’s desperate financial situation and horrendous debt position, this will be one important pow wow. Interested citizens NEED APPLY. Let your voice be heard.
Have a great weekend everybody. Comments are welcome on this issue and any other. THE WEEKEND EDITION has open lines.
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“Nuts” — Gen. McAuliffe’s full message to the German demand for surrender at Bastogne, Battle of the Bulge, WWII.
“OPEN THE WINDOW, AUNT MILLIE.”
LOVE TO ALL.
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Pittsfield politics is a textbook case study of financial mismanagement! Every fiscal year, they raise municipal taxes by 5% and debts by tens of millions of dollars. It is fiscally unsustainable! The lovely Linda Tyer does not live in reality! The average Pittsfield taxpayer is financially constrained by their local tax bill. Pittsfield is one of the most economically unequal communities in the state and nation! There are no living wage jobs for the average worker in Pittsfield! GE left town, Sabic left town, among other past living wage employers. The only living wage jobs are public and non-profit employment positions. The rub is that you have to politically-connected to obtain and retain a plum or cushy job in Pittsfield. The Good Old Boys run the show! Over the past several decades in Pittsfield, thousands of people have moved out of the area. Moreover, almost all the good jobs vanished, too. The majority of residents who have been left behind in Pittsfield are part of the underclass. To illustrate, all K – 6 Pittsfield public school students are eligible for free school lunches. The Berkshire Eagle only reports propaganda about Pittsfield politics. The local daily rag supports higher local taxes, and the unfunded mandates by the EPA for Pittsfield’s waste-water upgrade. Meanwhile, the Housatonic River is still polluted with cancer-causing toxic/industrial waste chemicals called PCBs! The hypocrisy by the EPA is huge! The April 24th vote for the waste-water upgrade comes before municipal budget deliberations. It is only a matter of time before Pittsfield politics becomes fiscally insolvent and then bankrupt!
– Jonathan Melle
You say that she will get the eighth vote, that would be political suicide,and in my opinion, the wrong thing to do. As in previous threads here, it was stated by many that citizens couldn’t afford five dollars, let alone four times a rate increase-a quarter for some and three for most. But the most troubling thing was the Vote, not a mention of what the rate increase and impact it would have-devastating to many.
The Mayor won’t be able to persuade Morandi, no way, or Connell, Or Mazzeo. Rivers is the question mark. Bottom line If any of them is to change, be ready for a Voter on-slaught.
And the Mayor won’t be there, she should resign.
The majority of voters in this city are tax and spend progressives. Voting for this upgrade isn’t likely to harm them politically.
Agree, they’ve got to get to Rivers. Morandi caved on the high school but I don’t think they’ll get him again. Maz is her own person, Connell’s got guts.
Linda Tyer was not qualified to be a Mayor in the first place.
Neither any business experience, nor corporate experience.
She was a secretary in School Dep and City Clerk–good paper work skills+ obedience to Boston Dems+ sense of self-importance–nothing else.
If any of the Ward Councilors do change their vote,they should go to their constituents and explain what the rate increase will be, still unknown. They should also tell them that the drinking water is fine and sewer plant has no violations. They would get laughed out of the room.
I say,let the Builder of the Plant who’s has been speaking about the situation for years,guide us. He seems assured very little needs to be done, if anything.
I’ll buy you an over assessed house if you can prove Caccamo talks to anyone constituents other than his little inner circle. Half the ward wasn’t informed about Ward meetings and he has ZERO social media presence.
useless. he got his posh job through his connections and now he wants out.
Excellent idea, let a private citizen who knows more than any of the people the absentee Mayor will send to this Important ‘Meeting’ be our representative, unofficially of course. The E P A letter doesn’t mean anything,the interest payment on 70 million would be quadriple a fine, if any? Don’t get stupid taxpayers.
If it can be proven the drinking water has issues for a reason to build a new plant,yes, but this is not the case.
They even did not talk yet about drinking water:))
Water project comes in October 2018 to City Council–asking about the same amount for upgrade.
Now they asking $74 Mills for ONLY Sewer upgrade.
So, I propose City’s Referendum to remove/replace all City Councilors and Mayor! We need to get a web site to collect 3500 signatures to run City’s Referendum.
This village goes down very soon—
unless we get Power back to Residents!
Get a Clue on the Recreational Pot Sales.School Kids are currently going to Class, High,for sometime now. Do you really think it matters how much frontage will be needed to put these outlets?
No I don’t and I was shocked to learn that up to 35 pot stores will be allowed in the city. That is ridiculous. Hardly any retail shopping in the area, but pot will be everywhere. This is apparently the priority of this area. This city just gets more disgusting by the day.
Reply to Pat–I agree with you completely! But you should know more…Dems already started discussion about recreational cocaine. This is coming. They need to keep population on drugs–it is easier to rule.
You are right, Dan. Call the bluff on the EPA. Paying the fine is still much less than the millions for the sewer. And it DOEN’T HAVE ANYTHIG TO DO WITH OUR DRINKING WATER.
If you are taking bets, my money goes on RIVERS. There is no doubt in my mind, she will bend. And then she can say goodbye next election.
But those who bend are usually re-elected with ease.
I think that scenario may be changing. There always reaches a point when the taxpayers say “enough is enough”. And I think this might be final straw!
I know it is for me!
Seems like the majority get more from taxes they they receive so that point will never come, CPA tax was recently voted for
Wilson, exactly. Any voting base that votes a tax increase on itself is way too far to the left.
When the teacher’s union, and all the other unions tell their members and their members’ families how to vote and pour all that money into it, us poor tax paying folk in the private sector have no hope.
Why was only Council President Marchetti allowed to meet with Ms. Dunn? Why weren’t councilors who voted against it allowed to meet with her? Is it because they did not want any tough questions asked?
And this has nothing to do with the environment. It’s about making money for the special interests.
GREAT point, NIB. We’re the other councilor’s made aware of the meeting? If not, why not? We’re they invited ? Would they have been allowed to attend? If each of the 11 have an equal vote on this issue, seems that each would deserve a place at such an important meeting. So we put the question to our Right Honorable Good Friend Mr. Marchetti: Did you invite your colleagues? Did you at least inform them in advance you were meeting with the EPA? RSVP to this address.
Russian Sources through BBNX says there are Prostitutes who are coming forward telling all about Comey Trump alleged in dossier. Can’t wait to read his book.
Dan, this advances the conversation how? Please remove.
^^^^^^^^free for all Friday, just can’t say fake news. Gaetani for Mayor!
In that case Cos has no facts to back up his statement. As usual
“Bill Q” – perhaps I should reprint, word for word, Dan Guss’s letter to the editor.
STEVE
Since you ask, I would say that it does, in that it makes an assertion based on a report. Mind you, I’m not saying it advances the talk in any significant way, but it is a line of thought. That you or I don’t believe a particular line or that we disagree doesn’t matter. The free marketplace of ideas allows assertions such as this one on the premise that in the end, common sense and good judgment will render a verdict of “truth,” wherever it may fall.
Thanks for your participation here.
True…..what i was trying to say and failed is that “report” is not worth being toilet paper. Everyone knows this.
Bingo! We have a winnah!! And while Steve Dean now seems more like the Kindergarten tattle tale, his efforts to police his version of the truth is greatly preferable to his name calling, baseless accusations and posting the 2 word fake news analysis.
Cos, you should write for the National Enquirer. This crap is all unsubstantiated rumor. How about sticking to the truth!
Don’t know NIB, those are her constituents that will be paying the freight on her decision. As previously said,the No Vote is the right way to go. Do any of the four Councilors want to be known as the ONE who will now be responsible for a rate increase of this magnitude, changing the vote is not to yeh,is not way to go.
I’m still confused by Simonelli’s initial vote?
And keep in mind, folks. We still don’t know the damage to our taxes for the new Taconic. As hard as I try, I still can’t get even a ball park figure from any of our elected officials. What does that tell you?
LOL Bill Q. hey Spider, do you know any good out of town realtors?
So true Spider. The tidal wave of taxes is gonna hit soon!
I believe both the water and wastewater improvements are necessary. This is how capital maintenance works. The punishment will not be a fine, but a federal court order to comply with the administrative rule.
However there are 2 significant questions:
1. What will future rates be? Shouldn’t be tough to project what the expenditures will add. Bond rates are only going go go up. Putting this off and burying your head in the sand has only driven the cost up, along with the burden to the system users. I agree though, the council should not approve any increases without knowing a ballpark estimate of what rates will be.
2. Why were the enterprise funds so poorly mismanaged to not build up funds for future improvements and catastrophic repairs? The community I work for collects about $25 Million in water/wastewater fees and has cash reserve accounts in those enterprise funds of about $40 Million. That said, rates still increase about 2% a year.
SHH, apart from the EPA mandate to reduce nitrogen in the waste water, are you aware of any other EPA requirements that are forcing the city to upgrade? I’m not sure so am hoping you or anyone else here have some info on that.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/wastewater-is-key-to-reducing-nitrogen-pollution/
The information you request would be a good start to the city explaining why the repairs are needed. it is incumbent on the public body to explain the necessity, not myself.
Good questions, Shakes. Still no info on future rates. And, having lived in the Pitt for over 30 years – I can’t EVER remember the city having a surplus! Tax & spend Dems have ruled unchallenged. Howie commented how the retiring Gov. Paul LePage of Maine has amassed a billion dollar surplus – he’s a fiscal conservative Republican. He should be the most popular Gov. in the nation – not RINO Charlie Baker.
The utility funds should be enterprises meaning that fees collected go into them and costs for specific utilities go out of them. Surpluses should not transfer to general fund and deficit payments should not come from general fund.
LePage may have made some great decisions in running Maine’s executive branch. I’m not sure that atones for his racist, sexist, bigoted politics, but I’m not in Maine so I can’t really do more than be disgusted by them from afar.
I do not recall any bigoted, racist, sexist remarks. I am sure you have proof of these vile charges.
Shakes,
“Racist, sexist, bigoted politics?” Cite some examples. I don’t have that impression of him.
Shh has nothing. Just a disgraced lawyer
Reply to Shakes His head—I do like LePage!
He is not racist –he simply told the truth as it is about drug dealers, drug users and girls.
Question: “Why were the enterprise funds so poorly mismanaged to not build up funds for future improvements and catastrophic repairs?”
Answer: The excess funds from the enterprise funds were used for the “free cash” account that was recurringly used to offset the tax rate increase per fiscal year operation municipal budget.
The point in question is to dump the robber consultants.
Is the mayor in any panic to get the roads fixed? If she has a plan is she talking publicly about it?
Since local government has no interest in fixing local roads especially fixing them right, it may be up to the public to start their own road repairs as many have been forced to do in areas where government is more interested in how many genders we have than in doing anything practical to help the public.
Iheard that on Glenn Beck
Great what day so i can replay it
It was either on the Tuesday or Wednesday show this week.
I cannot resist throwing the fake news label back at you guys since you all seem to love to do that with any story with which you don’t agree. “…many have been forced to…” make road repairs on their own according to Pat, “in areas where government is more interested in how many genders we have…” Turns out this is two, not MANY, but 2 active citizens, taking matters into their own hands to seek road relief in Indiana; a state firmly ruled over by Republicans…NOT Progressives Pat, including the hack former-governor-soon-to-be-president Mike Pence, the darling of your fundamental regressive movement so…so much your whole premise.
You cite no sources
My source was Glenn Becks web site. This is 2 guys trying to fix neglected infrastructure in a firmly Republican state. It is not a movement, not many people; it’s 2 guys. I give them credit and props. Whether it’s firmly Republican Indiana or profoundly Democrat Massachusetts priorities are indeed out of whack. The roads need to be fixed. The water needs to be clean. Garbage needs to be picked up…and obviously both Democrats and Republicans, progressives and regressives can mismanage and misuse public funds.
So let me as you this. If a 30 something with no ties to the GOB network and a focus on financial responsibility stepped up and ran for mayor, could that work?
The EPA can mandate higher standards but they cannot mandate something that isn’t broken,We are talking about a whole new Plant / Plants. Not Needed. aside; televisions o. The side of the roads at outer Wahconah near Zenners and another at Riverbend at the corner of Pecks and Onota. Be careful of the illegal log stacks at river bend.
Private roads huh? Why not get our money back from the needless bullshit at the Schools, and maybe use the excise tax for the intended purpose ROADS.
Dow, down again.
Where were you yesterday when it was up 372 points?
U S debt closing in on 22 TRILLION !
Obama increased debt 9 Trillion dollars
http://www.businessinsider.com/national-debt-deficit-added-under-president-barack-obama-2017-1
G E stock will
Losing momentum after a monthly high.
The regulations of the EPA have been eased considerably and some done away with since Trump got elected. It certainly wouldn’t hurt to challenge them with as good lawyer.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
But I believe much of this force is coming from the mayor and not the EPA.
Thank goodness the oppressiveness regulations of the Obama regime are gone.
Has Mrs Behnke addressed the issue of who handles the counting of any cash in any building for any accounts and for any reason…..there are rumours about people who count cash on their own and do principles account for that cash.I would like to hear One of our 56 Superintendants address cash money in schools.There must be an accounting.Missing profit is no joke….staff stores are trouble when someone buys water for 10 cents and sells it for 75 cent or 1 buck.Lets get on top of this problem.
Wow Dow is down again,and us debt at all time high,dam Trump.
Obama increased debt 9 Trillion dollars
http://www.businessinsider.com/national-debt-deficit-added-under-president-barack-obama-2017-1
and where were you yesterday Dow up 372.
Respect your ex president,fake debt
Fake debt? No it’s real unless you need you peddle
Typo: unlike the news you peddle
ScumP needs to stop chasing woman and start being President.
Please cite sources where he is chasing women and not being President if you can. If you cant your post is baseless and without merit.
“Bill Q” – would you like me to post Dan Guss’s letter on this blog, word for word?
You must have Trump confused – it was Bill Clinton – during his terms of office – who engaged in skirt chasing in the Oval Office!
Agree with Bill,to much skirt chasin. Melania should be ashamed of him.
Again, please cite your sources for this skirt chasing while president. If you cannot your claims are refuted as being made up
Its on every channel in the world to 7 billion people except Fox
No it is not. You are making this up
Possible lengthy ice storm all day Sunday. If you have stuff to do this weekend consider doing it tomorrow.
Ice storm, what the heck? What was Comey talking about this Morning? Russian Prostitues Whizzing on the President.Conen under investigation, Just released by real news,CNN!
But Donnie is going to Mara Largo to chill out and play golf in the sun. No peeing girls there…or is there? Why does he want to ruin the whole country for everybody because he hates himself. Not fair.
(sure hope senor Dean does not see this…he will be mad at me and that will make me sad)
You two are the poster children for uninformed liberals. I love it
is Trump growing a bald spot on his head?
U.S. apparently is going to strike Syria. Watch for statement from WH tonite.
Awesome. Great news
Trump should join the strike.
Worthless comment
Isaiah 17
Trumps another War Monger.
LOOK for reinstatement of the draft soon.
Wow. You too make fools look smart
In 2014 the last administration said it would have sent a message to Assad by bombing Syria if they crossed an imaginary line. Syria did. Instead of the bombing they said they came up with a better plan. The plan was to trust Russia in ridding Syria of the chemical weapons so the U.S. wouldn’t have to get involved. Doesn’t look like that worked out too good. This was an appropriate response. The targets were not picked to kill people they were picked to destroy some of the chemical weapon system and minimize collateral damage.
Also in this strike even though Russia said it would defend against incoming missiles, it looks like they didn’t even employ their air defense system and left the U.S. alone.
Way to go Mr. Jeremy.
Trillions more us debt and now war, way to go you buffoon.
Talking to yourself again?
U.S. President Donald Trump did the right thing tonight by striking Syria with missiles for their evil dictator’s recurring use of chemical weapons against innocent civilians!
According to former Sec. of State Kerry, the deal he and President Obama made with Russia got rid of all the chemical weapons in Syria.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsPMqpdb6e8
Guess not
Reply to JonathanMelle about Syria.
I am not so sure about it…
#1 Assad was the last person in the World willing to launch Chemical attack–looks like provocation of his enemies–might be Turkey or third party connected to our boys.
#2 Even if Assad did it, does US have Legal right by International Law to strike foreigh country?
Yes
Tyer,Mcandless….Taconic 125 million,Water Project 80 to 120 million,Pittsfield High 150 million why is it that our highest paid employee Mccandless is not required to speak to projects that affect how his budget is impacted. McCandless desires many things like all department do but he gets a pass about the overall budget.Highway understands,police and fire Chiefs must deal but not Mccandless.We have seen police cover on ot shift after shift because of shortage of employees,fire departments close stations but not schools……if PHS is redone it will soon cost another 150 million so insane is in the near future over a quarter of 1 billion to house 1600 high school students….Right now the Crosby building in enviromentally unsound and unhealthy.Bad planning got us here and the schools who educate seem not to be able to critically think.How many Superintendant s does it take to manage their home checkbook.They tell you its not their miussion to balance numbers by using arithmetic but Dont they feel this is crazy and irresponsible to just keep telling SS people they need more.Its a department run on financial disinterest on where the money comes from.I see the banter of ex Superintendant and current Superintendant and want to scream at their incompetence. Any fool can spend money on repackaged ideas that school committee members have no clue except we are adding a NEW program.
Im begging the mayor to call The 22 Superintendants on 1st street and say your getting 2 million less than last year and let me know what that looks like…..9 graders dont need to be with 18 year olds.10 11 12 grade will work fine.
more likely they will be getting bonuses for a job well done
heh heh
Eberwien at one point was very close to incorporating 8th graders into the high school because of vacant rooms….Pittsfield has 1/2 a million sf of brick and mortar for 1600 kids.Many of whom can work remotely out of the building. Mccandless and curtis must know this…..our school department is slow and lazy….not teachers but there is no energy with these people.Walk the buildings .Superintendants need teacher energy.
Cohen facilitated 1.6 million agreement on behalf of G O P fundraiser. CNN real news.
Unlikely at all this is real news
Russia is loving these weak air strikes.
And why would that be? Back it up
Geatani News hour PCTV Channel 1301 Wednesday’s 6 p m
Carl, does the G Man think Cohen will flip?
Rachel Maddow and her band of “nasty women” followers say President Trump didn’t have the authority to authorize the airstrikes against Syria which is a bunch of nonsense. How can people tune in to this woman and listen to her spread lies?
How is Rachel Maddow and her “followers” any better than Putin and the Russian trolls who now are coming out on social media and spreading lies about the airstrikes on Syria?
Pat are you referring to her as a nasty woman because she is gay? Did you know that Pompeo and Pence and Hannity also hate gay people?
Cite verifiable proffvthry hate gay people or your claim is false
Why does the Fox crowd blame liberals for all of Trumps failings? 90% of the people he has fired are republicans. Republicans that Trump hand picked because he knows talent when he sees it.
and before you call this fake news Stevie, try looking it up…if ya know how to do that sort of thing. You can actually find things out for yourself sometimes instead of doing the Trump knee-jerk fake news thingy over and over.
Trump is like Bekicheck. He knows when to let people go.
Look up what? Trump is succeeding everywhere
Dusty, we’ve said this a million times. Some of the Republicans are part of the SWAMP too. Many in Washington do not have the best interests of the American people as their main goal. Draining the swamp includes getting rid of people from BOTH sides.
Quickest way to silence a moonbat is to ask them for proof.
Bingo
Come on Dusty stop playing the gay card. You know as well as I do that the women marchers against President Trump refer to themselves as “NASTY WOMEN”. It has nothing to do with their sexual orientation and EVERYTHING to do with their political views which are as FAR LEFT as you can go. Trump called Hillary a “Nasty woman” during the presidential race, which we know she is, and her supporters took on the name in defiance and in support of Hillary. That’s where the name came from not their sexual orientation!!
Can’t she be gay and also a nasty woman?
You can be gay and a nasty woman, but not all nasty women are gay. That isn’t what defines them. It’s their solidarity with Hillary and their hatred for President Trump that unifies them.
Maddie should be jailed
Maddow is killing it in the ratings as she has overtaken Hannity who use to make fun of her as Pat and Steve do.
No she has not. Again let’s go with facts
Typo: verifiable proof they
I love the fact that President Trump is still the President, the proof will be in the pudding next house elections and then, well, Trump will know he’s DONE?
Right….sure… keep dreaming
Melania was just on Axis Hollywad, saying she will decide her and her husbands fate in two years,she’s leaving. The son Brandon has been very hurt by recent sex capable stories concerning Jeremy.
Do you know how fake those lies are. Pathetic
Steve, won’t be long now and we can all toke up and spread fake luv.
You make no sense
You nonsense.
Better call Cohen.
James Comey has been outed as a liar, criminal and fraud.
Cite your sources Steven Dean! Outed by who? Hannity and the Alt Right? Nice try….bogus sources from Putins mouth to Hanntys broadcast.
Outed by the facts of the inspector generals report
Dan Valenti please rename planet valenti the Steven Dean blog. He controls and bullies the entire discussion.
You are upset and throwing a tantrum because 1. Your arguments are weak 2. You cannot back up your made up claims And assertions
Steven Dean is actually a lot like his idol Donnie Thump. In his paranoia he feels the need to lash out at everyone and everything. Yes I agree it is childish but he gets a mulligan because, well actually i don’t know why. Pity I guess.
Start posting facts or don’t post
I thought you were quitting posting here?
The problem is the anti Trumptards who post here.