BY DAN VALENTI

Delaney, NOT butt lite

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34FjwuYa91o

Sidewalks on both sides of Second Street, but yea lets walk in the road at night.
Then again, maybe a geriatric should not be driving after dark. Everyone in the wrong here.

July 7, 2023

Re: Useless Beacon Hill corrupt career politicians’ 10-week break

Massachusetts State Representatives had initially considered holding formal sessions Thursday and Friday (July 6th & July 7th, 2023) before opting to continue a 10-week break from large-scale lawmaking. Beacon Hill lawmakers have not held a formal session in the months of May and June and the first week of July 2023. The yet to be voted on fiscal year 2023 Massachusetts state budget is now one week late. It is the last productive session of the Massachusetts State Legislature in over one decade. Beacon Hill lawmakers are sitting on billions upon billions of surplus state dollars without passing tax relief legislation.

Beacon Hill lawmakers are useless. Beacon Hill lawmakers do nothing, while taxpayers have to pay for their 6-figure state public pay plus perks. Beacon Hill lawmakers only do DISSERVICES to the common people and distressed communities in Massachusetts. Please support new political candidates who will change Beacon Hill politics for the better because the current secretive and corrupt political system of state government in Boston is broken.

Please vote out all of the corrupt career politicians on Beacon Hill, including the Berkshire delegation: Becket State Senator Paul Mark who recently voted against affordable housing because he is a banal rubber stamp for State Senate President Karen Spilka, Lenox State Rep. Smitty Pignatelli who has been in Boston for over 2 decades now and wrongly voted for 2 convicted Felons named Tom Finneran and Sal DiMasi for Speaker of the State House (prior to the 2 aforementioned disgraced politicians becoming Convicted Felons), Pittsfield State Rep. Tricia Farley-Bouvier who said that she will only “work” for the decriminalization of sex workers while Pittsfield is struggling with Level 5 public schools and always being in the top 10 cities in Massachusetts for violent crime year-in and year-out, and North Adams State Rep. John Barrett III who has been in elected office longer than many of us have been alive similar to Joe Biden’s over 50 years in the Swamp, and he recently coldly called would-be homeless families that were to be housed in North Adams’ empty college dorms “a threat” to the community. Paul Mark, Smitty Pignatelli, Tricia Farley-Bouver, and John Barrett III are all failures in leadership!

Jonathan A. Melle

Why isn’t the “left” promoting. Sound of Freedom ?

Didlers, molesters and such they be

Berkshire Eagle and the rest of the liberal media said the earth had its 3 warmest days on record, but records have only been kept since the 1970s so that tells us nothing about the previous thousands of years.

Dan, I do agree with you that hit and run accidents is a low of the lows. To not stop and attempt to render aid, is horrible.

I could understand if the driver feared for his life directly afterwards. Reginald Denny comes to mind.

But the guy could have at least called 911 and/or drove to PPD and repotted it “out of fear.”

He didn’t and will now enjoy a stay in the county jail.

July 8, 2023

Hello blogger Dan Valenti,

Over 90 public school districts in Vermont have filed a lawsuit due to their exposure to PCBs, which can be released into the air, posing a risk to students and staff. Please read the news article, below.

Given these facts about the dangers of the industrial chemicals called PCBs that causes cancer, brain damage in adults and learning disabilities in children, why does the Pittsfield Public School District allow GE’s PCBs-filled capped leaky landfill named Hill 78 abut Allendale Elementary School in Pittsfield, Massachusetts?

Best wishes,

Jonathan A. Melle

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“Toxic Nightmare: Schools in Crisis As Monsanto’s Deadly Legacy Haunts Vermont”
Written By BlabberBuzz | Friday, 07 July 2023 14:10

Many Vermont schools have filed a lawsuit against chemical company Monsanto, alleging toxic contamination in educational buildings from now-banned industrial chemicals known as PCBs.

In 2022, Vermont became the first state in the country to mandate older schools to test their indoor air for polychlorinated biphenyls, which were commonly used in building materials and electrical equipment before 1980.

The complaint, filed by more than 90 school districts in federal court, seeks to recover costs and damages. Under Vermont’s law, schools with high levels of contamination must reduce exposure.

The removal of PCBs is expected to be costly, with some districts potentially having to demolish and replace buildings, resulting in expenses amounting to “hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars,” according to the lawsuit.

The presence of PCBs in school buildings is attributed to caulking and glazing compounds, sealants, adhesives, and other construction materials. However, Monsanto, now owned by Bayer, denies any responsibility, stating that “third party companies, not Monsanto” produced the PCB-laden materials likely used in the schools. The company asserts that it has not manufactured or disposed of PCBs in Vermont for over 45 years.

Monsanto is also seeking an emergency hearing and the preservation of evidence. The company wants to participate in environmental testing and PCB-source identification, as well as document and observe the remediation work.

Polychlorinated biphenyls, which were used in building materials and electrical equipment such as transformers, capacitors, and fluorescent lighting ballasts, were banned by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 1979 due to concerns about their potential to cause cancer and other illnesses.

However, a 2019 Associated Press investigation revealed that millions of fluorescent light ballasts containing PCBs likely remain in schools and day care centers across the U.S., even four decades after the chemicals were banned.

Exposure to PCBs can occur through breathing in dust or vapors containing the chemicals, consuming dust while eating or drinking, or having skin contact with materials that contain the chemicals. The Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation warns that the chemicals can be released into the air, posing a risk to students and staff.

PCB contamination has already forced an entire Vermont high school to relocate to a closed department store in downtown Burlington, where classes have been held since March 2021 while the old school is being demolished.

The retrofit of the store, which is connected to a now-closed mall, cost $3.5 million and was supported by the state.

In a similar case two years ago, three teachers in Washington state were awarded $185 million after suing Monsanto over exposure to PCBs in fluorescent lights at the Sky Valley Education Center in Monroe, Washington. The teachers claimed to have suffered brain damage as a result of the exposure.

Last month, the Vermont attorney general also filed a lawsuit against Monsanto, alleging PCB contamination in the state’s schools and natural resources.

The lawsuit claims that the chemicals have accumulated to dangerous levels in sediment, wildlife, and fish, and continue to circulate in Vermont’s waters. As a result, Vermont has issued a fish consumption advisory for all of Lake Champlain and the Hoosic River due to the contamination.

Monsanto maintains that the lawsuit filed by the school districts, as well as the lawsuit brought by the Vermont attorney general, have no merit for the same reasons it previously stated.

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I get a real kick from the budlight men who fell in love with Donald “Jonestown” Trump who has them all thinking about transitioning for a chance at the obese 77 year old …so so fn weird.Go MAGA