Re: THE TALK-1300 REPORT
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2020 1:40 p
TALK RADIO 1300 on June 12, 2016 at 9:55 am:
In the published transcript of her address to the people of Hoosick Falls on January 14, 2016 ( http://www.epa.gov/sites/production/fil ... al_tps.pdf ), EPA Administrator Judith "Sweet Judy" Enck is quoted as saying:
I AM VERY VERY SORRY THAT YOU HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH THIS.
I AM SORRY THAT WE DO NOT KNOW HOW LONG YOU HAVE BEEN DRINKING CONTAMINATED WATER.
IT IS GOOD THAT THIS IS ALL OUT IN THE OPEN.
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The context for her statement that she is "very, very sorry" comes from that April 20, 1989 Metroland article quoted above here, when as co-chair of Rensselaer County Environmental Action, "Sweet Judy," as she is affectionately known in her hometown of Poestenkill, New York, met with then-Rensselaer County Executive John L. "Smiling Jack" Buono in his office on the fifth floor of the Rensselaer County Office Building on the afternoon of Friday, October 14, 1988, and made a deal with "Smiling Jack" to sell out the people of Rensselaer County for political gain for herself.
The details of that meeting were related later that night by a witness to the meeting on the Jim Bleighkampe Show on radio station WGY after I appeared live on that same show on the evening of October 14, 1988 to notify the people of Rensselaer County that I had pulled my engineering license out of the Rensselaer County Office Building and would no longer certify the environmental health programs of the Rensselaer County Department of Health.
When she went into that meeting with Buono on Friday, October 14, 1988, "Sweet Judy" had in her hand a copy of a memo from myself as Rensselaer County Associate Public Health Engineer to Buono dated 11 October 1988, wherein was stated as follows:
SUBJECT: Integrity of Environmental Health Programs
As the Director of the Environmental Health Division, it is my responsibility to certify on behalf of Rensselaer County the integrity of the Code Enforcement Programs to the State of New York for the purpose of payment of our State operating funds.
I have reached a juncture where such certification by myself is no longer feasible.
My certification of our operations is as a licensed professional.
My conduct is governed in large part by Part 29 of the Codes of the Education Department which sets forth the actions deemed to constitute unprofessional conduct on the part of licensed individuals.
Section 29.1(b)(6) defines unprofessional conduct as "willfully making or filing a false report, or failing to file a report required by law or by the Education Department, or willfully impeding or obstructing such filing, or inducing another person to do so."
I can no longer vouch for the integrity of our programs and will not place my professional standing in jeopardy.
It is my professional opinion stated in writing to yourself that the programs I am responsible for have been very seriously undermined and compromised.
As my internal investigation proceeds, the probability of actions for damages against the Department increases, due to errors of omission and commission of former engineers and the Public Health Director.
As the Public Health Law requires me to conduct investigations into incidents involving public health nuisance or hazard, I find myself in the course of such investigation returning to our own files with consistent violation of code on the part of County staff.
end quote
Later, that same evening, on the six o'clock news on TV Channel 13, Bill Lampden was shown holding a copy of that same memorandum in his hand, telling the millions of viewers of Channel 13 that because of that memo, I was in big trouble and my head was going to roll, which, of course, it did.
And co-chair of Rensselaer County Environmental Action Judith Enck stood by and let it happen, without a peep from her.
Is it possible that my writing in that memo was so arcane or esoteric or complicated that somebody like Judy Enck would have been as unable to decipher it as was Bill Lampden of TV Channel 13?
I suppose it could have been that way, but then, if that was the case, how did Judy Enck ever manage to become the administrator for the EPA in New York state?
A question for our times, Jim, if there ever was one.
In closing, once again, as a citizen, I have to commend you for your guts, grit and integrity in bringing all of this to our attention.
How you escaped the neutering and gelding process your cohorts in the MSM go through to become politically reliable remains a mystery to me, but suffice to say on behalf of many of us out here who do care about that six-year old child in the picture above here that we are very glad you did.
Paul Plante, NYSPE
http://www.talk1300report.com/2016/06/t ... ment-15754
In the published transcript of her address to the people of Hoosick Falls on January 14, 2016 ( http://www.epa.gov/sites/production/fil ... al_tps.pdf ), EPA Administrator Judith "Sweet Judy" Enck is quoted as saying:
I AM VERY VERY SORRY THAT YOU HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH THIS.
I AM SORRY THAT WE DO NOT KNOW HOW LONG YOU HAVE BEEN DRINKING CONTAMINATED WATER.
IT IS GOOD THAT THIS IS ALL OUT IN THE OPEN.
end quotes
The context for her statement that she is "very, very sorry" comes from that April 20, 1989 Metroland article quoted above here, when as co-chair of Rensselaer County Environmental Action, "Sweet Judy," as she is affectionately known in her hometown of Poestenkill, New York, met with then-Rensselaer County Executive John L. "Smiling Jack" Buono in his office on the fifth floor of the Rensselaer County Office Building on the afternoon of Friday, October 14, 1988, and made a deal with "Smiling Jack" to sell out the people of Rensselaer County for political gain for herself.
The details of that meeting were related later that night by a witness to the meeting on the Jim Bleighkampe Show on radio station WGY after I appeared live on that same show on the evening of October 14, 1988 to notify the people of Rensselaer County that I had pulled my engineering license out of the Rensselaer County Office Building and would no longer certify the environmental health programs of the Rensselaer County Department of Health.
When she went into that meeting with Buono on Friday, October 14, 1988, "Sweet Judy" had in her hand a copy of a memo from myself as Rensselaer County Associate Public Health Engineer to Buono dated 11 October 1988, wherein was stated as follows:
SUBJECT: Integrity of Environmental Health Programs
As the Director of the Environmental Health Division, it is my responsibility to certify on behalf of Rensselaer County the integrity of the Code Enforcement Programs to the State of New York for the purpose of payment of our State operating funds.
I have reached a juncture where such certification by myself is no longer feasible.
My certification of our operations is as a licensed professional.
My conduct is governed in large part by Part 29 of the Codes of the Education Department which sets forth the actions deemed to constitute unprofessional conduct on the part of licensed individuals.
Section 29.1(b)(6) defines unprofessional conduct as "willfully making or filing a false report, or failing to file a report required by law or by the Education Department, or willfully impeding or obstructing such filing, or inducing another person to do so."
I can no longer vouch for the integrity of our programs and will not place my professional standing in jeopardy.
It is my professional opinion stated in writing to yourself that the programs I am responsible for have been very seriously undermined and compromised.
As my internal investigation proceeds, the probability of actions for damages against the Department increases, due to errors of omission and commission of former engineers and the Public Health Director.
As the Public Health Law requires me to conduct investigations into incidents involving public health nuisance or hazard, I find myself in the course of such investigation returning to our own files with consistent violation of code on the part of County staff.
end quote
Later, that same evening, on the six o'clock news on TV Channel 13, Bill Lampden was shown holding a copy of that same memorandum in his hand, telling the millions of viewers of Channel 13 that because of that memo, I was in big trouble and my head was going to roll, which, of course, it did.
And co-chair of Rensselaer County Environmental Action Judith Enck stood by and let it happen, without a peep from her.
Is it possible that my writing in that memo was so arcane or esoteric or complicated that somebody like Judy Enck would have been as unable to decipher it as was Bill Lampden of TV Channel 13?
I suppose it could have been that way, but then, if that was the case, how did Judy Enck ever manage to become the administrator for the EPA in New York state?
A question for our times, Jim, if there ever was one.
In closing, once again, as a citizen, I have to commend you for your guts, grit and integrity in bringing all of this to our attention.
How you escaped the neutering and gelding process your cohorts in the MSM go through to become politically reliable remains a mystery to me, but suffice to say on behalf of many of us out here who do care about that six-year old child in the picture above here that we are very glad you did.
Paul Plante, NYSPE
http://www.talk1300report.com/2016/06/t ... ment-15754