TVA rides again!
November 1, 2009
The Knoxville News Sentinel has a long-running series on the TVA and their latest article appears in their Sunday edition. Good, solid reporting by Scott Barker of the KNS. Kudos!
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/nov/01/ala-residents-split-on-ash-storage-deal/
But now I speak from the heart; how the big hand of government can squash a flea, can intimidate any community anywhere to carry out its bought-off schemes.
It makes me sick looking at the picture of yet another train load of toxic waste being hauled away, away from “my backyard”, say the people of Roane County to be dumped on the good people of Perry County Alabama. Good riddance!
I say good riddance to the TVA and to all of the decades of its federal dominance over a huge swath of sovereign state property in seven states.
The TVA believes it can silence criticism with money, from the so-called “bribes” in lieu of taxes to keep local politicians happy, to direct attempts to buy-off the people of Kingston with $40 million dollars. Shame, shame.
Shame on the political leaders who have succumbed to the “free” money while causing much grief to the TVA taxpayers (no, they are not just ratepayers; they pay money to a federal government agency, TVA. I call that a tax without representation.)
TVA’s cultural practices are just as evident in TVA’s workforce. Says a present employee, “Their typical method is intimidation of employees, and monetary incentives. By removing "trouble makers", they eliminate the potential threat - when an employee leaves for any reason, protocol is for the employee to sign a release / waiver stating that the employee will neither sue nor disclose any information which would damage the TVA. Further, most lawyers I've spoken to have been compromised in regard to involvement with the TVA - they have connections everywhere, and thus most attorneys do not want to engage in legal action against them.”
Rotten to the core.
Ernest Norsworthy
emnorsworthy@earthlink.net
http://norsworthyopinion.com