HIGH NITRATES, WHO IS TO BLAME?

There can be no dispute that high nitrates in our drinking water comes from ag. Denial yes, dispute no. Some might say, "Prove it!". I say, "Bullshit" it comes from ag and that's that! Which farm, what farmer, who is responsible?

(A little aside: I've always wondered how someone could spill a drink on their keyboard. I just reached for my decaf cup of tea and, well, let's just say, Now I know.)

Who is responsible was the question before I did the Boston tea party on my computer. I don't know is my answer. I know it comes from ag and I can make some assumptions based on facts and circumstances but I can't pinpoint the exact source. Here is what we know:

1: This problem came up two years ago.
2: The FARME CAFO started three years ago.
3: They leased a lot of land in Preble to dump liquid manure.
4: The local farmers who used to use that land for their manure had to find other land to use.

There are several assumptions we can make from these facts:

1: The increased amount of legal dumping is causing the high nitrates.
2: There is illegal dumping which is causing the high nitrates.
3: A combination of the two.

Last year I attended some meetings at the grange in Cortland along with a group of representatives from different departments in the county. The idea was to discuss the nitrate problem and work on solutions. At first this group, headed by Amanda Barber, who along with her husband runs a 50 cow farm, did not even want to acknowledge there was a problem or to warn the people about it. This website and I changed that. They decided to have an informational meeting and to mail out fliers about the nitrate problem. At that time that was all I was looking for. I assumed that they would work behind the scenes with the offending parties (the farmers) who were causing the problem. Seems like they decided to study the shit out of the problem instead. As long as they study it they don't have to do anything about it. So they tell you they don't know "for sure" what the source is but they are studying it and as soon as they find the source they will fix it. Some of them have admitted the source is ag because they can only lie so long and two years is a long time to keep up the ruse.

Sadly there isn't much that can be done. The people in Cortland who are supposed to protect our water are all farmers. Our town board is controlled by farmers. Even our legislator, Steger is a farmer. All of them know the source of the nitrates, all of them have a vested interest in protecting that source and they won't do anything to fix it. Knapp is almost guaranteed reelection. Pitman IS our current and next Supervisor. Albro and Morse were picked by the Steger Republicans and they will be on the board next year. So the choice comes down to you having to buy bottled water or them telling their buds to take a big money hit and stop dumping so much manure on the land. These are the same guys that were behind the cell tower and the Knapps getting a million bucks from the state. Who do you think they are going to shaft? It's you, fool!

The only chance you have is IF enough of you DON'T vote for Knapp and Morse in November. That will keep Knapp off the board but will put Albro, Edinger, Martin and Grant on. If Knapp is not on the board he will have less power to control things and with some of the new members, especially the last two, you have a chance of this problem being taken care of. Otherwise you have no chance at all. Buy bottled water and masks for your family to wear because this problem is getting worse, not better and will continue to get worse. One day it will be common for all of you to buy bottled water every week, just like you buy bread and milk now. You'll get used to the stink and along with the bottled water you'll buy scented candles and other crap to mask the smell. And Preble, once known for it's clean water, will be another stink hole with falling property values and only the poor living here. That is the future my friend and you have only yourself to blame. You supported these creeps, you voted for them and now it's payback time.

I'm tired of pandering to those who think I shouldn't say bad things about these creeps, those who think if I were nicer I would accomplish more. To those I will say this. Because of these creeps you are drinking cowshit. Because of these creeps your kids are drinking cowshit. AND IF it wasn't for this website and ME going down to that meeting last year you wouldn't even know you and your kids were drinking cowshit! I'm sure you didn't notice it before but I WAS being nicer and I wasn't saying the things I wanted to say. What's changed? Things have gotten worse! YOU knew there was a nitrate problem and you let the creeps stay in power. Are you going to blame ME for that because I wasn't NICE? That's BULLSHIT!!!!! I don't know who I detest more. Those creeps for doing this to you or you for letting them. But I'll tell you one thing. I'm not going to stop talking about these creeps. I'm going to make damn sure the whole world knows who and what they are. It's what I do and I do it well. I don't publicize the number of people who read this site and you wouldn't believe me if I did. There is something about what happens in Preble and the way I write about it that makes people come back for more. Sometimes it's because it's funny, sometimes it's because of the corruption. But they keep coming back. And there are a lot of them.

This is what I do, what are YOU going to do.