This is from Pennsylvania, whose governing agenda now includes environmental destruction, undermining their schools, disenfranchising voters, transvaginal ultrasounds for women and whatever else they can do undermine their citizens. This week, though, one of them spent part of a meeting running his mouth, showing parts of their real agenda. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Secretary, Michael Krancer, made some remarks the other day that took a jab at Governor Markell and a really big jab at Delaware:
Another person asked Krancer about the Delaware River Basin Commission, wondering when the administration will “make it go away.”
Krancer said the governor is at “his wit’s end” with the DRBC.
He also said the issues are “being driven by the governor of Delaware,” adding he is “not confident the voters of Delaware are going to make the right decision” when choosing the next governor. Krancer also was critical of the fact the bulk of Delaware does not get its water from the Delaware River yet they are the driving force behind the commission.
“Sometimes they smell like the tail of a dog,” said Krancer of Delaware. “And it (the state) is shaped like a dog with a tail. This is the tail wagging the dog.”
The insult is certainly uncalled for (and I’m really hoping this guy gets a surcharge at the I-95 tollbooth), but look at what he wants you to know. That Delaware is not going along with the program of letting a ton of resource extraction happen, making owners rich at the expense of the environment and taxpayers. That Delaware is actually paying attention to its environment and water resources rather than to the business interests who are looking to pollute on your dime. But his comment on Delaware voters making the right decision tells the tale, right? That they need someone in Delaware sympathetic to their scheme to stick the environmental bill and impact to taxpayers. I have no doubt that if there was a viable fracking operation in DE that Governor Markell’s decision would likely be different. But this was a solid decision — one that Russell Peterson would be proud of, I think. Governor Markell’s decision is forcing the PA DEP into rethinking their discharge criteria. It isn’t as though these natural gas companies couldn’t afford better wastewater treatment.