Written by Drew Magill on 12-27-2006
Historical Perspective on Hazleton City Landfill Dredge Issue
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Community/Economic Development
Consumptive Wildlife Use as an Economic Tool
Mike Sauers If you study the flora and fauna history of North America, you discover that there was a richness and abundance that is often compared to that of Africa. Even though the Native Americans numbered in the millions, they found a way to co-exist without...
Food for Thought
Mike Sauers I'm writing this post from sunny Florida where I'm enjoying a well deserved vacation. So far it has been very relaxing and enjoyable. However, no matter where you call home, the mind continues to wrestle with the world. The following are my thoughts and...
Driving With Blinders On—-How the Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association Views Corporate Welfare and Hydraulic Fracturing (“Fracking”)
Mike Sauers In a recent edition of Broad + Liberty, Carl Marrara, Vice President of Government Affairs at the Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Association opines a very narrow but breathtakingly informative view of "corporate welfare"...
Education——Economic Development——A Full Life
Mike Sauers We live in precarious times. The onslaught of information, accurate or not, is daunting. Information/news/opinion sources have exploded in a variety of formats. Data, facts and fractured information comes at us twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week...
Government Spending Priorities-Who, What, When, Where
We are all busy. Families, careers, earning a living, retirement and a host of other things absorb our energies and resources. We strive to be productive, law abiding citizens. We participate in the electoral process. We pay our taxes. We fully expect that our elected...
Testimony of the Greenfire Coalition as Presented to the House Republican Policy Committee Task Force on the Environment
Mike Sauers Delivered January 23, 1992 at Pottsville City Hall Council Chambers This is an interesting piece of history. Much of what was presented then could be said again today. Not much has changed. At least one Republican Committee member at that time, Dave...
Earth Day Tribute to Greenfire Coalition
Mike Sauers Northeastern Pennsylvania has a very checkered history regarding environmental stewardship. After all, the area was settled and developed based on furs, logging, railroads and the mining of anthracite coal. This resulted in the abuse of animals, labor,...
Developments not in best interest of community.
Dear Editor, The front page article (3/8/21) about planned developments in the Hazleton Area reminds me of the adage, “The more things change the more they stay the same.” As a 70 year young native of McAdoo I have seen significant industrial development in the area....