Greenfire Coalition Writer's Forum
Communities Must Regain Control of Future- The Right and Power to Say NO!
Michael Sauers July 6, 2026 Under a legal principle known as the Dillon Rule, local governments are "creatures of the State" and possess only the powers expressly granted to them by the State. This was first articulated in 1868 and was upheld by two U.S. Supreme Court...
Class Size Matters! Natural Gas Impact Fee Is Chump Change! Nuclear Power Waste Foisted on Taxpayers!
Michael Sauers June 29, 2026 In a June 25, 2026 Bloomsburg, PA. Press Enterprise "Editorial" the authors lampooned Berwick educators for what they consider to be "high" salaries/benefits. They are what they are only because educators unionized. Without teacher unions...
Tid-Bits on Life in Bloomsburg
Michael Sauers June 27, 2026 Bloomsburg is a great little "town", the only one in Pennsylvania. It has the Susquehanna River, Columbia County Seat, community pool, hiking/biking trail, Commonwealth University, Bloomsburg Fair, BTE community theater, artists of all...
Research! Israel–Palestine–Iran–U.S.
Michael Sauers June 18,2026 Curiosity helps as does inquisitiveness. Intellectual restlessness and the "need to know" are ingredients in the mix. However, education (great teachers, small class sizes, liberal curriculum, debate, community support, application...
PA Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) and the Educational Improvement Organizations That Help Facilitate It
Michael Sauers June 6, 2026 The Pennsylvania Educational Improvement Tax Credit , EITC, is a highly beneficial tax break and a means to short change public education. Unlike a deduction that merely lowers taxable income, an EITC credit directly reduces your state tax...
Blatant Speciesism on Full Display
Michael Sauers June 6, 2026 Several times I have written about Speciesism. It is the prejudice or discrimination against individuals based solely on their species membership. It typically involves the assumption of human superiority over other animals, which is used...
Smoke and Mirrors From Shapiro
Michael Sauers June 5, 2026 Governor Shapiro has dropped any semblance of wanting local communities to have the power to say NO to data centers. The power to say NO would be a stone in the shoe, a tac on the seat, a stick in the spokes for Mr. Shapiro's full throttle...
Greenfire Coalition History
Michael Sauers June 3, 2026 Greenfire Coalition came to be as a result of inept economic development efforts in the Greater Hazleton Area. A top down economic development paradigm that kept the community uninformed and resulted in recruitment of polluting industries,...
Article I Section 27-All We Need To Stop Data Centers-Let the Lawsuits Begin
Michael Sauers May 30, 2026 "The people have the right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all of the people,...
Shapiro’s GRID Is a Sham
Michael Sauers May 29, 2026 Before Pennsylvania communities caught on to the enormity and consequences of data centers, warehouses, pipelines/fracking infrastructure, over-extended nuclear plants, electric transmission lines, etc., Governor Shapiro was totally on...