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   Response to the Courier Journal's Editorial

"A capable public servant"

(About Art Williams and the VET)

by John Riley

Wrong Again!

     Let me see, your paper supports Art Williams as "A capable public servant"!  But let's look at the facts which you neglect to report. 

    Art Williams, president of a national organization (ALAPCO) which receives much of its funding from EPA grants (our money) and then lobbies Congress for more funding for the EPA.  He travels extensively nationally and internationally on their behalf and is a strong advocate for the UN's Kyoto agreement which is detrimental to the interests of the United States, according to President Bush, who rejected the Kyoto plan. 

    At the same time, he is supposed to be a public servant to the people of Jefferson County as the director of Jefferson County's Air Pollution Control District, which must represent Jefferson County citizens in matters before the EPA. 

    Not only is this a conflict of interest, it may also be in violation of the county's ethics code.  How could Art Williams reasonably be expected to represent the citizens of Jefferson County (who overwhelmingly want the VET program to end) at the risk of losing his EPA funding for ALAPCO by opposing the EPA and the money grubbing VET program?

    You imply that the "VET battle" is over.  However, Art Williams continues to promote the program by using our money to pay for advertisements in your paper.  You and Art Williams threaten "Bans .... on lawn mowers, outdoor grills and fires in fireplaces"  while you have remained silent about the recent plan to DOUBLE the airport traffic and the air pollution that will come with it.  Traffic congestion in Jefferson County remains a top concern with most of the people in Jefferson County and yet you and Art Williams want to talk about my outdoor grill?

    You, Art Williams and County Judge Rebecca Jackson are wrong again!  It is not a "small group" that thinks this is unacceptable,  it is the vast majority.  The kind of air pollution director we want is the kind we have been paying for all along.  We want the kind that will represent the citizens of Jefferson County.  Someone who will oppose this nonsense and be honest with us!  Someone who is truly "a capable public servant", not Art Williams who serves more than one master and opposes us, at our expense.

    Public servants (elected or un-elected) who oppose the citizens, as Art Williams and Judge Jackson have, are by definition not capable of being a "capable public servant" at all!     

John Riley

Member of Stop The VET

JRiley8609@msn.com

See also http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=837072

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