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We all know that Entergy and the Department of Public Service are coming under fire for not allotting enough time for the State Legislature's special oversight panel (tasked with overseeing the comprehensive reliability assessment of Vermont Yankee nuclear power) plant to do its work,...
And we all know that Stephen Wark, spokesman for Vermont's Department of Public Service, has assured the public that there is enough time between now and December for the panel to do the work, ...
And we all know that the Department of Public Service and Entergy have long been accused of "being in bed together."
What we didn't know 'til now is that they got out of bed—not because they developed moral qualms, but because they had some place to go that would be more beneficial to the public they serve. Hoping to calm a growing anger about having created a situation in which 20,000 person hours of work needs to be completed, reviewed, and written up by December, they attempted to imaginatively dramatize that time is just an illusion.
The demonstration, unfortunately, focused on space (time's counterpart in the time-space continuum.) Dressed in large fur coats, straw boater hats and two-toned Oxfords, 34 middle managers from both Entergy and the DPS crowded together into a single telephone booth, ate live goldfish and sang "Boola, boola." Unfortunately, someone in the press called the Humane Society.
As have most claims from Entergy and/or the DPS, the claim of 34 people in that one booth fell prey to doubts about its credibility. Stephen Wark, however, adeptly and subtly countered all doubts. "This is not really a question of numbers," he explained. "Rather, it is about innovation. Today we have discovered clear evidence that DPS and Entergy together are willing and able to give apparently un-solveable problems the old college try." When personally scolded before rolling BCTV cameras by the Humane Society for failing to protect innocent goldfish, Wark assured the nearly hysterical animal protection advocate, "Safety and environmental effects are the purview solely of the federal government."
In the meanwhile, environmentalists have added goldfish to the list of species endangered by the slowly ticking radioactive time bomb.
More on this, later, Lord.
Boola, boola!
Fake-Rob
1 comment:
another bad fad. So Nice of you to let everyone know with SO MUCH time.
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PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD HEARING on ENVY's petition for Certificate of Public Good for the license extension of Vermont Yankee Nuclear Reactor - RESCHEDULED
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September 15, 2008 - NEW DATE
7 pm
Vernon Elementary School, Vernon, VT
Docket 7440 in re Petition of Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC, and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. to Extend License of Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station, to be held at 7:00 P.M. in the Gymnasium of the Vernon Elementary School, 381 Governor Hunt Road, Vernon, Vermont
The long awaited "canceled on account of parking lot paving" hearing has finally been rescheduled!!
And How much notice are they giving people this time? Less than 2 wks.
Come out and give voice to the people's demand that Entergy Vermont Yankee be Shut Down Finally on March 21, 2012.
USE your 2 minutes of public speaking time and tell the PSB just what you feel and think about the continued operation of ENVY and the impacts on VT's economy, environment, health, image and sustainable future.
Tell your friends and family to come with you to the hearing!!
http://www.state.vt.us/psb/site/hearing_calendar.stm
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