The Sunshines on Nuclear Issues-BREDL, BEST/MATRR Press Conference at TVA-Chattanooga, Tn.

The Bellefonte Efficiency & Sustainability Team/Mothers Against Tennessee River Radiation (BEST/MATRR), Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League (BREDL)  Press Conference in Chattanooga, Tn.

BREDL TVA July 20, 2011 from Chris Braly on Vimeo.

Letter to TVA Board & CEO Tom Kilgore, click on image for an expanded view.

Press Coverage of Nuclear Issues in our nation and our valley.

Times Free Press Editorial http://timesfreepress.com/news​/2011/jul/17/fresh-start-belle​fonte/#c97217
News Channel 12 coverage of press conference
http://wdef.com/news/zombies_protest_tva_possibly_restarting_bellefonte_nuclear_reactor_construction/07/2011
Times Free Press Coverage of the event http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2011/jul/21/plants-vs-zombies/
WRCB TV Zombie Swarm http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/15​115863/zombies-swarm-tva-prote​st-nuclear
NEWS Channel 9 coverage of the Chattanooga event http://www.newschannel9.com/ar​ticles/tva-1003169-downtown-re​porting.html
MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43​834875/ns/local_news-chattanoo​ga_tn/



AP Wire Report:
 http://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/a00565aa57b84e47a6891ec2cc966055/TN--Nuke-Protesters/ 

Report from the "Zombie Post" http://zombiepost.com/brains/?​p=657

SACE blog AP expose of nuclear industry & NRC http://ht.ly/1dx49w

NYT Zombie article, Lou Zeller Comments: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06​/16/business/energy-environmen​t/16nuclear.html?_r=1

arklite.blogspot articles on the nuclear power issue http://arklite.blogspot.com/se​arch/label/Nuclear%20Power

A Nuclear Engineers Story, the Story of Mansour Guity, 'Der Spiegel International - Safety Concerns Cloud US Nuclear Renaissance:'  http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,775209,00.html

Tennessean Article Safety Questions - Safety - whistle-blower harassment http://www.tennessean.com/arti​cle/20110719/BUSINESS/30719003​7/Critics-question-TVA-nuke-sa​fety-results?odyssey=mod%7Cnew​swell%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE%7Cs

CBS expose Whistle blower, part 1- http://www.cbsnews.com/stories​/2011/07/19/earlyshow/main2008​0633.shtml
CBS expose Whistle blower, part 2- http://www.cbsnews.com/stories​/2011/07/20/earlyshow/main2008​0965.shtml

AP Impact Stories on Nuclear Power
Population- http://news.yahoo.com/ap-impac​t-populations-around-us-nuke-p​lants-soar-073429497.html
NRC rewrites plant safety history and findings http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap​/20110628/ap_on_re_us/us_aging​_nukes_part4
NRC weakens safety rules http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap​/20110620/ap_on_re_us/us_aging​_nukes_part1
Tritium leaks http://my.news.yahoo.com/ap-im​pact-tritium-leaks-found-many-​nuke-sites-070155807.html

Jackson County Park Board vs Jackson County Commission. More Mediation, More Secret Decision Making...

Jackson County Park before last years storms. Jackson County citizens need to be inquiring of their county commissioners as to why have they terminated the Jackson County Park Board instead of assisting them in repairing the park?

Jackson County Courthouse, the scene of legislative incompetence on the part of the Jackson County Commission.

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More secrecy, more mediation; MEDIATION-the new excuse for secret deliberations. A dangerous precedent is set when the courts must enter into legislative actions. Legislative secrecy becomes possible due to court ordered mediation, twice with the current county commission. Related story concerning previous mediation: http://arklite.blogspot.com/2010/03/jackson-county-commission.html

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Judge Graham handed down a ruling yesterday, May, 13, 2010, in the case of The Jackson County Park Board vs. The Jackson County Commission, Case # 2010-900048, MEDIATION. Related stories: http://arklite.blogspot.com/2010/05/wn-rockey-watson-to-represent-county.html http://arklite.blogspot.com/2010/04/jackson-county-park-jackson-county.html

http://arklite.blogspot.com/2010/04/jackson-county-commission-commission.html

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The case is set for trial on June 16, 2010. Judge Graham ordered the parties into mediation prior to the trial date. The mediator will be attorney Albert Shumaker of Centre, Alabama, according to court documents. The County Attorney will be "Rocky" Watson of Ft. Payne. Mr. Watson is Ft. Payne's City Attorney, he was the mediator in the "County Engineer Case" where a secret deliberative session was conducted concerning implementation of the Personnel Policy of Jackson County. Daily Sentinel Article: http://thedailysentinel.com/story.lasso?ewcd=25387912a4534598 OpEd: http://thedailysentinel.com/story.lasso?ewcd=443b8633f1dd50be

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A synopsis of Judge Graham's order related to mediation in this case. a) Mediation will commence as soon as possible prior to the June 16, 2010 trial date; b) mediator will control proceedures; c) mediation shall be confidential, privileged by all parties involved; d) mediator shall not be called as a witness and the proceedings shall not be recorded by any means; e) parties are encouraged to resolve issues.

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To resolve this issue the County Commission must follow the agreement made in 1955 with the TVA relative to the Jackson County Park Board. The Park Board is an integral part of that agreement. What is it that the commissioners and their attorneys do not understand about their lease contract with the TVA??

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Commissioners the resolution is simple. Create a Jackson County Parks and Recreation Department, if you can afford it, to manage the affairs of the other parks in Jackson County. Key being, can you afford to create a park and recreation board per the Code of Alabama? However, the current Jackson County Park Board must stay intact per the lease agreement with the TVA, unless you intend on renegotiating your contractual obligations with the TVA.

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By all appearances the Jackson County Commission has, once again, failed in their management of county resources. Instead of assisting and giving positive input for the purpose of assisting the County Park Board they have endeavored to employ a destructive course of action to terminate the park board without any sufficient explanation to the citizens of Jackson County.

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There has been no open deliberative process in the Jackson County Commissions actions relative to the Jackson County Park. Worse, the process of open meetings and the enforcement of open meetings appears to have been cast aside by the Judges of Jackson County due to the incompetence of the Jackson County Commission for the process of secret deliberations of the mediation process.

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I can only hope the end result will not be destructive to the citizens of Jackson County. Hopefully the alleged informed legal scholars will look at all aspects of this case, particularly as it relates to the lease from the TVA of our County Park.

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UNDERSTAND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, YOU ARE ENTRUSTED TO MANAGE THE ASSETS OF JACKSON COUNTY, NOT DESTROY THEM DUE TO PERSONAL VINDETTAS, FAILED LEADERSHIP AND A LACK OF COMMON SENSE.

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If any readers are interested in a "Friend of the Court" action to preserve the Jackson County Park and for the purpose of making the court aware of stipulations contained within the lease agreement with the TVA and expressing displeasure with the county commissions actions please inform me by email at gmorg50@hotmail.com .

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Jackson County Park; Jackson County Commission Causes Uncertainty for Campers and Boaters.

The Jackson County Park staff have worked diligently to cleanup and restore the County Park after last years storms destroyed most of the campground at the park. The Jackson County Commission should be working with the County Park Board instead of working against them and creating problems at the park. Link to the Jackson County Commission meeting. http://arklite.blogspot.com/2010/04/jackson-county-commission-commission.html

Jackson County Park prior to the 2009 early spring storms.

Campers and boat owners at Jackson County Park are upset at the Jackson County Commission for their recent action attempting to remove the authority of the Jackson County Park Board. Because of the commissions actions campground representatives stated tonight at the Jackson County Park Board meeting that several campers will move due to the uncertainty created by the County Commission. The commission's actions related to the county park creates further uncertainty and a loss of revenue for the Jackson County Park.

A question one might ask, which storm will cause the most destruction, the county commission's storm of incompetent actions or the spring storm of 2009?

The County Park Board's Attorney, Mr. Gary Lackey, has filed a legal action in the attempt to block the county commission's ill advised action. Mr. Lackey stated at this evenings county park board meeting that he believes the county commissioners are overstepping their authority and has asked the Circuit Court of Jackson County to issue a ruling on the matter.

The county commission is attempting to seize the park board funds and property but leave the existing county park board intact. Commissioner Clemmons stated at a recent commission meeting that he believed the county park's money should be used to support other parks in Jackson County. Daily Sentinel link to the April 15 county commission story http://thedailysentinel.com/story.lasso?ewcd=c866e67b666885ea

In December of 2004 I made inquiry to the Jackson County Park Board and the Jackson County Commission concerning the operations authority of the Jackson County Park Board and their relationship to the Jackson County Commission. The following is a direct quote in a letter from Jackson County Commission Attorney John Porter, Esquire relating to me the relationship between the Jackson County Park and the Jackson County Commission. "The Park Board is solely responsible for the operation of the Park and the day to day activities that occur there. Fifty years ago, the governing body of the county empowered the Park Board to mange and operate the Park and the Park receives no appropriations of public funds...Certainly the County Commission does not control the operations of the Park Board or the management of the Park...issues should be directed to the Jackson County Park Board."

It is important to draw attention to the original lease of the property between the TVA and Jackson County. The following is specified in the TVA lease as documented in the Jackson County Board of Revenue Minutes February 21, 1955, "The Jackson County Board of Revenue (Jackson County Commission) shall appoint a Park and Recreation Board to administer the affairs of the said park..." the entry goes on to name the original appointed members of the Jackson County Park and Recreation Board. The entry also states, "... [Park and Recreation Board] Resolution be passed and made part of the said agreement..." The lease agreement between the TVA and Jackson County specifically includes the Park and Recreation Board to include the Park and Recreation Board's administration of the Jackson County Park as an integral part and condition of the original lease agreement.

The question now becomes, will the Jackson County Commissions actions make null and void the original lease agreement between the TVA and the Jackson County Commission? Does the county commission know what they are doing?

The Jackson County Park has come a long way. 6 years ago the park did not have any rules governing park operations and they were having problems related to accounting practices. The park, under the current management, has implemented a set of policy and proceedures which guide the park's managers in the management of the Jackson County Park. Their accounting proceedures have improved greatly and the average citizen may walk in and discuss the park's accounts and records without hassle, the staff willingly cooperates. This was not the case 6 years ago.

The Jackson County Commission's attempt to undermine and destroy the diligent and hard work which the current Jackson County Park staff have put forward in improving the parks operations is a display of incompetent leadership on the part of the current county commission. After all the problems the commission has created, one would think they would remain low key. But no, they must create further destruction

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