Clueless Kyle Rides Again

Why am I not surprised that clueless Kyle Foust has signed on like a good little sheep, following the fear-mongering zealots who have come out against the tire derived fuel to energy plant planned for the former IP site.

Trailing the tree lady and the lay minister in fund raising, in his race to be the Democrat nominee that will eventually lose to Republican, incumbent Congressman Phil English, Foust is desperate to get noticed.

Foust sponsored a resolution at County Council’s Finance Committee meeting Thursday, trying to get the group to support him in opposition to the plant. He was forced to withdraw the proposal when he couldn’t muster the votes needed to support the plan.

If Foust can’t sway the nitwits on County Council what would lead him to think he could be a real leader on Capitol Hill? Even dim bulbs like “Whitey” Cleaver and Dave Mitchell are smart enough to wait until Erie Renewable Energy file their necessary state permit applications.

"I have looked over the information for a couple of months," Foust told the Erie Times News "I am convinced this is not good for Erie County, and certainly not good in the middle of a residential area."

What information has Mr. Foust looked at? The stuff that he was spoon fed by the environmentalists who are opposed to the project? Exactly how informed a choice is he making by taking this stance? Clearly this guy is following what he believes to be the popular sentiment at the moment.

When you’ve got the potential for a $200 million industrial development, with all of the construction jobs and the 60 jobs paying an average of $50,000 a pop when the plant is operational, on the line, why wouldn’t you wait for the full story before deciding where you stand?
The answer in Foust’s case is easy, political expediency! He thought he could seize some political advantage by being the first of the Democrat candidates to jump on the bandwagon.

Almost as scary as Foust’s pandering is the proposal from local Green Party mouthpiece Tim Reim, that County Council pass a Continuous Emissions Monitoring System ordinance, that would require a new industry to have real-time emissions monitoring.

Overzealous government regulation is already costing us jobs in Pennsylvania; this type of unnecessary ordinance would make it nearly impossible for new industry to set up shop in our corner of the world.

Save your breath! I’m not advocating for pollution, but there are enough environmental protections already in the laws that make this step far over-reaching.