A powerful Letter to The Editor today by Francis X. Kranick, Jr. highlighting the integrity that 4 Dunmore Council members and 4 Dunmore Planning Commission members traded in to the benefit of one company that will effect Dunmoreans and the surrounding communities for generations to come.
Letters to the Editor 10/6/2019 - Letters - The Times-Tribune
Integrity betrayed
Editor: Having lived in Dunmore all my life, it’s profoundly sad when by the slimmest of margins the greater good has been cast aside twice for the aggrandizement of an extraordinarily small handful.
First was a 4-3 vote by the Dunmore Planning Commission, followed two weeks later with a 4-3 vote by borough council. But one changed vote by either body would have helped Dunmore shed its nickname of “Dumpmore.” It seems that degrading moniker will now stick.
Not once, through all the hearings, public meetings, Department of Environmental Protection reports, or politicians’ urgings has it ever appeared that Keystone Sanitary Landfill is good, as in good for the environment of Dunmore and Throop or good for the citizens of Dunmore and Throop.
Yet, it’s a boon to the people who operate the landfill, the same people who have exerted their sphere of influence over the elected officials of Dunmore for decades. The grossly misnamed DEP cannot think for itself and has produced nothing of worth in these discussions, aside from pointing out financial gain — primarily benefiting that same small handful.
Of the council members who voted to grant yet another landfill wish, only one said more than one word that night, even if it was just window dressing. The other three simply added their singular utterance in their vote. There was no explanation, no reasoning, no comment to the assembled citizens, landowners and business persons of Dunmore.
When elected or appointed officials trade in their integrity, probity and transparency, we get hobbled governance. We get the Dunmore we now enjoy. These officials will move on, out of the spotlight, the self-painted targets on their backs will fade, but the choice they made for 14,000 fellow Dunmoreans remains. I cannot forget that.
FRANCIS X. KRANICK JR.
DUNMORE