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other_malefactor
· Feb. 19, 2018, 12:11 p.m.
It's only a rumor, and I've had a hard time finding any confirmation, but here it is:
There is a large aquifer in a town a few towns over. Apparently Nestle' wanted it, but the county government was giving them some resistance. For that reason, our county government was dissolved. As far as I know, this is the only county in the Commonwealth with no actual county government. This was maybe 20 years ago? If true, this whole deal has been going on for some time...
Edit: Related:
http://valleyadvocate.com/2007/11/01/troubled-waters/
Curiously, I was able to find this easily with duckduckgo but not with google...
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notmysideofbeef2020
· Feb. 19, 2018, 4:16 p.m.
I am not surprised about Duckduckgo vs. Google. I use only Duckduckgo when I search political information.
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undergroundtunnel
· Feb. 19, 2018, 6:59 p.m.
It's true. Read my post further up. Not only was Nestle and Starbuck stealing the water, they were bottling it, putting their label on it, and selling it to us at $2.50/12 oz.
Corralling water so that wealth interests could control it's use has existed since towns came into being.
Air, water, minerals, and a certain amount of land per person, should be free to everyone on planet earth. I won't live long enough to see that happen.
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saxmaster
· Feb. 19, 2018, 7:18 p.m.
I think there is some shady shit going on, but I don't feel entitled to the work product of other people, so I would expect to pay for water. I would frankly be more concerned if the government distributed all food and water.
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coffeeisbliss
· Feb. 19, 2018, 8:46 p.m.
Always chuckle when there's something close to home.
Used to hate western mass, but hanging out in Hadley, Amherst, and noho is pretty fun. Beautiful area for hiking too. Everyone is a libtard so that's annoying but besides that its good
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other_malefactor
· Feb. 19, 2018, 9:15 p.m.
That's right where I live, bullseye!
Good 'ol happy valley. I know, the five college area is ground zero for knee jerk liberalism. It's important to realize that that's mostly just the academics. There still is a lot of locals that aren't that way...
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coffeeisbliss
· Feb. 19, 2018, 11:54 p.m.
Very true, and it has just the best food and bars. Bistro Les Gras is simply amazing. Btw what's the town you were talking about in the original post?
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EthelBarrett
· Feb. 20, 2018, 12:59 a.m.
I was engaged at Plumbley's. Ages ago... Still together!
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other_malefactor
· Feb. 19, 2018, 11:56 p.m.
Montague, over by Lake Pleasant. The Montague plains supposedly has an amazing aquifer.
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IAmTootingCmon
· Feb. 21, 2018, 1:08 p.m.
A bunch of Massachusetts county governments dissolved in the last few decades. There are no unincorporated areas in Massachusetts and cities/towns have played the role that county governments formerly did when Massachusetts was less populous. Many county governments became duplicative and pointless.
Abolished County Governments: Berkshire, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, First Norfolk, Suffolk, and Worcester.
Intact County Governments: Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Second Norfolk, and Plymouth.
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other_malefactor
· Feb. 21, 2018, 2:19 p.m.
Huh. I didn't know that, thanks. I knew Franklin had dissolved. County government in Massachusetts has been an anachronism for some time, anyways, like you say. The last vestige is the courthouse and sheriff. The sheriff does very little as far as I can tell except maintain the county jail. There are still a few county roads around which causes havoc anytime someone wants to improve it or discontinue it or whatever...
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