I talked with him about the situation at a chance encounter last week.

 

I don't blame anyone closely affected(and we will all be affected) for pleading their case. I don't know anyone who would want a choke plant adjacent to their home or business.

 

Actually, there is no way the approved footprint fits on the property outlay with the legislated setbacks. A variance must be approved ny city planning commission to grant a very dicey waiver.

 

What are supposed to be 600 ft.setbacks must be waived to allow buildings and railroad tracks to within 100 ft. of the residential property lines. Should this waiver be granted after legislating such setbacks?

Of course not!

Will it be granted?

Probably unanimously!

Another clear cut reason why this should have never been approved through emergency legislation.

 

Armco/AK has been the saviour and leader of this community for as long as anyone alive can remember. We probably owe that entity a free shot here in all fairness. Still--the company which is currently very generous is moving away piece by piece, as part of a process that began with corporate moving to NJ long ago.

 

Frank Schiavone's first priority is to protect his family's interests, and hopefully a few neighbors will benefit from the ride.

 

Our Council had little choice.

When the big kahuna holds a gun to your head and says "dance", you dance.

 

Now let's get down to blasting the ridiculous street tax levy!

 

Look at DHL and Wilmington 6-8000 jobs out the window and DHL didn't bat an eye at the 40 year deal it had with the county and the state.  The state has $300 Million in bonds that it guaranteed for the DHL Airport in Wilmington and DHL invested another $295 Million.

 

Middletown needs to move away from relying on the steel industry for its bread and butter.  If it doesn't when AK goes, so goes Middletown, SunCoke or no SunCoke.

 

Well it certainly adds to long term supply problems here. We are seeing the way of the world is subcontracting to lower costs and increase volume units sold. With costs increasing as they are in the US, I'm surprised we make any steel or steel products here.

 

To answer your question, yes, if SunCoke leaves, so does AK eventually.

 

So Jonathan you are saying no Coke Plant and AK is going to fold?

 

Too much resistance could fail the deal.

 

Bye Bye AK too.

 

And Hornet where soes it say Schiavone has to take care of the rest of the people that live around the proposed site.  Are any of those other people complaintants on the suit?  have any of those other people put up any bucks for schiavone o represent them if he is in fact the Attorney of record.

 

I don't see where Schiavone has any legal duty or moral obligation to take care of theother folks.  Their beef is with AK, Sunk Coke and the City of Middletown so far.