Every day, rail cars loaded with human sewage sludge waste leave Staten Island, New York and other metropolitan loading points en route to Bishopville, S.C.
Why Bishopville? Because the Lee County town is home to a massive 150-foot tall landfill which receives all of this feces.
“The waste has been rotting and stinking in the sun for two weeks by the time it gets to the landfill,” one of the facilities’ operators stated during a recent court case.
Nice, huh? “It’s a great day in South Carolina …”
Anyway, Lee County residents are fed up with this site – and have apparently decided the revenue this location generates for them isn’t worth the stench.
Unfortunately for them, legislation is currently pending before the South Carolina Senate which would limit their ability to refuse such shipments. In fact the legislation – S. 203 – would enjoin municipalities from passing any ordinance which blocks the feces.
Translation?
The state is telling local governments to “eat sh*t.” Literally.
Who is championing this legislation? For the second year in a row it’s none other than former S.C. Lt. Governor (and Clemson University “lifetime” trustee) Bob Peeler – who has been making bank off of the waste industry for years now.
That’s where our story gets interesting …
One of the primary sponsors of this legislation in the S.C. Senate is “Majority” Leader Harvey Peeler (RINO-Cherokee) – who is Bob Peeler’s brother. In fact not only is Harvey Peeler a sponsor of the bill, his Medical Affairs Committee will determine whether the legislation makes its way to the floor of the S.C. Senate for a vote.
How cozy …
Look … we have no problem with the private sector taking the lead on the waste management issue. That’s entirely as it should be. In fact we support the right of private sector companies to build landfills wherever they want – so long as the people who are impacted by the facility don’t have their liberties trampled over in the process.
That’s our beef with this legislation. Stripping local governments of their right to object to these facilities – or at the very least limit the amount of toxic human waste they accept – strikes us as a crass usurpation of individual liberty and of home rule. Also, the fact the waste industry is using Bob Peeler’s family connection to shove this legislation through the Senate is downright shameful – and typical of the corruption we’ve come to expect from state government in South Carolina.
Supporters of this legislation claim they are merely responding to an Horry County ordinance which forces citizens and businesses there to use a county-owned landfill as opposed to private sector competitors. We agree that’s unfair – but two wrongs don’t make a right.
No South Carolinian (or South Carolina business) should ever be compelled to use a specific waste disposal provider – especially not a government one. But just as importantly, no South Carolina municipality should ever be forced to accept out-of-state feces against the will of its citizens.
S. 203
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So we’re in favor of the free market and private business, unless people feel the local business is “undesirable.” Got it.
So we’re in favor of the free market and private business, unless people feel the local business is “undesirable.” Got it.
Make up your mind. Do you want government to regulate landfills, or not?
You cannot complain about Horry County’s regulation and then encourage Lee County to regulate what can be dumped there.
Is it because Horry owns its landfill, while the one in Lee is private enterprise?
You’re on the right path. It pretty much depends on who is slipping Sic a few bucks to write the story. Much like landfills, Sic is paid per load of crap he drops.
Make up your mind. Do you want government to regulate landfills, or not?
You cannot complain about Horry County’s regulation and then encourage Lee County to regulate what can be dumped there.
Is it because Horry owns its landfill, while the one in Lee is private enterprise?
You’re on the right path. It pretty much depends on who is slipping Sic a few bucks to write the story. Much like landfills, Sic is paid per load of crap he drops.
Old news. The State, which you always claim steals stories from you, had this a month ago: http://www.thestate.com/2013/02/13/2632106/waste-corporations-win-victory.html# Nice sloppy seconds.
Did some googling (this bill matters to me) and found this anonymous letter on the old blog from that lady who used to write stuff here – it reveals the Peeler connection, also about a month ago: http://polistew.com/2013/02/15/letter-sc-waste-disposal-bill-raises-conflict-of-interest-environmental-issues/
lmao!
Sure- you just happened to find that write up, that “lady” is you Mrs. Tommy Flanagan.
Google “Harvey Peeler Waste Management” – it’s the first link that pops up. More to the point, I’m a man, so… nice try, “Jesus.” Anyway, it’s old news – a month old. My question is why did it take FITS so long to stumble on this?
Old news. The State, which you always claim steals stories from you, had this a month ago: http://www.thestate.com/2013/02/13/2632106/waste-corporations-win-victory.html# Nice sloppy seconds.
Did some googling (this bill matters to me) and found this anonymous letter on the old blog from that lady who used to write stuff here – it reveals the Peeler connection, also about a month ago: http://polistew.com/2013/02/15/letter-sc-waste-disposal-bill-raises-conflict-of-interest-environmental-issues/
lmao!
Sure- you just happened to find that write up, that “lady” is you Mrs. Tommy Flanagan.
Google “Harvey Peeler Waste Management” – it’s the first link that pops up. More to the point, I’m a man, so… nice try, “Jesus.” Anyway, it’s old news – a month old. My question is why did it take FITS so long to stumble on this?
folks should take their garabge to the congaree off bluff rd. No big govt, decomposes naturally
folks should take their garabge to the congaree off bluff rd. No big govt, decomposes naturally
You guys don’t get do you? Sic Willie couldn’t care less how much garbage is piled up in Lee County. As long as it is not Richland-Lexington it matters not to him. The whole reason for his article is to blast the Peelers.
You’re right, he sure couldn’t. So what do you think about the Peeler connection, CNSYD? I’ll admit to respecting your opinion.
I agree it does “look right” even if it is “legal”. The revolving door between government and industries that are either regulated or are big governmental suppliers continually spins. Laws were enacted to slow it down on the federal level but are weak with “exceptions”. High level officials of DOE at SRS have been hired by SRS contractors upon retirement from government service by use of these loop holes. BTW you also noticed, I’m sure, that Sic Willie couldn’t resist mentioning the trustee setup at Clemson. How that figures in is mystery apparently only known to Sic Willie.
You guys don’t get do you? Sic Willie couldn’t care less how much garbage is piled up in Lee County. As long as it is not Richland-Lexington it matters not to him. The whole reason for his article is to blast the Peelers.
You’re right, he sure couldn’t. So what do you think about the Peeler connection, CNSYD? I’ll admit to respecting your opinion.
I agree it does “look right” even if it is “legal”. The revolving door between government and industries that are either regulated or are big governmental suppliers continually spins. Laws were enacted to slow it down on the federal level but are weak with “exceptions”. High level officials of DOE at SRS have been hired by SRS contractors upon retirement from government service by use of these loop holes. BTW you also noticed, I’m sure, that Sic Willie couldn’t resist mentioning the trustee setup at Clemson. How that figures in is mystery apparently only known to Sic Willie.
Bob Peeler and Harvey Peeler are both human feces themselves.
Bob a known and admitted home wrecker, Harvey notorious skirt chaser is alleged the same.
My opinion both infamous for unbecoming activity and should hold no position of public trust.
Bob Peeler became known for being cught red handed, for numerous dirty tricks during his run for Governor and with his pants down in affair with campaign worker and next door neighbor Donna Gulledge. They make Richard Ecstrom/Kelly Payne and John Edwards/rielle Hunter look like choir children!
This bunch has brought enough crap to the State due to their presence. We do not need anymore of their kind or their kind of feces!
So based on your opinion of the Peelers, what is your opinion of Sanford in regard to “public trust”?
Peeler is also a close associate of the Lexington Ring illegal gambling group. He is especially close to the infamous Danny Frazier and Sheriff Metts two of the Rings leaders. They are next door neighbors and vacationing partners with their adulterous girls Donna and Cythia. All live in and taint our neighborhood.
I have no use for Sanford either. If a man’s family or womans family can’t trust them, who can?
All of these peope are scum!
You can’t polish a turd.
Obviously you defend them and are a family member, one of the Lex. Ring or adulterers in common. Birds of a feather crap under the same roost and we in Lexington have had enough!
Lexington Voter,
“Obviously you defend them and are a family member, one of the Lex. Ring or adulterers in common.” I defended them?? When? My point is that folk of the 1st District may elect Sanfraud who is just like the subjects of this article. So why is it OK for him but not them? BTW I don’t live anywhere near the “midlands” and never have.
Bob Peeler and Harvey Peeler are both human feces themselves.
Bob a known and admitted home wrecker, Harvey notorious skirt chaser is alleged the same.
My opinion both infamous for unbecoming activity and should hold no position of public trust.
Bob Peeler became known for being cught red handed, for numerous dirty tricks during his run for Governor and with his pants down in affair with campaign worker and next door neighbor Donna Gulledge. They make Richard Ecstrom/Kelly Payne and John Edwards/rielle Hunter look like choir children!
This bunch has brought enough crap to the State due to their presence. We do not need anymore of their kind or their kind of feces!
So based on your opinion of the Peelers, what is your opinion of Sanford in regard to “public trust”?
Peeler is also a close associate of the Lexington Ring illegal gambling group. He is especially close to the infamous Danny Frazier and Sheriff Metts two of the Rings leaders. They are next door neighbors and vacationing partners with their adulterous girls Donna and Cythia. All live in and taint our neighborhood.
I have no use for Sanford either. If a man’s family or womans family can’t trust them, who can?
All of these peope are scum!
You can’t polish a turd.
Obviously you defend them and are a family member, one of the Lex. Ring or adulterers in common. Birds of a feather crap under the same roost and we in Lexington have had enough!
Lexington Voter,
“Obviously you defend them and are a family member, one of the Lex. Ring or adulterers in common.” I defended them?? When? My point is that folk of the 1st District may elect Sanfraud who is just like the subjects of this article. So why is it OK for him but not them? BTW I don’t live anywhere near the “midlands” and never have.
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury………….
This article is submitted for your careful review and consideration in reviewing the informational FACTS that are disclosed to the citizens of our fine state. When it comes to public safety and security, it is imperative that taxpayers and concerned citizens get all the facts before being “swooned” with slick ads and promises of lower taxes. Just look at this article very closely and notice its timing right before the congressional elections in the 1st district. Mr. Wil Folks is not STUPID. He understands how to play both sides of an issue and get paid by both sides without revealing the real motive that this landfill issue has political leverage on. Jury members, when you read this article here from 2009 ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8290130.stm ) think very carefully about what has been allowed to happen across our fine state knowingly by the Peeler boys. Once you have all the lexis/nexis query that shows you all of the articles that have been published in our states fine newspapers concerning these many landfills…..we feel sure your blood will start to boil once you understand the energy implications and the foreign diesel consumed that support the Taliban and hinders our war effort. Jury Members….do you know that YOU should be paid for the energy in your TRASH…!? Jury members, we bring this class action lawsuit before our SC Supreme Court today to actually rub JEAN TOALS face in the very TRASH energy that is hi-jacked from the taxpayers. On top of that…..we offer this FITSNEWS article and this comment section as a source of proof that our state news sources are in fact complicit in the crimes against the un-informed electorate of our state. Who in their right mind would vote for a landfill if they knew before hand that the trash was in fact ENERGY that could be harnessed and sold back to SCE&G and Santee-Cooper to LOWER electric rates instead of railing in foreign COAL…!?!? We also offer this news article as proof that even a website such as this who has had concerned citizens such as myself offer blatant FACTS that they still refuse to acknowledge in their writings. Jury….just look at the history of the Waste Management landfill information concerning Cherokee County alone. Look at how the Peelers have benefited indirectly…!! Jury, what happens if you do not have a METHANE lollipop to offer to a corporation (BMW) in leveraging electricity negotiations and yearly rates..!? Jury members, what happens when statewide diesel FUEL consumption from trash pickup goes down by 40 percent..? How much less gas tax is collected..!? Jury, why would a politician NOT want to close landfills down if the technology is available…!?!? How would newspaper advertisers impact which articles would be run concerning this technology..!?
Also, jury members, why would Fitsnews run this article just a few days before MARK SANFORD may be elected to Congress. Do state records show the discussion and meeting on a fine Columbia afternoon that Mark and I had concerning our state landfills and the technology that was being used to protect ARAB SOIL better than our South Carolina SOIL..!?! Jury members, how fast could Mark or any Governor (or MAYOR RILEY and Mayor Goodwin) react to new technology that protects our children’s groundwater and the water that is sprinkled on many playgrounds in our state..!?
Jury, we ask that you find ALL our state elected and appointed officials in contempt of official duty and call for new state wide city, county, and state office elections. We ask that you fine all Waste contractors in contempt of TRUTH and guilty of mis-use of public trust. We are also seeking damages to the tune of FORTY MILLION (40,000,000) dollars for the pain and suffering of the Branton Family.
Jury members….it is time to send a clear message to every LANDFILL in our nation that it will be CLOSED. It is time to show our TROOPS that we are doing everything possible to harness our LOCAL energy instead of sending troops to DIE for foreign OIL and another countries resources. It is time to send a message to corporations that their days are numbered when it comes to being able to poach another nations resources or dump on another country with out DUE process of informative practices.
Jury members…….how far is your trash TRUCKED and where you told by any publisher in our state how much energy your trash was worth before you had it sent to a landfill in a poor community..!?!
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury………….
This article is submitted for your careful review and consideration in reviewing the informational FACTS that are disclosed to the citizens of our fine state. When it comes to public safety and security, it is imperative that taxpayers and concerned citizens get all the facts before being “swooned” with slick ads and promises of lower taxes. Just look at this article very closely and notice its timing right before the congressional elections in the 1st district. Mr. Wil Folks is not STUPID. He understands how to play both sides of an issue and get paid by both sides without revealing the real motive that this landfill issue has political leverage on. Jury members, when you read this article here from 2009 ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8290130.stm ) think very carefully about what has been allowed to happen across our fine state knowingly by the Peeler boys. Once you have all the lexis/nexis query that shows you all of the articles that have been published in our states fine newspapers concerning these many landfills…..we feel sure your blood will start to boil once you understand the energy implications and the foreign diesel consumed that support the Taliban and hinders our war effort. Jury Members….do you know that YOU should be paid for the energy in your TRASH…!? Jury members, we bring this class action lawsuit before our SC Supreme Court today to actually rub JEAN TOALS face in the very TRASH energy that is hi-jacked from the taxpayers. On top of that…..we offer this FITSNEWS article and this comment section as a source of proof that our state news sources are in fact complicit in the crimes against the un-informed electorate of our state. Who in their right mind would vote for a landfill if they knew before hand that the trash was in fact ENERGY that could be harnessed and sold back to SCE&G and Santee-Cooper to LOWER electric rates instead of railing in foreign COAL…!?!? We also offer this news article as proof that even a website such as this who has had concerned citizens such as myself offer blatant FACTS that they still refuse to acknowledge in their writings. Jury….just look at the history of the Waste Management landfill information concerning Cherokee County alone. Look at how the Peelers have benefited indirectly…!! Jury, what happens if you do not have a METHANE lollipop to offer to a corporation (BMW) in leveraging electricity negotiations and yearly rates..!? Jury members, what happens when statewide diesel FUEL consumption from trash pickup goes down by 40 percent..? How much less gas tax is collected..!? Jury, why would a politician NOT want to close landfills down if the technology is available…!?!? How would newspaper advertisers impact which articles would be run concerning this technology..!?
Also, jury members, why would Fitsnews run this article just a few days before MARK SANFORD may be elected to Congress. Do state records show the discussion and meeting on a fine Columbia afternoon that Mark and I had concerning our state landfills and the technology that was being used to protect ARAB SOIL better than our South Carolina SOIL..!?! Jury members, how fast could Mark or any Governor (or MAYOR RILEY and Mayor Goodwin) react to new technology that protects our children’s groundwater and the water that is sprinkled on many playgrounds in our state..!?
Jury, we ask that you find ALL our state elected and appointed officials in contempt of official duty and call for new state wide city, county, and state office elections. We ask that you fine all Waste contractors in contempt of TRUTH and guilty of mis-use of public trust. We are also seeking damages to the tune of FORTY MILLION (40,000,000) dollars for the pain and suffering of the Branton Family.
Jury members….it is time to send a clear message to every LANDFILL in our nation that it will be CLOSED. It is time to show our TROOPS that we are doing everything possible to harness our LOCAL energy instead of sending troops to DIE for foreign OIL and another countries resources. It is time to send a message to corporations that their days are numbered when it comes to being able to poach another nations resources or dump on another country with out DUE process of informative practices.
Jury members…….how far is your trash TRUCKED and where you told by any publisher in our state how much energy your trash was worth before you had it sent to a landfill in a poor community..!?!
Dear Teddy Turner……(yes YOU…)
When you get down on your knees and ask to kiss the hand of DARLA MOORE, do you know the question she is going to ask you that is in her eyes…!!! ?? (Wow…Mr Turner, how are you going to support our WAR Effort once your in Congress without raising taxes?)
Considering that YOU are an Economics teacher, we wonder when you meet MS. Candace Bessinger if you know what question SHE will want to ask YOU…!? (Ya know …Mr. Turner, How smart would “Wil Turner” be from the movie “Pirates of…..” if he figured up the fuel economics from our NATION’S TRASH Collection per year…?)
Teddy….you have spent a lot of money on ads……..do you know why they are failing to win you an election…!? IF you don’t………then call me.
Dear Teddy Turner……(yes YOU…)
When you get down on your knees and ask to kiss the hand of DARLA MOORE, do you know the question she is going to ask you that is in her eyes…!!! ?? (Wow…Mr Turner, how are you going to support our WAR Effort once your in Congress without raising taxes?)
Considering that YOU are an Economics teacher, we wonder when you meet MS. Candace Bessinger if you know what question SHE will want to ask YOU…!? (Ya know …Mr. Turner, How smart would “Wil Turner” be from the movie “Pirates of…..” if he figured up the fuel economics from our NATION’S TRASH Collection per year…?)
Teddy….you have spent a lot of money on ads……..do you know why they are failing to win you an election…!? IF you don’t………then call me.
Dear Harvey Peeler and Lin Bennett…………..
We feel certain that you have seen this Julia Roberts MOVIE…..( http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/12/erin-brockovichs-sinkhole-louisiana_n_2862979.html )
Well…..I may not look like Julia Roberts, but, I know how to view a landfill SINK hole and explain it to a JURY…..!!! How would you both feel being called before a JURY by me….!? What would Nancy Mace have to say about YOU…!?!
We wonder just how “visible” your election campaign “tactics” are….!? How visible are advertisers in the Post and Courier….!?!?
Dear Harvey Peeler and Lin Bennett…………..
We feel certain that you have seen this Julia Roberts MOVIE…..( http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/12/erin-brockovichs-sinkhole-louisiana_n_2862979.html )
Well…..I may not look like Julia Roberts, but, I know how to view a landfill SINK hole and explain it to a JURY…..!!! How would you both feel being called before a JURY by me….!? What would Nancy Mace have to say about YOU…!?!
We wonder just how “visible” your election campaign “tactics” are….!? How visible are advertisers in the Post and Courier….!?!?
WOW…….Peeler boys….it is too bad that Wil Folks has failed to link to this article in the Post and Courier concerning the Cherokee County rail easement..!? Harvey, when you read this article, how would Nelson Hardwick know what to do..?? http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20130313/PC05/130319727
What does Norfolk-Southern have in common with CSX and Horry County…??
WOW…….Peeler boys….it is too bad that Wil Folks has failed to link to this article in the Post and Courier concerning the Cherokee County rail easement..!? Harvey, when you read this article, how would Nelson Hardwick know what to do..?? http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20130313/PC05/130319727
What does Norfolk-Southern have in common with CSX and Horry County…??
I think it is interesting that Peeler and sludge appear together in the title.
Kinda gives sludge a poor image
Peeler brought his feces and corruption to Lexington years ago to run for Governor. He left the cesspool in Gaffney smelling worse for his residence there.
Lexington already had enough shit, corruption, moral and ethical discressions and lapses here before his arrival.
He fell right in with the Lexington Mafia, easy to do when you are already have the cheating, immoral tendencies of a snake.
Old Sheriff Metts, Dany boy Frazier, Donnie Myers and the rest of the Mafia boys accepted him and his whoreing with open arms. He gives Clemson University a bad name, seen currently with one and then another goldigging slut. Leopards never change their spots and he hasn’t.
His selling out the State to be the garbage dump of the Country for a few pieces of silver makes him none the less whore, than all of these women he’s seen with.
He does fit right in wit sludge, feces and garbage. He could be the poster child for the turd maggots gazette!
For some reason, sludge has been appearing in quite a few headlines over the past year or so, mainly in The State but also a few times here.
Is sludge somehow our official state refuse?
I think it is interesting that Peeler and sludge appear together in the title.
Kinda gives sludge a poor image
Peeler brought his feces and corruption to Lexington years ago to run for Governor. He left the cesspool in Gaffney smelling worse for his residence there.
Lexington already had enough shit, corruption, moral and ethical discressions and lapses here before his arrival.
He fell right in with the Lexington Mafia, easy to do when you are already have the cheating, immoral tendencies of a snake.
Old Sheriff Metts, Dany boy Frazier, Donnie Myers and the rest of the Mafia boys accepted him and his whoreing with open arms. He gives Clemson University a bad name, seen currently with one and then another goldigging slut. Leopards never change their spots and he hasn’t.
His selling out the State to be the garbage dump of the Country for a few pieces of silver makes him none the less whore, than all of these women he’s seen with.
He does fit right in wit sludge, feces and garbage. He could be the poster child for the turd maggots gazette!
For some reason, sludge has been appearing in quite a few headlines over the past year or so, mainly in The State but also a few times here.
Is sludge somehow our official state refuse?
Wonder if anyone living on the edge of the landfill thought about drilling a well, bottling the water and selling it to tourists who visit Myrtle Beach.
Obtaining licensure to bottle the water should not be problem since DHEC is already on record as saying the landfill poses no danger either to the environment or to the residents who live next to or near the landfill.
Perhaps the Bottler could have a contest to name this refreshing new drink from Lee County such as:
RimIce or Poopsie Delite or Revenge in a Bottle
Of course a prominent notice should be on each bottle advising the purchasers of this new refreshing drink that not only has DHEC certified and guaranteed the quality of the water but the South Carolina State Legislature has given it their Seal of Approval and at the urging of Senator Harvey Peeler, RimIce is the official bottled water of the Senate and the House.
“Old ‘Number 2’ Artesian Well Water”
“Escherichia Springs Effervescent”
Wonder if anyone living on the edge of the landfill thought about drilling a well, bottling the water and selling it to tourists who visit Myrtle Beach.
Obtaining licensure to bottle the water should not be problem since DHEC is already on record as saying the landfill poses no danger either to the environment or to the residents who live next to or near the landfill.
Perhaps the Bottler could have a contest to name this refreshing new drink from Lee County such as:
RimIce or Poopsie Delite or Revenge in a Bottle
Of course a prominent notice should be on each bottle advising the purchasers of this new refreshing drink that not only has DHEC certified and guaranteed the quality of the water but the South Carolina State Legislature has given it their Seal of Approval and at the urging of Senator Harvey Peeler, RimIce is the official bottled water of the Senate and the House.
“Old ‘Number 2’ Artesian Well Water”
“Escherichia Springs Effervescent”
I think Fits should know the Peelers very well, who they are and what they are. If memory serves me Will ran with them when in Gov. Sanfords office, attending strip clubs and chasing skirts together. Everyone around here knows and wonder how these wives and girl friends stay with them.
Harvey lost his bid for Senate President Pro-Tem to John Courson because so many Senators knew what a low life, vindictive, skirt chasing individual he and his brother are.
I think Fits should know the Peelers very well, who they are and what they are. If memory serves me Will ran with them when in Gov. Sanfords office, attending strip clubs and chasing skirts together. Everyone around here knows and wonder how these wives and girl friends stay with them.
Harvey lost his bid for Senate President Pro-Tem to John Courson because so many Senators knew what a low life, vindictive, skirt chasing individual he and his brother are.