In Loving Memory
Michael Charles Sullivan April 10, 1942 - May 17, 2015
Michael Charles Sullivan ended a brief battle with cancer on May 17th, 2015, in Boise. He was 73. He had spent most of his working life in journalism, employed with the Wood River Journal, Hailey, Idaho; Twin Falls T i mes -News, Ida ho; Gallup Independent, New Mexico; Aspen (Colo.) Da i ly News; Ga zet te Times, Cor vallis, Ore.; Ironwood (Mich.) Daily Globe: Marquette (Mich.)
CURBSIDE RECYCLING | FROM PAGE 14 curbside recycling, more emissions are created and social benefit is zero. So who stands to gain and who stands to lose, not just with curbside recycling but with most green schemes such as renewable energy? The profiteers include: 1. Big business interests such as CDM Smith. 2. Crony green corporate giants such as General Electric. 3. Politicians and EPA bureaucrats seeking to expand their power. 4. Public servants and their labor unions. 5. Ecoactivists supported by the crony billionaire’s club led by the likes of progressive statists Tom Steyer and George Soros. 6. The missionaries of the earth worshipper cult seeking to validate their religion…. Many special interests stand to OPINIONS
Mining Journal and Upper Peninsula (Mich.) Sunday times. Immediately prior to his transition, at Marquis Skilled Nursing, he had b e e n s u r r ou nd e d by friends and family. Su l l iva n wa s bor n in Chicago in 1942 and graduated from Nor th Park University there in 1966, with a bachelor of arts degree in English and a minor in psychology. He was the author of four books: In Search of a
gain from curbside however the losers, the pawns in this game, are the unwitting taxpayers (particularly those with low incomes), the economy and ironically even the environment. There’s an economic reason why so many communities have opted out of their curbside and any notion that the environment benefits more than it is harmed is scientifically proven to be erroneous. ***Finally, what I take issue with more than anything are the green activists on the Recycling Council and Sustainable Energy Board, who made it quite clear at district meetings as well as their formal monthly meetings that curbside recycling is just the beginning of their green makeover plans as stewards of the earth (with humans of secondary concern), thus opening
Perfect World: Fulfillment - It’s All About Power; House of Sun; and The Desert is Green. He sha red his love of literature with others through teaching creative writing at Cochise College, Sierra Vista, Ariz. In July of 2014, he w a s d i a g no s e d w it h prostate cancer, which meta sta sized into the skeletal system. He left Arizona to reconnect with his family in Idaho and to receive treatment for the illness. The family asks that donations be made in his name through GoFundMe. c o m . No s e r v i c e i s planned. Su r v ivor s i nclude his former wives: Lita Sullivan, Hailey, and Judith Trudeau, Janesville, Wis.; sons: Brett, Boise; Todd, Janesville; and Timothy, Greenfield, Mass; daughter Kerry, Bellevue, Idaho; brother Thomas, St. Louis; and four grandchildren. Su l l iva n enjoyed ex plorat ion, h ik i ng, sk i i ng, re sea rch i nt o a ncient civ i l i z a t ion s, mysteries and re-creating himself.
the door to even bigger projects. Those projects are of an anti-affordable energy nature such as anti-fracking in the county, apparently one of the next targets of the SGB – apparently using Hollywood as their primary source of data rather than the Dept of Energy, USGS or even the radical greens in the EPA who have been forced to give fracking their safety stamp of approval due to the inconvenient truths of science. Then the green crusade will move onward to pro-renewable energy which is erroneously labeled clean energy. They are the next overreaching schemes to scare away industry and chase off prospective businesses by sending our utility rates skyrocketing, as Europeans have learned the hard way from wind and solar unsustainability with their
To the editor: What I could not of would not see before, I see now. Alcohol will never be banned in our drunk city. I am all-one in publicly advocating for the banning of alcohol in McKinley County and the reservation. Zero incumbents or contenders, Indian or non-Indian are for the banning of alcohol. The overwhelming majority of voters and non-voters, Indian and non-Indian are for keeping alcohol legal. Bring on the money and to hell with death and destruction. I finally throw in the towel. I am beaten. In 1980, at age 45, after 32 years of drinking, I finally quit cold. Too late. Alcohol cost me my first wife and my children. In my guilt and desire to keep others from suffering from what I still suffer from, I lost sight of the fact that they would not listen to me.
I have been told in 3 letters to the editor to mind my own business, that I am a dry drunk and that collateral damage is part of the territory. The officials and the alcohol dealers never once responded to my attempts to get alcohol banned in drunk city and the reservation. They knew, what I didn’t know: that I was doomed to failure. I will never again advocate for the banning of alcohol in drunk city or the reservation. Drinkers: help yourselves by quitting drinking now. The hypocrite people that we blindly continue to elect will not help you by banning alcohol in drunk city or the “dry” reservation. You are on your own. Louis Maldonado (505) 905-5939 Gallup
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MADAME G IS TAKING THE WEEK OFF IN OBSERVANCE OF MEMORIAL DAY. SEE YOU BACK HERE NEXT WEEK. devastating epidemic of fuel poverty, while at the same time wreaking havoc on China’s humanity and ecosystems. In conclusion, separation of church and state is a big deal for some, however I am more concerned about the separation of good empirical science from junk science, political special interests and bad religion now recognized as the secular faith of ‘sustainability’. Despite early good intentions green activism has evolved into a religion of bullies, hogging the pulpit in a one sided debate and dismissing opposition as heretics - deniers! I am in favor of opening a diverse dialogue regarding green schemes and starting a diverse conversation beyond the current political correctness of the Gallup Establishment. I hope the City Council
and management will make informed decisions about green projects based on science and intellect rather than emotional reactions of a politically correct nature. I will be providing the SGB with copies of my analysis as well. You have now been forewarned of the risks and unintended consequences of not only curbside recycling but of the many pie-in-the-sky schemes which lie ahead as Gallup and McKinley County stumble thru the green gauntlet. Ignorance will not be an excuse for failure. As I have made quite clear in the past, with my considerable knowledge of navigation thru the environmentalist miasma I will always be available as a resource. My door is always open. Joe Schaller
Gallup Sun • Friday May 22, 2015
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