And the article in my jewspaper is also ANOTHER SLOW SATURDAY SPECIAL!!
What a COINCIDENCE, huh?
"Water fight in Plymouth; Coalition protests movie studio's sewage plan" by Robert Knox, Globe Correspondent | March 14, 2009
PLYMOUTH - An environmental group says developers of a massive movie studio are trumpeting the project's "green" features while at the same time proposing a waste-water treatment plan that would pollute a sensitive watershed.
What, HOLLYWOOD a bunch of HYPOCRITES?
Of course, it's okay to be "flushing . . . millions of dollars away supporting a highly profitable industry" when it comes to $300 million in taxpayer dollars for Hollywood, and PAYING FOR the CORPORATE TV COMMERCIALS is okay.
Need one final insult, Mass. taxpayers?
"Town officials... are trying to decide how much of a property tax break to offer and how they can secure state funding for infrastructure improvements.... although it could take several years for the studio to realize its potential"
Also see: Hollywood, Massachusetts
Hollywood (East) Disses Veterans
More Mass. $$$ to Movie Makers
That's not it:
"The state's environmental chief has cleared the way for a proposed movie studio in Plymouth to move to the design and permitting phase. Environmental Affairs Secretary Ian Bowles granted Plymouth Rock Studios a final waiver yesterday to build an access road and related infrastructure (AP)."
Yup, STATE SIGNED OFF on the SHITTER HIGHWAY for HOLLYWOOD!!! And WHO do you think is going to PAY to TREAT THEIR SHIT, huh, TAXPAYERS? You are LITERALLY EATING HOLLYWOOD'S SHIT, Bay-Staters!
Plymouth Rock Studios has filed plans for a $422 million film and digital studio complex on 240 acres. Studio backers estimate the project will bring 1,500 permanent jobs and generate business growth for Plymouth.
Yeah, promises, promises! Whatever it is, WE are LOSING MONEY on the "deal!"
But while the company describes its plan "as the world's first green studio," a local environmental group, the Eel River Watershed Association, says Plymouth Rock Studios will improperly discharge 60 million gallons of sewage a year.
For once I'm with the enviros!
According to plans filed with the state for a required environmental review, the studio wants to pipe 166,000 gallons of sewage a day 4.5 miles to the town waste-water treatment plant. The route of the pipe has not been determined. But the watershed association, a 100-household group, contends the treatment plant already discharges too many nutrients into the 10,000-acre Eel River watershed, resulting in weed growth that kills fish and endangers 31 rare species.
"These are not ideas that make for an environmentally good project," said Mettie Whipple, the association's president. The association wants the studio to treat waste water on site.
Oh, but that would STINK UP the SET and we can't have that, huh? Better YOUR COMMUNITY PAYS to SMELL LIKE HOLLYWOOD SHIT!!!!!!!
But Bill Wynne, chief executive of Plymouth Rock Real Estate Investments, a company created to own the site, said it took a "holistic" approach to waste-water treatment in the Eel River watershed. By piping sewage to the town treatment plant, he said, it will be treated "more efficiently" than on studio property.
Yeah, because TAXPAYERS will be PICKING UP the COST!!
GO BACK to CALIFORNIA, you scum-sucking shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WE DON'T WANT YOU HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Our technicians believe that our project is going to improve the situation with the Eel River if you look at the larger context," Wynne said.
How is DUMPING MORE SHIT in OUR WATER help, Hollywood jackass?
The association opposed the location of the town's waste-water treatment plant within the watershed and has appealed its state-granted permits. The appeals are in litigation. Results of an ongoing water-monitoring study conducted since the plant opened in 2002 show nutrient levels in the Eel River have risen, along with algae and aquatic plants, the association said.
The studio's plan involves extending a pipe from the plant to connect not only the studio complex, but two secondary schools, a golf course and recreation facility, and some private homes, all of which now rely on septic systems. The changes would mean a net gain for the environment because septic systems release "more concentrated nitrogen" into ground water than treatment plants do, Wynne said.
Are you AS OFFENDED as I AM, readers?
What ARROGANT ASSHOLES (pun intended)!!!
The studio also plans to run a separate line to use treated waste water from the plant for its landscaping. In addition, it will donate $15,000 to the ongoing Eel River nitrogen study.
State officials disputed the claim that increased nutrients from the waste-water treatment plant have degraded the Eel River. Alan Slater, chief of the state Department of Environmental Protection's ground-water program, said Thursday that a study of the watershed showed restricting discharge of phosphorous was the key factor in preserving water quality. Slater said monitoring wells near the plant have shown the plant is not adding phosphorous to the river.
Yeah, the STATE TAKES THEIR SIDE, not YOURS, Bay-Stater!!!! But they are WORKING for YOU!!
I guess that's why they are SUBSIDIZING HOLLYWOOD with YOUR TAX DOLLARS, huh?
"Americans flock to movies, seeking silver-screen lining; Box office sales surge in midst of recession" by Michael Cieply and Brooks Barnes, New York Times | March 1, 2009
LOS ANGELES - Hollywood could get used to this recession thing.
While much of the economy is teetering between bust and bailout, the movie industry has been startled by a box-office surge that has little precedent in the modern era. Suddenly it seems as if everyone is going to the movies, with ticket sales this year up 17.5 percent, to $1.7 billion, according to Media by Numbers, a box-office tracking company.
And yet they are getting TAX BREAKS and TAX GIVEAWAYS from my state.
See: Making Movies in Massachusetts
And it is not just because ticket prices are higher. Attendance has also jumped, by nearly 16 percent. If that pace continues through the year, it would amount to the biggest box-office surge in at least two decades.... --more--"
Yeah, they REALLY NEED the $$$$, huh?
I haven't been to the movies in two years. The last good movie I saw was Sicko, and considering the dissing my favorite film took (probably because he's not Jewish), I will never pay for a ticket to a movie ever again, especially after this Hollywood assault on my state and my senses.
But environmental protection spokesman Joe Ferson said the town still needs to file its own impact statement on whether the treatment plant can handle the increased load before the state makes a decision. Studio officials said they expect state environmental approval of their plans within 60 to 90 days. They hope to start building the complex in May or June and open it sometime next year.
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