Dec 6, 2008

There is a small group of dissenters who are opposed to the takeover of the water companies by PSWID. They do have the right to speak as we are still in the United States and have our First Amendment Rights of the Constitution. The unfortunate thing is that they have been telling untruths that seem to be right out of the mouth of Robert Hardcastle of Brooke Utilities. Whether they are receiving compensation for doing so is unproven at this time, maybe they are just confused or misled. Whatever, they have been very active in writing letters to the editors of the two Payson area newspapers and they are active in voicing their disapproval of most actions of the PSWID Board.

 I took this comment from the PSWID website so that you can read it without my editorial input:

"Additionally, a layman's analysis of the report has been prepared and posted to the  waterforpinestrawberry.com web site and questions have been subsequently posed to Economists.com by waterforpinestrawberry suggesting a number of errors and incorrect assumptions in the report.  Both the questions and responses by Economists.com were copied to the District's email address and are public information.  These questions and answers which address the suggestion of errors in the report can be downloaded for review and analysis by clicking here. "

 This was a very comprehensive answer to those errors and I commend Economist.com for the excellent job they did in handling this. I have no idea if the dissedents even bothered to read it, much less absorb or accept it.

I will take this opportunity to try to explain some of the other mistakes they are voicing. I just read two very similar 'Letters to the Editor' in the Payson Roundup by two people that no one seems to know. The first question is why are they stating lies for facts? Namely that the PSWID plans to remove water from Strawberry to Pine to support developers. The truth is; that is what the K2 project was all about. The K2 agreement was written so that Pine Water Co. got first use of the water from it and any extra could then be sold to Strawberry Water Co. BUI claimed there was no water in Pine so it had to be located in Strawberry and then he could sell it from one of his companies to the other while the consumers paid for it twice.

PSWID's plan is to provide water for all customers equally so no one will have shortages. BUI has for many years pumped water out of wells in Strawberry to send to Pine but the naysayers claim PSWID wants to do that. Then last year BUI implemented the water stages in Strawberry so that they could begin to limit Strawberry as they have done in Pine for several years. The "developers" in Pine spent their own money to drill a deep well and prove that water is available while BUI would not take that risk without the taxpayers doing a pre-drill bail-out.

And BUI already owned property right next to the Milk Ranch well site where they could have drilled a well without having to pump it over the mountain from Strawberry. It just wasn't the way to make big bucks; selling to yourself, buying from other higher cost water sources, disposing of existing storage tanks all make for bigger profits.

Twice this year the voters have plainly stated by a huge majority that we have to change the water system ownership and control. It needs to be locally operated so that we can see and speak directly to the people making decisions. We need to keep the profit dollars in our community, California has more than enough money, they don't need ours any longer.

 I met a friend in Walmart yesterday whom I hadn't visited with in sometime so we spent about 30 minutes hashing over recent issues.One of the things we talked about was the semi-truck accident that happened Wed afternoon south of the natural bridge on hwy 87.She was unlucky enough to have been on the way home from work and was delayed for over two hours. She said the highway was closed for about 4 hours and everyone visited and there were no flare ups or anger displayed. She shared with me the few details she knew of the incident and thought that it would appear in the Payson Roundup Friday. It did not, and I am not surprised as they seldom cover any news outside the town limits unless it is real sensational or one of the locals has an inside with a reporter.

Something else we discussed was the Congress members in Washington voting themselves a raise in light of the economic condition our country is in. What is with these idiots? Don’t they realize they are killing the goose that lays their golden eggs? She suggested we need to join hands and throw them all out and start over. Unfortunately, nothing seems to unite the American public to stand up and make changes. Apathy abounds, people are complacent and think that everything is going to be better in a few days/weeks/months/years. Take your pick. America has always rebounded, but America has never gone through what it is going through now. And I don’t mean the depression. What we have now is widespread apathy, welfare, government waste and political correctness, mass murder of babies and soon we’ll see euthanasia of the elderly. The only way you can get Americans attention is to hold a sports event like the Super Bowl. Even then, they can’t agree.

A correction to my blog was posted by John Bittner, I owe the Rounup an apology it seems.

I read their on-line edition not the paper edition. Payson Roundup Paper of Friday Jan 16, 2009, Top story on page 2A is about this accident.

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12-21-08

Experiencing arthritis

For 2 years in 1998-1999 I suffered extreme and increasing pain and numbness in my hands and forearms to the point of being unable to hold tools, utensils and other items for more than a couple minutes. I also developed a swollen right hand which turned out to be a different issue which I will discuss below. I could not sleep for more than an hour, and then I would have to get up, walk the floor shaking my arms and hands to get rid of the numbness and pain. Then I could sleep for another hour. While driving I would have to alternate my hands on the steering wheel as I would not be able to feel it after about 10 minutes. While eating, I would drop my fork because I could no longer feel it after about 5 minutes. Also, I would swing a hammer 4-5 times and then it would fly out of my hand because the feeling was gone.

All the while I was trying to continue my construction business to keep the $$ flowing. Fortunately my wife was employed at that time.

After going to my personal physician who diagnosed carpal tunnel syndrome who then referred me to various specialists, who all confirmed that my problem was in their specialty, (i.e. wrist surgeon said it was not CTS until he read the report from my Dr and then he wanted to perform surgery; Rheumatologist read the same Dr report and diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis.)

The hospital X-rays did show advanced arthritis in hands, wrists and elbows. I tried to get relief through various alternative medicines such as acupuncture, chiropractic and physical therapy. None of the above did any good and I refused to take Celebrex, or related, also refused surgery. I have a hard head about these things, have always felt that the patient should control his destiny, not just go along blindly with what the Dr.’s practice.

End result, I suffered alone, without any help. I refused to take even aspirin as I made a commitment years ago to keep all drugs possible out of my system, I have never used any illegal drugs, so why use the prescription type.

In Feb 2000, we made plans to go on an Alaska cruise on Sun cruise line. While talking to the travel agent in Payson, she asked why my right hand was so swollen. I replied that the Dr’s had said that it was edema related to my CTS. I then described my other symptoms and she told me I should call Jeannie who had helped her husband. She didn’t even give a last name but did give me the number and when I got home, I called Jeannie. This was on a Thursday; turns out she was working out of the Pine Medical Center doing a Biological Terrain Analysis on a computer program which determines the body ph balance.

She asked my blood type, (O+) told me to immediately quit eating white potatoes and wheat products and to bring her a recent blood report, and urine and saliva samples on the following Tuesday. I did so and she gave me a list of foods to avoid as well as a list of beneficial foods to modify my diet even while she anylized my samples.

She had the reports completed by the next Thursday and confirmed that my body was extremely acidic due to lifelong eating habits and choices. On the following Sunday morning, 10 days since I modified my diet, I awoke to realize that I had slept all night straight through and had neither pain nor numbness in my body.

I might add here that none of the medical practitioners did any studies of what my body ph was or anything related. I don't believe they have a clue what causes arthritis or how to deal with it aside from pain meds. When I asked the Rheumatologist about what the Celebrex would do to me, he shrugged his shoulders, said "It'll give you ulcers, but it'll relieve the pain in your hands." I said no thanks I'm dealing with enough already.

From that point on, I have had little discomfort from my arthritis as long as I mind my diet. Dairy products are the other big item that causes problems.

Believe me; it is not hard to stay on a regimen when you suffer if you digress.

Jeannie referred me to a book that I bought and recommend to those willing to study and learn about this. It is called "Eat Right for Your Blood Type" by Dr. Peter J. D'Adamo, published in 1996. It has food lists for all 4 blood types. You can buy it on Amazon.com for about $16.00 or may be able to locate it at the library. Amazon has other books by him about lists of food and beverages to go with the diet. 

The “edema” turned out to be a yeast infection caused by too much sugar consumption which was corrected by eating natural yogurt once a day. Yes, men can get yeast infections too, and it can be anywhere in the male or female body, even though it is most common in the urinary tract.

Incidentally, we went on the cruise, enjoyed it immensely and I felt fine and ate very well by eating most meals at the buffet where I could pick and choose.

I took the following statement from Dr Michael Jonas Kahn, PHD website: http://www.zphbalance.com/

Arthritis is NOT a disease, but simply a result of a body chemistry that has become either too acid or too alkaline. This state of health brought about by calcium deficiencies from a diet that is either unbalanced, deficient, toxic or all the above. And where a simple "mean" pH tape test (done correctly) can reveal a person's state of pH balance, and thus warn a person or help him with the changes to diet or supplements that would be best to bring him back to balance before suffering the long term consequences of a bad diet.

http://www.zphbalance.com/drmjk/healthtips.html

Hope this is beneficial to you.

Mike 

12-28-08