America’s Nuclear waste has long been stored at the Yucca Mountain, Nevada repository. Now, a leaked document reveals that the DOE wants to move some of it, or lots of it, to willing states like Tennessee!
According to the document obtained by Politico, the White House is seeking legal changes to allow DOE to choose one or more sites “in willing states” to host so-called nuclear life-cycle innovation campuses for nuclear activities — including fuel production, recycling and disposition. Tennessee Governor Bill Lee as apparently already submitted some sort of proposal expressing interest in Tennessee being involved.
Information circulating on Capitol Hill seems to promote the acceptance of the nuke stuff as a jobs generator! Hmmm, sounds like the Starbucks $30 million scheme concocted by Bill Lee’s ECD commissioner Stuart McWhorter doesn’t it?
In exchange for bolstering nuclear fuel production and storing waste, the White House has indicated that compliant states could see a surge of new business, including nuclear power plants and energy-intensive data centers.
Are Tennesseans ready for our state to become a nuclear dumping ground so politicians can get some photo op ribbon cuttings? Follow the money and watch which lobbying firms in Tennessee start raking in cash to distribute to easily influenced legislators. Maybe it’s not Starbucks 2.0. Might actually resemble Voucher Scheme 2.0, but potentially more dangerous.
FOLLOW THE VOUCHER MONEY TO MUSLIM SCHOOLS.
The flood of pro-voucher millions into the campaigns across Tennessee, from Blackburn’s gubernatorial race to legislative battles seeing hundreds of thousands of dollars in mail from AFP, Club for Growth and Tennesseans for Student Success targeting candidates opposing the unbridled expansion of the scheme has raised questions about what these groups expect to get for their massive “investments”.
Another area of concern raised by those skeptical of the program that provides $7300 vouchers to students opting for private schools is how much of Tennessee taxpayer money is flowing, and will flow, into Islamist private schools that promise to teach Islam, grow Islam, and advocate Islam with those funds. The issue has been raised repeatedly by state and local leaders, but ignored in the rush to approve and expand the program before concerns can be properly addressed.
A report compiled from Tennessee Department of Education records indicates that as many as five Muslim schools, including Pleasant View in Memphis, are receiving voucher funding. Approximately three-quarters of a million dollars is being paid to these schools so far.
At a time when legitimate concerns are being raised concerning the rise of Islam in Tennessee and beyond, does it make sense for Tennessee tax dollars to be directed into growing, teaching and promoting Islam? More importantly, should legislators who voted for the scheme and who are seeking reelection while being supported by millions of dollars from pro-voucher groups be called upon to answer that question clearly and directly?
Steve Gill is editor and publisher of TriStar Daily.
