Now more than 5,000 gallons of
gasoline and diesel fuel have been delivered to the Hollenback Golf Course in
the past three years, but a city official acknowledged it cannot precisely
document how the fuel was used.
The
City’s Mouthpiece Drew Mc-Laugh-Lin made the following statements:
City officials are confident there’s
been no improper use of gasoline at Hollenback, in part, because of the how the
gas tank operates and its physical location.
- Isn’t that always the case Drew?
There
is no tank to hold diesel fuel, which is kept in 55-gallon drums stored in one
of the course’s buildings.
- Is it even legal to store diesel fuel indoors?
Mc-Laugh-Lin
acknowledged there’s nothing to stop a person from filling up portable
containers for unauthorized use. But there are several check-and-balance
systems in place to guard against that, he said.
- What are those checks-and-balances you speak of Drew?
The gas
tank is located in an area that is visible to the public. It’s also in the view
of surveillance cameras
- Wake Up Drew those cameras are worthless, they either don’t work or they didn’t record. At least that’s what you’re Right to Know officer keeps telling me.
“Given
the size of the tank and its intended purpose, it’s in clear view in the middle
of a neighborhood, abuse at Hollenback is a very minimal chance,” Mc-Laugh-Lin
said.
And
although usage has not been strictly monitored, the city does keep tabs on fuel
deliveries to ensure they are consistent. If there were an unusual spike that
would he investigated.
- OK so now we know there are no checks-and-balances!
“We
would know if someone was abusing the pumps if we got frequent deliveries that
were out of the norm,” he said.
- Come on Drew you didn’t even know gas was missing from DPW until the TL told you, or did you?
Wake Up
Wilkes Barre
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