- Where did I post or say anything that was not true?
- Why did you split the thread?
- Why did you remove the Photo of the letter received from Jiranek and put in a link instead? Oh, you have to be logged in to see the letter!!!
- Please post the letter that Jiranek sent PWNA for all to see. Is that a secret?
- Why do you make disparaging statements of Professional People like Beth Borrego and Allison Hester?
- Why do you band people then make false statements about them like John Tornabene and Jim Gamble? While a person is banned there should no comments about them.
- Why did you spend several weeks in the San Francisco Area calling on most of the AHJs and Jim Gamble customers and taking photos of Jim’s House and family?
- Why did you cause such a controversy with our Las Vegas Event? Behind the scenes I always supported yours.
- I have never called on any of your customers. Why are you doing what you complain about others doing? Then brag about it on the BBSs.
I suppose some of those were meant for me.
1) In addition to the lies pointed out by Scott, The biggest lie of all was the lie about not "shopping" the BMPs. All the rest of them are personal lies about individuals like myself which are immaterial to the industry as a whole.
2) Not applicable to me.
3) Not applicable to me.
4) No secret, the general consensus is that we are happy you posted it. It would have been posted by us anyway if it was determined that the PWNA was going to take no action on it. Thank you for posting it.
5) I will answer that. In my own personal opinion I have zero respect for Beth, either as a contractor or a person in general. This comes from 5 years of interaction with her. She feels the same about me and has expressed it both in words and in actions that include banning me from her board. It is mutual. I don't recall ever making disparaging remarks about Allison. She is loyal to her boss. I respect loyalty. I don't respect hiding facts or hearing vicious death threats and then blaming the victim of those threats as if anything that has been done deserves death threats. After that incident I lost all respect for Allison. It was like blaming a rape victim for wearing shorts. I have no respect for that kind of thinking. If that is disparaging so be it.
6) I have never banned anyone. I am however banned on two boards that John and Jim post on regularly regarding what they speculate my financial situation and the status of my business to be. Of course they don't use names because a coward never does. But they make it very clear they are talking about me.
7) I made a month and a half long trip last summer to the following cities:
Reno, NV,
Spokane, WA,
Seattle, WA,
Portland, OR
Eugene, OR
Eureka, CA
San Francisco, CA
Sacramento, CA
San Mateo, CA
Oakland, CA
Alameda, CA
Berkeley, CA
Fairfield, CA
Fremont, CA
San Jose, CA
Santa Cruz, CA
Monterrey, CA
Carmel, CA
Santa Maria, CA
Santa Barbara, CA
Santa Monica, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Anaheim, CA
San Bernardino, CA
Encinatas, CA
And San Diego, CA
As the co-chair of the Environmental Committee (at the time) for the UAMCC I took it upon myself to make that trip in an attempt to try to determine fact from fiction regarding the horror stories (lies) told by Jim Gamble regarding the atmosphere for contractors in the state of California and the Northwest. The only way to do that was to stop at as many places as I could and ask questions about their BMPs and what the level of enforcement and interpretation really was.
What I found out was that Jim had completely lied about the atmosphere in that state. What I found was a great bunch of regulators who are simply doing their job to the best of their ability with the information they have to work with. There was only one city out of the list where I found an antagonistic attitude and it was surprising since that city was one of the dirtiest.
I never suggested anything to them. I simply asked them what their BMP's were, where I could find them and if they had ever fined any contractors. Interestingly, in spite of Jim's unsubstantiated claims of "contractors being fined all over the place", not a single one of the regulators could recall a direct instance where a power washing company was fined doing normal cleaning and not hazardous waste clean up.
I came away from the trip with a new hope for our industry after the veil of lies was lifted and started working even closer with our own AHJ to spread the word that we are cleaners, not polluters.
I specifically avoided Jim's AHJ, Tim. I did, however, meet him later in the year, at a wastewater convention in Nevada. This was totally random. I had no idea who he was till I heard him being introduced before he spoke.
I had lunch with Carlos Gonzales while I was in Jim's region and I expressed the same sentiment to him and told him I specifically avoided Jim's AHJ and skipped on to the next town. I am sure Carlos will verify this.
Also, I have never seen Jim's family outside the time I helped him drive home from the 2009 Las Vegas event. He has two small kids, After 4 years I doubt I would recognize them if I saw them.
I would question you as to why you felt the need to drive by my house during the Las Vegas event. Didn't you realize I've got 8 security cameras up all over this property, three of which take in ALL street traffic?
8) I am unaware of any "controversy" I have caused regarding your event. You and Jim are the ones who promised an entire garage deck would be cleaned and didn't deliver. You and Jim are the ones who brought in a public official to speak at a private event under false pretenses. Any controversy about your event was brought on by your own entanglement in lies and deceit. I had nothing to do with any of the many and various fabricated problems that Jim tried to use as excuses for his event failure. The silence on the boards after a year of proclaiming it as the greatest event on the planet speaks volumes about the complete failure of it. Own it. It is yours.
9) I've never called a single customer of Jim's or John's. If you want to call the Nevada EPA one of your "customers" because you pitched them on hiring you to rewrite our BMP's then I guess I have to plead guilty to calling one of your "customers". In my defense, that "customer" of yours regulates the industry that feeds my family. I believe I had every right to contact them.
I hope I answered all your questions.
Now, please go back to the beginning of the thread and offer the same courtesy and answer the question posed to you.