FIRST: FOR MR. MANG TO CLASSIFY FORMOSA (REFERED TO AS THE PLANT FROM HERE ON) AS SLUM LORDS IS PERPOSTEROUS.

THE PLANT WAS SIMPLY DOING WHAT WAS BEST FOR BUSINESS AT THE TIME.

B: THE CITY OF PC BROUGHT THIS SITUATION ON THEMSELVES.  BACK IN "THE DAY" SOME FOLKS FROM PC WHO WHERE UNDERSTANDABLY TIRED OF GETTING PAINT JOBS RUINED AND HOUSES WEATHERED BY WHAT EVER THAT STUFF IS THAT BLOWS IN FROM ALCOA, DECIDED THAT THEY WOULD INCITE SOME OF THE OTHER TOWN FOLK INTO PARTICIPATING IN A CLASS ACTION  SUIT BECAUSE "THEY DIDN'T WANT TO LIVE NEXT TO THE DANGEROUS PLANT" OOOOOO.  LONG STORY SHORT THEY WON PC LOST.

III.  THE CITY HAS AND DOES BENIFIT SUBSTANTUALLY FROM THE PLANT ie.  WATER SUPPLY (ALTHOUGH THEY REGULARY PUT OUT FLIERS THAT SAY DON'T DRINK THE WATER) IT'S THE SAME WATER I DRINK AT WORK, FIRE TRUCKS, SCHOOL FUNDING, AND A PLETHORA OF OTHER AMMENITIES PROVIDED BY THE PLANT JUST LIKE ALCOA BACK IN THE DAY.

IN CONCLUSION HOW ABOUT LET'S LET PC TAKE IT'S NATURAL COURSE OF ATTRITION OR RESUSITATION WHICH EVER IT MAY BE BEINGS THEY BROUGHT IT ON THEMSELVES.  I MEAN LET'S FACE IT PC WILL NEVER BE A THRIVING MEGALOPOLICE AND THESE DAYS WHEN YOUR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR IS A CHEMICAL PLANT IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO CONVINCE ANYONE THAT THE HOUSE YOU WANT TO SELL THEM IS WORTH MORE THAN IT WAS BEFORE THE PLANT WAS THERE.  ALSO MOST OF THE HOUSES IN PC ARE 1000 SQUARE FEET OR LESS NOT NEARLY BIG ENOUGH OR EVEN DESIRABLE FOR MOST FAMILIES.  THE HOUSES IN PC WERE GREAT FOR WHAT THEY WERE BUILT FOR AND A GROWING COMMUNITY RAISED A LOT OF FAMILIES IN THEM BUT I THINK THEY MAY HAVE OUT LIVED THEIR PURPOSE AND IF YOU WANT TO REVITALIZE PC YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOMETHING WITH THEM.  MAYBE THEY COULD BE SOLD TO MOVE THEY'RE NOT REALLY TO BIG FOR THAT AND I THINK SOME OF THEM WOULD MAKE GREAT CABINS FOR THE DEER CAMP THEN MAYBE OTHER FOLKS WOULDN'T COMING IN AND BUILDING BIGGER HOUSES 14-1800 SQFT.

FURTHERMORE THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERALGREAT SUGGESTIONS BY OTHER BLOGGERS LIKE, "SELL THE PROPERTY AND STEPULATE THAT THE BUYER CAN'T SUE THE PLANT" WE ALL KNOW THAT THINGS LIKE THAT AREN'T WORTH THE PAPER THEY'RE WRITTEN ON.  IF YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT IT WHAT ON EARTH DOES A MULTIBILLION DOLLAR CORPORATION WANT WITH A BUNCH OF HOUSES, NEW, RUN DOWN, OR OTHERWISE, THEY HAVE BIGGER FISH TO FRY AND SPEAKING OF FRYING WHEN YOU BOIL IT ALL DOWN THEY WERE JUST DOING WHAT WAS GOOD FOR BUSINESS AT THE TIME AND I'M SURE THOUGHT THEY WERE EXTENDING AN OLIVE BRANCH TO THE CITY BUT, IF YOU GET BEAT WITH ENOUGH OLIVE BRANCHES PRETTY SOON YOU'LL LEARN NOT TO HAND THEM OUT.  CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT A PAIN IN THE REAR ALL OF THIS IS TO THE PLANT.  IT'S ONE OF THOSE NO WINNERS.  SORRY FPC BUT THAT'S WHAT YOU GET FOR TRYING TO BE THE NICE GUY IN THE LONG RUN IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN BETTER TO SPEND ALL THE MONEY YOU HAVE SPENT IN TAXES, UPKEEP, SALARIES, AND BENEFITS ON WINNING A LAWSUIT BACK IN 1996.