Local Resident ​& Whistleblower; Mike Wendel
Re: DEP CONTAMINATED AREA

    Upon first meeting Mike Wendel ,  you are likely to strike up a conversation with him,
​because of his friendly, polite, and enthusiastic demeanor.
    At first, you will find him to be very articulate, with a keen quick wit and a dry sense of humor, but soon you will notice his drive and determination, as he is not afraid to take on local, state, and federal officials,  and investigate taboo issues, that are near, and dear to his heart. 

Mike has been trying to uncover an old toxic plume coverup, but in the process, has stumbled upon two new, more recent NYS cover ups.
He also says, "He wants to save as many lives as possible,
​before the end of his."

From the Beginning

Early years: 1 thru 10
​Born; Fort lauderdale, Florida / two sisters / middle child / father died at nine (cancer) / mom tried to raise three kids, the best she could.
  10 thru 25 / After his dad's death, Mike spent his teenage summers working with his grandfather, Harry Quick, in New York who owned a paving business, that he would later partner with,  50/50
    Harry raised Mike with the proper old school work ethics and morals, and taught him a man's Word was his Bond / Sacred
25 thru 30
​   Mike bought out his grandfather's interest in the business, Incorporated "Wendel Asphalt" in 85, and in 1988, purchased an old abandoned Lime Rock Quarry suitable to subdivide.  The property came with four acres and an existing mobile home
30 thru 35
​His wife Maria and he would raise their 1st born Edward, in the trailer while Mike  made plans to build their future House
He designed the new house on the kitchen table, cleared the land, got the subdivision approved, and built some roads to reach the upper lot
  35 thru 45
 Steven was born, and it was time for a new house, to be built. Starting with clearing, to breaking ground, to the septic system, to pouring the foundation, to running electric lines,  to drywalling, to hanging doors,  to flooring, to building decks, to planting lawns, etc. it was going slowly, from scratch / no mortgage                 Mike and his paving crew. ​(from the ground up)

45 on
​In 1996, after a little more hard work at  "Wendel Asphalt Paving Corp."  
he bought 10 acres in Napanoch, got a DEC permit, and built a 2nd successful business called;  "Lurock Concrete Sand Mines LLC." 

  • In 2004, the kids left the nest for college
  • In 2005, Mike fell victim to a mystery nervous system disorder, dropping 60 lbs. in a month, sleep was non existent, and doctors could not explain the meltdown. 
  • In 2006, both businesses failed without anyone to run them, and those closest to him could only look on in disbelief, not knowing what to do, or how to stem the downward spiral.
  • In 2008, a ruptured appendix, left him living on antibiotics, while internal tubes placed inside, slowly drained away toxins from his body.  
  • In 2009, he underwent open heart / four-way by-pass surgery, and after laying in a hospital bed for ten days, contemplating Life and Death, he learned to Accept Death as a reality and vowed that he would live the rest of his life, without any regrets, as if he had nothing left to loose.
  • In 2010,  Mike Discovered a Different way of Thinking, and started living by a New Set of Rules.
​      In 2012, it was unfortunate that fate would throw him a curveball, and after 24 years the unbelievable would happen, and that his self built home would be destined, to be bulldozed flat.
     He realized he was in for a hell of a fight, and that nobody in their right mind, would stand up for him, or beside him, or would want any part of it, at all.

In 2010, he started living by a New Set of Rules, and Started LIVING, like he had nothing left to loose

After being forcebly landlocked for the fourth time with County barricades, I removed the barricades yet once again, and tried to explain the underlying situation, in the video.
The County had purposely landlocked my property, with willful malicious intent to make it worthless, so I would be forced to sell to the DEP.
Had the County come back again, I would have stood my ground, and they would have been shot.
Because the County had the Feds Blessing, I realized that the law No Longer applied to me, and that there would be nothing I could do to stop them, without having to use lethal force.

If you combine the NYS conscious avoidance, ​Stonewalling done at"Love Canal".  . . with 
The National Security Status that Nixon first used to shield the "Watergate Break In" from public scrutiny and FBI Authorities, 
It pales in comparison to
The Cracked "Aqueduct Water Tunnel" leaking 34,000,000 gal per day, beneath a 1940's Military toxic chlorinated plume with the NYC Filtration Avoidance Determination and "PCII"
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