Mayor Thompson: "We're not opening up our flood gates for you know some scumbag that comes from Perry County."

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Mayor Thompson ran off script during Wednesday's presser on trash and recycling within the city.

"Mayor Thompson: "We're not opening up our flood gates for you know some scumbag that comes from Perry County who got the money and pocketed it and comes here and wants to dump it for free."

Archive audio files: "That little swamp village."

September 21, 2000 Harrisburg Authority board member John Keller is a little upset with people trespassing on land surrounding the Dehart dam, Keller refers to residents living in the northern end of Dauphin County as "Dam Hillbillies" and "That little swamp village'

Recorded from Channel 20 WHBG

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