CANDIDATES MEETING IN WINTERBOURNE LAST NIGHT

My hat is off to the organizers of last night's public meeting. My estimate is that at least 100 citizens were present to listen and ask questions of the three Mayoralty candidates and the three Ward 3 candidates. The two citizen groups organized to fight gravel pits in West Montrose and Conestogo heard what they wanted to hear from all candidates with the possible exception of Mayor Bill Strauss. I'm not voting for him myself yet still have to admire his directness.

Mayoralty candidate Todd Cowan was the first to bring up "the elephant in the room", namely Chemtura and their environmental impact on the Township, both past and present. Pat McLean surprised me with her comment that she "has no way of knowing whether Elmira will have clean water by 2028". This is the alleged time frame for the cleanup of the Elmira Aquifer and as Chair of CPAC, Pat McLean has encouraged concessions to Chemtura while endorsing their doomed "cleanup" plans.

Yours truly was able to clearly ask the following question of Pat McLean: " Three years ago plus, myself and the Chair of CPAC, Pat McLean, attended a groundbreaking meeting at the University of Waterloo with the preeminent world authorities on DNAPL, also known as dense chlorinated solvents. Will you please advise myself and the public why you have never brought the staggering results of this meeting to the public's attention ?" Pat was spared answering this question by the moderator despite calls from the audience for her to answer it.