THE WOOLWICH MONDAY MASSACRE

Councillor Mark Bauman has geography on his side. He alone survived the massacre (by all of 175 votes ) against a challenger with zero political experience. Geography saved your bacon Mark. St. Jacobs does not have a proposed Biogas plant nor proposed gravel pits beside residential areas nor finally a chemical plant of the ilk of Chemtura. But for that it would have been a clean sweep. Here in Woolwich township we are still small enough that three environmental issues pissed off enough of us that we threw out the apologists who have been defending developers and polluters literally for decades. THANK YOU CHEMTURA. My former friend and colleague Susan Bryant said it well years ago. Uniroyal (Chemtura) are their own worst enemy. Every time their public relations takes a step forward they screw up publicly and take two steps backwards. CPAC with the backing of Woolwich Council have led the charge for years to give environmental concessions to Chemtura. In exchange Chemtura have had fires, explosions and fugitive air emissions. Woolwich citizens due to the Biogas plant, the proposed gravel pits and Chemtura's timely reminder have said ENOUGH! Todd Cowan and the new Council have some hard work to do but we the citizens are on your side.