BIOGAS APPEAL FACING DIFFICULTIES

Yesterday's Elmira Independent is carrying the following story on their front page namely "Biogas appeal facing dismissal". It details events at last Tuesday's Preliminary Hearing. Essentially the Motion for Dismissal filed by BIO-EN was adjourned until today and was to be held in Toronto. The BFCC's lawyer who recently sufferred a back injury is undergoing physiotherapy and it was decided to hold the Motion hearing in Toronto to accomodate him. Regarding the proposed mediation apparently BIO-EN have made it clear that they will only participate in that if the M.O.E. approved location (Martin's Lane) is not up for discussion.

Something appears terribly wrong in this process. I say this based upon further events unfolding yesterday. Phone calls have been going back and forth between a BFCC member and their lawyer in Toronto, Mr. Gillespie. Decisions were made yesterday unilaterally that should have been made if not by the whole BFCC then at a minimum by the six signatories to the appeal. I have seen first hand the debilitating effects of one or two individuals in a group usurping authority from the group. Whatever the motivations and however positive the intent may be, this kind of behaviour always ends badly. I suggest to the whole Bio Fuel Citizens Committee and the six signatories to the appeal that you must IMMEDIATELY regain control of your own group.