Saturday, August 1, 2015

SANDY'S CARTOON, "ALARMING" LEVELS OF DDT, JUSTICE BROAD'S REASONS



Thank you Woolwich Observer and cartoonist Arnold. As a non artist and quasi writer I'm the first to appreciate that a picture, especially a humuorous one, is worth a thousand words. Yesterday's Observer has a cartoon showing Sandy replacing CPAC on a blackboard with RAC and TAG. The caption reads "Despite shuffling some chairs, Woolwich is no closer to a solution for ongoing issues identified at the Chemtura site." The second panel of the cartoon shows the Canagagigue Creek with a three legged heron, a two headed duck, dead fish and another fish walking on legs on the creekbank. The cartoonist has succinctly captured the inherent dishonesty and intellectual thinness of Sandy's dissolving of CPAC a month ago. She did it to appease Chemtura not to help the environment even remotely.

The Observer carry the following front page story titled "Elevated DDT levels found in Canagagigue". While the story is excellent due to Steve Kannon interviewing Graham Chevreau of CPAC nevertheless it continues a disturbing trend of the Observer being missing in action for major Woolwich events. They have not attended public CPAC meetings I would estimate in a decade including this last one on July 23/15 in which Graham presented his report and the MBN Environmental sampling results of creek sediments.

Finally while getting the link to put here for the Observer's DDT story I noticed that Steve has an on-line story also on last week's Superior Court decision by Justice D. Broad. Again Steve was sadly missing in action for that Application by Sandy for reinstatement. The K-W Record, CTV News and the Independent were all there in person.

Steve mentions that Justice Broad referred to Sandy's breach as "trivial". Apparently that "trivial" breach required 134 pages of Affidavits, Factums and case law from Sandy's lawyer to explain. Those 134 pages were filled with self serving horse manure and falsehoods. They falsely claimed good faith, inadvertence and honest mistakes. No mention of Sandy's 31 years of bookeeping experience she brags about. No mention of all the expenses she has even yet not admitted to in her to date TWO Financial Statements with a third on the way. No mention of her gamesmanship with "trial by ambush" at MECAC (Compliance Audit Committee). No mention of her gamesmanship in getting a short notice (four days) Application before Superior Court just like Mark Bauman. Remember I received that Notice formally on the Monday three days before the Court hearing. Even if I'd had a lawyer I could not possibly have filed and served all the parties with them then having four days notice as required.

Then the Judge does himself an amazing disservice by admitting he does not understand the March 23/15 barely legible date on Sandy's second Financial Statement. He claims that he doesn't understand its significance even though he thinks I'm speaking to Sandy's lack of good faith regarding knowingly filing a false Financial Statement. Wow maybe the Judge knows the law but he is an idiot regarding simple dates. Sandy put the March 23/15 date on the Financial Statement she sent to Tim Adams of MAC LLP because that's exactly when she sent it. She knew before the March 27/15 filing deadline that her financials were grossly in error. Sandy's lawyer had no meaningful response when Justice Broad invited him to rebut my argument regarding March 23/15 as I posted here a few days back.

The coverup continues and to date includes Woolwich Council, Clerk, MECAC and dare I even think Superior Court. Maybe the judge can use the incompetent defence of Sandy versus being tarred as part of a coverup. Apparently throwing an unpopular Mayor to the wolves for double expensing is O.K. whereas Sandy is "good" people. She represents what the powers to be view as a marketable commodity that can fool enough people with her appearance and usually soft words. Watch how quickly they abandon her when her election expense issues reach an unfavourable tipping point.

12 comments:

  1. And yet again, another conspirator added to the list against you. Who else is left to "be in on it"? Will there be a point where you will be able to let this go?

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    1. I'm sending this message tto the comment above. This is Obviously Sandy Shantz or the very person in Staff at the Township? For the record, we all praise Alan for not letting it go? If Sandy can get upto a podium and shame all in a Mecac meeting and made other comments during Scott Hahn's Mecac meeting, this blog is the only Truth for the public to rely on. Why is this Mayor going to great lengths to hide the water problems. Check with all departments. Do you know how many times the highschool (edss) was evacuated due to spills in the water. Have you ever watched Erin Brockovich? I suggest you do, but Elmira is exactly the same. A cover up being exposed. Sandy Shantz is spending tons of money on new committees cause CPAC was getting to close to the truth!

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  2. I highly doubt that the above message is Sandy - if she was weighing in on things, she'd likely have responded to the other blatant accusations thrown at her from this blog.

    I'm glad you used the movie Erin Brokovich as an example - it clearly demonstrates that you are aligning your thinking with a Hollywood movie.... Guess what? Elmira isn't Hollywood.

    You have proof of an accounting error (and a very minor one at that). You do not have any proof of a conspiracy - the whole conspiracy angle is something invented by the imagination of a bitter man with an axe to grind.... trying to be Erin Brokovich. I seriously can't believe she has not sued Alan yet. I would have - long ago.

    I read the story in the paper on DDT in the creek with great interest. Levels exceeding 20,000 in sediments are alarmingly high. That being said, they collected 12 samples and this was not found in all of them (or even more than one). This is not scientifically robust, and, does not conclude that Chemtura is the culprit. And if you think it is "proof", it shows just how little scientific training or experience that you really have. However, the results of the study DO warrant further study. Why not stop with the witch hunt and let the council spend their dollars on exploring this important issue rather than having to spend on court costs to defend the mayor agains your witch hunt? Give the Council a chance to LEAD and address this issue rather than ambushing them because you are not in control. Even the cartoon in the Observer was a joke saying that nothing has changed... really? How do they know that? Has there been evidence of failure yet? Have these new committees even MET yet?

    CPAC was not getting close to the "truth" of a cover up. I understand that Alan feels this way (and has for years), but if the others on the CPAC truly felt that way, then they are really a misguided bunch of people and I'm glad that the CPAC has been dissolved. Ridiculous.

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    1. For someone to be opposed to a committee such as CPAC of good hearted volunteers then can you explain how spending taxpayers money on a new chair(s) for two new committees and another for Breslau task force? Exactly! Spend spend spend and throw out the volunteers. Funny how Mark Bauman praised Cpac last spring an now his buddy Sandy is office, he becomes two faced. No nice at all as he spoke on public record.

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  3. Good morning John Q Public aka Susan. "An accounting error" ? Really? Think you'd better read the next posting (Mon. Aug. 3). I count ten and still counting. Regarding DDT in sediments, one sample is indeed "robust" Susan especially when one looks at the 2012, 2013 and still hidden to CPAC 2014 results. If CPAC and I have missed the "truth" of the Chemtura/M.O.E./ Region coverup please enlighten us.

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    2. "Whatever" is a word that only little boys and girls use... (and professional bloggers) how about fraud or incompetence...or maybe ignorance or negligence??? It does not matter who is at fault Council and or Chemtura Excuses Do Not Fix Anything!

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  4. Not Susan. Not anyone on Council or associated with the past or present CPAC. Just a member of the public who has been following this nonsense for years (hence the username).

    Ok, didn't know about 2012, 2013 (or 2014) reports (since I'm not associated with CPAC I would have no way of knowing this). Ok, if there are elevated DDT levels, and it is shown to be linked to Chemtura, then they are accountable and must remediate. Are they working on this? If so, how? Do you have evidence that they are denying it and/or not addressing it? If they are in the "process" of addressing it, then it is not a cover up. They are just delayed in what they should be doing and need to keep the process moving forward to get the job done properly.

    I just don't understand how this is a "cover up". Explain how there is a cover up here.

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  5. The M.O.E./Chemtura/CRA/Region /GRCA have all known since the M.O.E. 1997 Jaagumagi/Bedard Biological Assessment of the Canagagigue Creek . Chemtura did some on site cleanup in 2005 and then everybody pretended everything was fine. That pack of liars are all about study after study followed by more studies followed by the cheapest remediation possible . The game plan is long term dilution and long term erosion taking everything off site and downstream to the Grand River, K-W etc. and finally Lake Erie. That is political coverup and political corruption and Waterloo Region are among the best in the business at it.

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  7. Sorry, typo. Should have read "WOULD dissipate over time" not "WITH dissipate"

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