FIVE OUT OF SIX WOOLWICH COUNCILLORS PREFER KISSING CHEMTURA'S BUTT OVER MOST OTHERS

I'm torn. Was Woolwich Council's behaviour last Tuesday evening all about their love for Chemtura Canada and all things chemically polluted or was it due to their hatred of CPAC? A CPAC mind you not of radicals but of intellectuals with passion, energy and experience. Oh yes and something else rarely found in thirty years of Uniroyal/Chemtura/M.O.E. dealings, namely integrity. Also may I remind citizens that CPAC had the confidence of the prior Council which appointed these citizens, including myself, because they had expert, unbiased third party information that the current CPAC at the time were both in bed with Chemtura and the M.O.E.and were not critically examining their so called "cleanup" plans. Therefore both new, honest and intelligent citizens combined with integrity and experience from myself as well as the likes of Ron Campbell, David Marks and eventually Graham Chevreau was the ticket required for reform. It has worked to the shame and humiliation of Chemtura, their consultants and the Ontario Ministry of the Environment.

We also have Dr. Henry Regier and Richard Clausi on board. The Chemtura Public Advisory Committee (CPAC) is now the Citizens Public Advisory Committee (CPAC). I am proud and pleased to be on the first fully 100% citizens panel without co-opted citizens either on board or in charge. I am also pleased to be on a true citizens committee versus the mockeries of public consultation that Woolwich resdients have been subjected to by Woolwich Councils over the last thirty years.

Why are Council kissing Chemtura's butt? What's in it for the two most rabidly partisan Chemtura supporters on Council? The fact that they passed a Motion refusing to hear further Delegations dealing with Chemtura Canada in any manner is astonishing. Perhaps this posting should actually be titled " Woolwich Council Finally Publicly Admit to Being Under Chemtura's Control". Is Council merely weak and cowardly or do they derive some personal benefit from eliminating all informed criticism by local citizens? Is this all about Chemtura/M.O.E. recent plans to stall and delay for more years/decades overdue Dioxin & DDT cleanup of the downstream Canagagigue Creek?

I will give Council a small concession here. Yes they are petty, vindictive wannabe dictators. Yes they want to squelch informed, intelligent citizen opposition especially CPAC. That said I think their number one motivation is to help Chemtura sell their misinformation and lies to the public. Council members (five out of six), are selling out the public interest in favour of the interests of a private polluter.