"WOOLWICH COUNCIL SHOULD BE LISTENING TO ITS CITIZENS, NOT CENSORING THEM" - WORTHY OF A SECOND TIME

This past week has been another exciting time for Woolwich Township. That is not necessarily a good thing. So are Woolwich Councillors going to wake up in time to avoid yet another public relations disaster for themselves personally and for the Township? If the short history of this Council is any indication, I would say not. Well at least similar to our beloved and esteemed Todd Cowan, there will again be a higher turnout at the polls next election.

Councillor Merlihan has been trying very hard to find common ground with his Council colleagues. It kind of reminds me of the old joke about wanting to soar with the eagles while being surrounded by turkeys. Name calling aside each and every councillor have in their past made some good decisions. If they can't find it in themselves to do so again this coming Tuesday then they deserve every stone and arrow tossed their way.

Luisa D'Amato's Opinion piece deserves to be both quoted and linked again. She refers to Woolwich's "profoundly anti-democratic decision". She also references the horrible state of Canagagigue Creek with Dioxin and DDT concentrations "that far exceed any acceptable threshold for human exposure". This is why Council are attempting to censor citizen Delegations. They know that we are fed up with Chemtura and M.O.E. lying and denying while hiding behind our Council. If Woolwich Council refuse to do the right thing then get the hell out of the way for the citizens with the honesty and integrity who will.

Going to Council appointed sub-committees should be an option, not yet another obstacle in the way for citizens' concerns to be heard and dealt with by our elected Council.