ELMIRA PET PRODUCTS CONTINUE TO STINK OUT THE PLACE

So let me get this straight. Sandy Shantz representing Woolwich Township and the Ontario Ministry of Environment are involved in the apparently God awful odours coming from the former Heintz and former Martin Pet Food Plant here in Elmira. Now keep in mind that "God awful odours" are both my words, not local residents words as far as I know, and that odours are somewhat subjective. In other words maybe there are people out there who either have lost their sense of smell or even possibly enjoy the odour of pet food production. Others not so much.

You know based upon the local history of enforcement, moral and legal suasion, I bet that Elmira Pet Products are absolutely shaking in their boots knowing that Sandy and the MOE (MECP) are on the job. I'll bet that Bryan Cook and Mark Adams of Elmira Pet Products are terrified that either our municipal, regional or provincial governments are poised, ready, and willing to swoop down on them and politely demand, request, beg, and pray for forgiveness for bothering and interrupting them.

Seriously why should the company be even remotely concerned about food odours when their neighbour Uniroyal Chemical liberally sprayed Elmira residents for decades with toxic solvents and worse? It was finally a civil lawsuit from four Duke St. families (Machens, Posts, Fulchers and Chalmers) in the early 2000s that put an end to the ongoing toxic emissions.

This Sandy is the direct result of all levels of government being securely in bed with local business interests. The laws of the land simply are not enforced when there are employment and money interests involved. Talk till you are blue in the face and the company are likely to say the right things about what they are in the process of doing. The problem is the number of years that this company Martin, Heintz or Elmira Pet Products have not been good corporate neighbours with residents on George, High, Charles St. and more.