NDMA, LEAD, METHANE... ANYTHING ELSE IN OUR AIR OR WATER THAT WOOLWICH TOWNSHIP WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH US?

Progress on public transparency regarding methane from the former Bolender Park Landfill is painstakingly slow. A skeptic would think that this was intentional even though the Ontario Ombudsman has been on the job apparently for a very long time. I'm dealing with a Ronan O'Leary at the Ombudsman's office. Sort of that is. I sent him an e-mail back in early August asking for an update. He responded a month later and advised me that he is in discussions with Woolwich Township about their refusal to answer my fourty methane related questions and that he would get back to me when he has some substantive updates. That was two months ago and literally nothing. Really gives you confidence in our public institutions doesn't it when even the "regulators" appear to be stone walling?

A public update on the progress Woolwich Township is making in removing/replacing any lead pipes in Elmira as well as other communities in Woolwich Township would seem to me to be a good idea. It's not that I doubt Woolwich's priorities but sometimes it does appear that money for hiring more staff and or giving raises might be better used to replace toxic pipes among other priorities. Also today's Woolwich Observer (pg. 8) certainly takes Woolwich councillors to task for where they are spending our money.