The first date was a Letter To The Editor which I believe was in the Woolwich Observer in which Dr. Dan Holt thanked Patrick Merlihan and Steve Kannon of the Observer for their hard work reporting on the environment. Dr. Holt also thanked Paige Desmond and Luisa D'Amato of the K-W Record for their reporting efforts as well. Dr. Holt then took a sideways swipe at then Councillor Murray Martin for his lumping Dr. Holt in with "those people" who apparently are environmental activists. Wow. This was the same councillor who a few years later took a biblical run if you will at the idea of a rainbow crosswalk in Elmira. Frankly if the councillor had stuck to the budgetary/financial reasons not to spend the money he'd likely have had more support.
The second date was a Record article titled "Town pushes feds on creek water. TAG Chair Dr. Richard Jackson was unhappy with the federal governments hands off policy in Elmira. Dr. Jackson also made it clear that neither the Ontario Ministry of Environment nor Health Canada were doing their jobs. Woolwich mayor Sandy Shantz also chimed in that a small municipality should not have to tackle the problem all on their own. Dr. Jackson then pointed out the hypocrisy of Canada sending aid and support to Vietnam while refusing to lift their fingers to help Elmira/Woolwich with their battles against Agent Orange and dioxins.
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