Oh boy but that quote is a tough one. Let me amend it somewhat as follows: "Once the contamination is in there, allowing the polluter to be in complete charge of the cleanup, guarantees you don't get it out." Today's K-W Record has an interesting pro water pipeline story by Terry Pender. Mr. Pender calls upon Susan Bryant and the Elmira situation to back up various supporters of a multi billion dollar water pipeline to be built from Lake Erie presumably all the way to Elmira!
Unfortunately Susan's memory continues to slip as there are some serious errors of date and fact in this story presumably supplied by Susan to the reporter, Terry Pender. Firstly Leander Martin's cows did not die from drinking in the Canagagigue Creek in 1989. Rather they died shortly after drinking from the Creek in 1965. Secondly the first deadline for the cleanup has not come and gone as stated with a second deadline of 2030. That is nonsense on both counts. The first deadline is 2028 and yes all parties agree it won't be met. Secondly there is no public 2030 deadline but in fact 2050 or 2060 has been suggested as perhaps the next time that we can allegedly see the cleanup of the Elmira Aquifers.
All in all it is good to remind people of the consequences of sloppy handling and disposal of toxic chemicals. Using that behaviour and more however as an excuse to build a multi billion dollar water pipeline to Lake Erie is disturbing. Clearly the decision has been made long ago and clearly many somebodies are going to become rich when there is literally billions of dollars of TAXPAYERS MONEY on the line.
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