WORKING FOR ORGANIZED CRIME

 

There's an old joke about a young boy telling his father that when he grows up he wants to work in organized crime. His father pauses then asks: "Government or private?" In my opinion it's not that the system per se is totally past redemption it's that just like private industry it's not necessarily the cream that rises to the top. Too often its' the yes men, the loyalists, the cronys and the good old boys who rise . Those already at the top will talk about the intangibles, the willingness to follow all orders no matter how bizarre, the blind loyalty to either the company or the face of the company. 

There is also an old joke about the head of the company talking to an upcoming executive regarding promotion possibilities.  "We need a man of vision, a man of action, a man capable of surreptitiously disposing of 2,000 barrels of alleged toxic waste."  

In other words loyalty first, second and third with knowledge and experience coming in a strong fourth and fifth. That is the route to the top in both private industry and in government. 

Our local legal system has impressed me twice within the last few days. Could it be an advanced right wing conspiracy solely for he purpose of undermining my opinions and positions? Not likely in this dimension or on this particular planet. I have recently spoken here about the corruption within our local Justice System with a focus on that idiot Justice Craig Parry versus any idiot who is a doctor and their name ryhmes with Cola . Notice just like the K-W Record who now have unnamed reporters (i.e. "Record Staff) writing about this case since the obviously guilty or innocent accused (you choose) was recently acquitted of all criminal charges thus opening the door to civil lawsuits for Libel against any folks who might have prejudged his guilt and  directly or indirectly said so. Well I too am covering my (m)ass by now referring to him as Cola not @*ola. 

Back to my point. I puke at that "decision" by Justice Parry and I applaud the homeless people at the tent encampment at Weber and Victoria St. and Judge Gibson who has given them literally a small, tiny place to hang their hats. Obviously a community of this size can and should do better for our homeless who through layoffs, firings, mental health issues, drug addictions, ridiculous housing costs and so much more are trying to live without even the bare minimum of a roof overhead to keep off the rain and snow.  It behooves me to again say that corruption may be the norm but there are still many within the system who try and who care. 

AN IMPROVED APPEALS COMMITTEE-HOO BOY MAYOR SALONEN & THE REGION REALLY DON'T RESPECT WILMOT CITIZENS

 

Well this time I have to disagree with Record reporter Luisa D'Amato. She feels that Waterloo Region are stepping up by rearranging their water interference Appeals Committee to at a minimum give the appearance of fairness and transparency. Well yes likely the Region are willing to go that far: i.e. give the appearance of fairness and transparency. I'd almost be willing to bet my last dollar that Mayor Salonen and her regional colleagues are laughing their heads off right now. They have just bought more time and lots more water from Wilmot all for the price of ...a promise. Has the Region ever reneged on a promise, verbal or written, to Wilmot before? Not only have they but just last month they voted to rescind the 1980 agreement limiting water taking from Wilmot AFTER having been taking that water surreptitiously for the last nine years. And guess what: Do you think Wilmot council are so stupid that they didn't know that their water was being pumped steadily from beneath their feet by the Region? Of course they did but politics is all about getting your way while lying to the majority of citizens and bribing those in the know to stay on side with you.

Good will? Good faith? Give me a break. Just look at the past water interference appeals committee.  It was unilaterally appointed by regional council. Complainants had a grossly inadequate maximum $4,000 ceiling on a claim for a new (deeper) well AND they had to sign a release of future claims against the Region if their wells ran dry again.  Furthermore all aspects of the appeal and investigation were handled by regional staff. As Samantha Lernout of Citizens for Safe Ground Water stated that was not an impartial process it was a structural conflict of interest. And guess what? IT WAS DONE SO INTENTIONALLY by professional liars and manipulators called politicians.  

HOW MANY MORE JUSTICE CRAIG PARRY'S ARE THERE?

 

Is he the last one left or are most of our judges as stupid as he is? Other than taking the word of self-serving, well paid sycophants is there some fool proof way to judge our judges? Maybe put them on trial for a change and see how they like it.

We now have two candidates running for mayor in Woolwich Township. At fist blush I believe that either one of them will be an improvement over whom we've had for the last twelve years although that bar is set quite low. It is also possible that as life is rarely all black or all white (no racial slurs/undertones intended here) that Ms. Shantz may actually have some attributes and behaviours that have actually been in the public interest. Time usually tells.

Here is another thought concerning Justice Craig Parry. Maybe he's not an out of touch, old phart, sexist, self-serving member of the court. His attitudes towards 49 women (48 complainants, 1 Neurologist) might not be one hundred years or more out of date as it certainly appears. What if he simply is stupid, thoughtless and lazy? Just as bad what if he's senile or actually suffering from past mini strokes or some other brain injury? As a senior myself I do not wish that upon anyone but unfortunately it does happen and maybe Judges' vaunted independence is what is keeping him behind the bench ruining people's lives. Equally bad is there any possibility that he has been blackmailed or extorted somehow? Seriously I think a formal investigation to ascertain whether or not he's been a victim of criminal activity or pressure is called for. Again I would hope not but his behaviour appears bizarre.

Further issues abound. Anyone remember Tumblur Ridge in British Columbia? Anyone remember the weird circumstances surrounding the shooter's home life and diagnosed mental health struggles? She/he did not have a valid firearms license yet clearly had access to firearms as the authorities had returned them to the home and presumably to the registered owner. The shooter killed themselves afterwards which is a common occurrence in mass shootings. Right now our federal government continue to sell the myth that registered and licensed firearms owners are a threat to Canadian citizens. Could it be that the bigger threat is the government's own failures and refusal to enforce their own safety and firearms laws  especially those dealing with violent criminals and or mentally unstable individuals both of which must not have access to firearms ? 

OUR LOCAL (Waterloo Region) JUSTICE SYSTEM IS CORRUPT

 

This by definition could be merely  "riddled with errors "which in and of itself frankly is disgusting.  A little passing shot to our previous long term Regional Chair, Ken Seiling. This has occurred on your watch, you pissant. Got that out of my system albeit while I know that the Region of Waterloo for example have major responsibilities with local policing (WRPS) and all their failures towards their female officers a lot of that blame should lie with female regional councillors who've kept their heads down and let their gender counterparts in uniform get treated shabbily. Another passing shot is to our (thank God) departing and currently lame duck Woolwich mayor Sandy Shantz who's been a regional councillor for the last twelve years and probably felt that her political career would not be advanced by supporting and assisting female police officers. Oh and by the way while I've never made a big deal out of it but that same *#%*$ was my Trustee back in 1996 and she didn't lift a finger to help this parent constituent or others when the WRDSB  was protecting bad teachers such as Ron Archer (convicted pedophile).

I do not know all the connections between our Justice System and regional government. I do know that the Region have responsibilities in regards to providing facilities and infrastructure for our various courts. Furthermore I believe that certain prosecuters may be federal  prosecuters and others provincial prosecuters. Whether they are actually paid by the feds or the province versus the Region I am not certain. I do know for a fact that judges are appointed by goddamn politicians and that alone should scare most honest citizens. Nothing like stacking the deck in favour of the already entitled .

Today's K-W Record advises us that the Crown are filing an appeal in the Dr. Sloka case.  Corrupt or not the Crown and the entire system know when a stupid Judge has gone way too far. It's called putting the administration of justice in disrepute which is exactly what Justice Craig Parry has done when he called out 48 female, adult witnesses plus one expert witness for the prosecution, a practicing and respected Neurologist. By the way that Neurologist just happened to be female. The Judge described her and all 48 witnesses as unreliable, some dishonest and all mistaken in their testimony. But that's O.K. because he found the accused, Dr. Jeffrey Sloka credible. 

I too have experience with a biased, idiot Judge (Robert Reilly) unilaterally throwing out multiple witnesses' testimony in order to find me liable in a civil case. Based upon his behaviour the same Judge may have conspired with the Plaintiff's lawyer to try and manipulate my wife onto the stand in order to give testimony that he could twist against her and I. He and the Plaintiff's lawyer also used subterfuge to deny me a trial by my peers i.e a jury trial that I wanted and deserved.  

Who should have reined in both these Judges decades ago? Are these cases a one off whereby a normally rational, sane and honest Judge has simply been broken for one case each, alone? It seems very unlikely. Why does the Justice system not correct gross injustices by their own judges? What the hell has happened to common sense? News flash Justice system.  There are lots of honest, educated people out there who know when liars and filth are hiding behind walls that they've helped put up. How dare you judge citizens when you yourselves won't even clean house of dishonest people within your ranks.     

POLITICIANS & CORPORATIONS ARE SUCH INCREDIBLE LIARS

 

So where did that headline above come from? Generally speaking it's based upon close observation of the buggars over the last fourty plus years. Specifically speaking it's based upon the recent behaviour of the Region of Waterloo regarding how they've managed our water and secondly how they've behaved towards Wilmot Township residents. Regarding corporations that is also based upon past personal experiences as well as recent revelations as to how Uniroyal Chemical treated CEAC (Citizens Environmental Advisory Committee) back in the 1980s. There is a newspaper article (K-W Record) dated February 8, 1991 titled "Key data withheld, group learns". It turns out that while Uniroyal were telling CEAC how transparent they were, they were lobbying the Ministry of Environment behind the scenes to reduce discussions with any and all citizens They also pilloried CEAC in the early 1990s for advising against pumping on-site Municipal Aquifer wells they had installed.  Of course at least part of the reason for CEAC's advice was based upon inaccurate or missing data that Uniroyal failed to provide them. Last point is this. Without being intentionally a smart as* I can confidently suggest that the bald and bold statement in the headline above does not refer to 100% of either politicians or corporations albeit in my opinion it is a very high percentage and for now we'll leave it at that.

Today's Record article written by Luisa D'Amato is titled "Wells in rural Wilmot are running dry. The Region should fix that. It's the least they can do."  I agree whole heartedly with that. I'm also going to add to Luisa's point that to date the Region have both lied and reneged on their promises to Wilmot Township regarding taking their water for the big cities. They also need to apologize and ask forgiveness for that as well as paying 100% of the costs for rural well owners to obtain access to the now much further from the surface aquifers in parts of Wilmot Township. 

Finally maybe a backup plan is needed. Give the Region a hard date by which the money for deeper wells will be provided. After that quoting Uniroyal Chemical years ago in Elmira, the gloves may need to come off.   

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REGION'S DESPERATION BECOMING MORE AND MORE CLEAR

 Well I knew that the Region of Waterloo had been eyeing previously shut down water wells due to industrial contamination which was absolutely not confidence inspiring but here they go now looking at wells in Baden long closed due to Nitrate contamination. Nitrates result from over fertilizing farm fields with manure, sewage, hog, cattlle and sometimes even Sewage Treatment Plant solids.  Sounds yummy doesn't it? Yours truly has actually seen fields after dumping...oops I mean after fertilizing farm fields with biosolids including needles and other stuff that shouldn't have gone down the toilet in the first place but does anyways. Nitrates are basically nitrogen combined with some oxygen.

Today's K-W Record carries the following story titled "The search for clean water". Who exactly are they kidding? Possibly the clean water is long gone and the best we can do now is simply to a) find water that can be treated somehow and b) treated fully at a price that won't bankrupt us. We are advised that the Region are hoping to drill deeper through the contaminated aquifers to find a less contaminated aquifer. This action will of course increase our water costs as deeper wells mean bigger pumps and greater electrical costs to bring the water to the surface. Other issues pointed out in the article have to do with well interference in the Baden and New Hamburg areas as both farms and residents homes there are already dealing with lower water levels. 

Essentially what has happened is that citizens and residents have been subsidizing polluting industries throughout Waterloo Region for decades as they have contaminated our waters with solvents, pesticides and other industrial chemicals. We have also known that manure, nitrates and nitrites have been getting into our surface waters for decades from farm and feedlot runoff. This of course affects our drinking water as we attempt to treat Grand River water for human consumption. For decades even wells near our three biggest cities have been showing Nitrates and Nitrites at alarming levels. Further to the mix is Sodium from salt (NaCl-sodium chloride) put on our roads and sidewalks.

All in all the Region of Waterloo politicians have been playing fast and loose with our water and not keeping citizens informed as to the severity of the problems. We are now beginning to see the big picture and it's not a pretty picture.

LIGHTNING & HOCKEY BIAS STRIKE ELMIRA AGAIN!

 

Maybe that's why I'm having a hard time with this one .An obviously wealthy family (check out the mansion, the number of acres owned and the size /cost of the friggin fully equipped hockey rink and infrastructure) made the decision not to follow fairly normal municipal rules and regulations regarding constructing buildings, hooking up to municipal services etc. Now at first blush their excuse was well it's only a hockey rink for kids and hockey is a good thing here in Canada, right. Hmm well maybe O.K.   Although this is no outdoor rink, watered with a hose and used plywood for the ten inch high boards.  This is a full indoor rink and building including a commercial ice /refrigeration system, a commercial ice cleaner (zamboni??), washrooms etc. etc. A friend's first question to me was : How did this family get a professional contractor (plumber, electrician, carpenter, concrete specialists etc. ) to build all this without a Building Permit much less other paperwork to prove this is a documented, legitimate, built to code safe building. 

Now my friend can be enthusiastic at times and he considered that maybe somebody, somewhere got paid off. The more I think about it the more I wonder too. Is our municipal system so lax that a major building built between the mansion and the roadway can be expected to be ignored? This is Woolwich Township not Mississauga or Toronto where I expect buildings come and go all the time without proper paperwork.  O.K. somebody caught this "nice" undocumented building to be used for kids healthy entertainment. The last time Woolwich got an extra rink it was at the proposed new Rec Centre and cost us an experienced councillor (Pat McLean-no loss really) in exchange for a novice (Sandy Shantz) who went on to three terms as mayor totally ensuring that Uniroyal Chemical and successors got away with paying the absolute minimum to "clean up" their chemical nightmare including  Dioxins, DDT, NDMA etc.  

So is this as bad a decision as my gut is telling me or am I still leery of ice rinks after the last one  Woolwich voters wanted and what it really cost us all?

The story was in the K-W Record this week yet I did not see it in the Observer this week. Odd!