MOLDING PUBLIC CONSULTATION TO YOUR OWN ENDS

I believe that the above (title) is an advanced course in Business. Not Business ethics of course but in reduction of costs. To enhance their own credibility governments talk public consultation. This is the weak link in democracy as far as the rich and powerful are concerned. Millions of sheep out there have the vote and they must be convinced that their governments, which have long ago been bought and paid for, are their government not the government of the elites. Therefore if Business and Industry are stuck with public consultation the least they can do is manage it for their own benefit. Such has been the sorry state of affairs with the old CPAC (Chemtura Public Advisory Committee) for the past twenty years.

Yesterday I posted CPAC's "Request for Action" dated July 2003. Nothing could be clearer in regards to the will of a diverse group of citizens regarding the cleanup of the toxic wastes at Chemtura. Instead Chemtura have sucessfully molded, massaged and slowly transformed this 3 page document into an ongoing, neverending series of private meetings, discussions and reports ad nauseum. They've spent eight years talking, meeting and writing INSTEAD of digging. CPAC's original document speaks of "appropriate modifications" based on new technologies or information. None have been forthcoming. None have been publicly presented to or at CPAC. This document was and is the will of the citizens. This document is the CLEANUP PLAN and Chemtura, their consultants, the MOE and all their assorted "friends" must not change that.