Friday, December 2, 2011

Oh No ! I'M BEING ACCUSED OF GETTING ALONG

Once more I admit to taking a little bit of literary license with the above title. That is merely a very minor shot at some criticism in the comments section. Seems on one hand I'm a s#$% disturber fighting with the authorities on one day and allegedly I'm sucking up to them the next. Frivolous criticism is to be expected from those who don't have the facts on their side or who even don't know what the facts are.

The above being said is NOT a reference to the OPINION page in today's Woolwich Observer. On the right side of this page (10) under VERBATIM is the following quote of mine : "Despite the past and current model of public consultation being inherently a poor one, this CPAC is suceeding. They are honest, open-minded and independent. This sucess is due to the individuals on CPAC and because of individuals on our municipal council." Following my quote are the following comments presumably from the Editor of the Observer: "Usually a vocal critic of the Chemtura Public Advisory Committee, resident Alan Marshall had nothing but praise for the new committee at Tuesday's council meeting." Thank You I believe Steve Kannon of the Observer. You are on the money.

Going back to the front page article in yesterday's Elmira Independent "Ministry to add monitoring wells on Varnicolor site", let me add the following. Two years ago I attended a private meeting of the old Woolwich Council along with Eric Hodgins of the Region of Waterloo. Eric is a hydrogeologist by trade and in my opinion, borrowing a wonderful barb from Dr. Henry Regier, a "designated denier" for the Region of Waterloo. Eric is a paid employee and a decent individual who however for his own well being carefully looks out for the interests of the Region of Waterloo. Eric categorically stated that Varnicolor Chemical was a dead issue, did not contribute to the contamination of the Elmira Aquifer and no he hadn't gotten around to reading the technical references I had provided him about Chlorobenzene (DNAPL) 100 feet below surface behind (west) Varnicolor. Therefore for me the $64,000 question is why is it in the interests of Waterloo Region to continue covering up? What is in the Independent and what was provided at the November 24/11 CPAC meeting, including further excavation of 200 Tonnes of SHALLOW contaminated soil, twenty years LATER, is only the tip of the iceberg. M.O.E., Chemtura & Region of Waterloo...you got some explaining to do!
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousDecember 2, 2011 at 11:06 PM

    Yet again, the Advocate has done an excellent job of disecting the facts to reveal the key issues. Be that as it may, the real value is that our local politicians should stand up and take notice that the folks at Chemtura will continue to evade and denouce that more disclosure of raw contaminants in our groundwater must be documented. Wally Ruck and David Ash have some explaining to do in my estimation and may still be responsible for the delay tactics ongoing in 2011.

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  2. AnonymousDecember 8, 2011 at 7:25 AM

    Why would an explanation be needed when you can just lie or hide under a rock as many polititions and are famous for doing? Check for donations or ???? Varnicolor, Chemura Ugggh. My kids were using this contaminated water and played near the creek for years so l guess we'll have to just wait for whatever. Thanks for the article Al, and don't hold your breath waiting for help from the Region most of them didn't have to drink our water.

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  3. AlanDecember 8, 2011 at 9:16 AM

    Thank you for the kind words above. While $$$ is always a motivating factor for human beings, I often suspect that for politicians; status, prestige, fame and power are larger considerations. Many coverups are simply to hide their failures.

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