CPAC IS CANCELLED AGAIN & AGAIN & AGAIN, LITERALLY

I commented here in the Elmira Advocate on Tuesday January 17, 2012 with the title "CPAC IS CANCELLED AGAIN". That story can be accessed through the Blog Archives on the right side of the page and down slightly. At this point in time the public CPAC meeting has been cancelled for December, January and now February. If you thought I was upset and disturbed a month ago, guess where I am right now. Also last Saturday February 11/12 I posted an article namely "CPAC AGENDAS NEED WORK". This was a list of important items that desperately needed to be on this month's CPAC Agenda. These are items that are not only important but also items that have fallen by the way since the first public CPAC meeting with the current membership, last June 8/12.

CPAC members please listen carefully. IF you have regular monthly public meetings at the same time, location and date you will get public attendance. If however you continue to be irregular and inconsistent and most especially keep CANCELLING meetings you won't. Simple as that.

Momentum and pressure are linked. You had both, big time, by the end of the November public CPAC meeting. You quite literally had the M.O.E. and Chemtura on the run. You have now completely lost both pressure and momentum.

You inherited a vast backlog of issues partly because of the huge delay and procrastination of the new Council and Mayor from November 2011 until your first public meeting last June 8/12. You are exacerbating your own backlog of items and issues which need to be dealt with. This has been happening ever since the cancellation of last August's meeting and is fast becoming insurmountable.

The next date of March 29, 2012 is unacceptable. CPAC you need to step it up. RESCHEDULING may occasionally be necessary but cancelling AGAIN for another five weeks is appalling. WHY DO YOU THINK THIS HAS GONE ON FOR TWENTY-TWO YEARS? I've seen and watched delays and cancellations every single time CPAC makes an inch of progress. Most of the time it's been intentional. I know that some of you believe this time was unavoidable and indeed personal commitments of family etc. do come first. Nevertheless you need to reschedule quickly even if you all can't be present.