OUTSTANDING SUCCESS AT LAST NIGHT'S WOOLWICH COUNCIL MEETING

Well to a certain extent Dr. Dan Holt is correct in that everything depends upon one's perspective. Environmentalists and other honest people thought last night was wonderful. Liars, deceivers and manipulaters may have viewed the evening as a disaster. So looking at it that way does it somehow mitigate the immorality of putting blatant falsehoods into a report (or meeting notes as Sandy prefers)?

No disrespect intended for the Delegates from Breslau who had some excellent points to make regarding their splash pad as well as asking Council to waive significant rental fees that they feel have been thrust upon them improperly and or inappropriately. I am going to focus on my Delegation as well as Dr. Dan Holt's Delegation which followed mine.

A point was made by me last evening regarding manipulation of people's behaviour. Mayor Shantz who is a pro got handled and came up looking very bad in front of the CTV cameras and the two local papers. When one knows ahead of time that folks are lying in wait for you, ready with guns blazing, one can prepare mentally ahead of time, as I did. Mayor Shantz however is used to being the manipulator, not the other way around. Yours truly has been "handled" and manipulated many times over the last 2 1/2 decades. Even an amateur has to eventually catch on that this is how dishonest people get their way. They intentionally provoke through a hundred different ways. Interrupting, lying, deflecting, letting others be upfront criticizing while you're in the shadows etc.; professional politicians generally are expert at finding ways to minimize others who aren't on the same page as they are.

I spoke very briefly to the April 9/15 Report/Minutes/meeting notes. Most of my Delegation dealt with east side off-site flow of Chemtura's contaminants including Dioxins and DDT. Similarily but in a much more detailed fashion Dr. Dan spoke to the previous Resolutions passsed by Woolwich Council as well as the MTE Consultants Report. Appropriately neither Chemtura nor the Ministry of Environment came off looking very good.

Dr. Dan I believe laid to rest the four year long campaign by Pat & Susan to undermine his reputation and leadership abilities. Their campaign even included one of them manipulating Bob Burtt through inaccurate information to include criticism from the M.O.E. in his book that came out last fall, regarding the current CPAC. Their hand and words certainly come through loud and clear in the April 9/15 "meeting notes". Dr. Dan by simply doing exactly what he has done for the last 4 1/2 years will have convinced honest Woolwich Councillors that there has been a smear campaign underway including the most recent "Hatchet" job. Most CPAC members and SWAT were in attendance last evening and that too speaks volumes to the dedication and work ethic of these Woolwich volunteers.