WE DESERVE BETTER FROM OUR GOVERNMENTS AT ALL LEVELS

Last Thursday I briefly mentioned this week's Editorial in the Woolwich Observer. I had decided that my ongoing support and admiration of Steve Kannon's writings would no longer be expressed here after his biased and non balanced writeup of the last MECAC meeting back in late October. The problem is that except for their apparent bias against myself possibly in regards to a threatened lawsuit they received from a Uniroyal consultant decades ago; overall they do good work and Steve Kannon does excellent work. Is it possible that that threatened lawsuit which they settled quickly has been part of their lack of coverage of Uniroyal/Chemtura issues ever since?

To the present! Steve Kannon's Editorial this week is excellent. "We should resolve to expect more of governments" is right on the money. Quoting Steve: "Speaking of budgets, early on we'll be seeing those from all levels of government. Expect nothing but disappointment-taxes will rise, profligate spending will abound, corruption and waste will flourish." From there Steve advises that most politicians are all about lining their own pockets one way or the other including "...plum board appointments or lobbying gigs that skirt laughingly inadequate regulations-ethics being only a suggestion.".

A further quote from Steve: "...we've come to the conclusion that they're all pretty much the same in working against the public interest. Governments serve only their financial backers and themselves, so it just doesn't matter what we do.".

Steve that is the stuff of revolution. He does advise that we the public should add "more involved" to our list of New Year's resolutions. I must agree wholeheartedly and thank you Steve for publicly, in my opinion, expressing criticism of politicians' commenting critically about "conspiracy theorists". The fact is politics is nothing but conspiracies and lying and misleading the public. We need more not less "conspiracy theorists".