WOOLWICH ARE ON THE ATTACK

Shoot The Messenger Time Again!


Well they got their wee noses out of joint over half of them getting caught either fudging their election expenses or taking self-serving, illegal shortcuts such as not filing a Financial Statement at all. Not to mention Sandy not filing a legally mandated Auditor's Report. They also didn't like CPAC members going to Council and pointing out the excellent work they had accomplished during the previous four years. Afterall they had been too successful and Chemtura and the MOECC were crying like babies because CPAC didn't defer to them or their high priced, client driven consultants. Then of course Council also misbehaved badly in trying to censor Dr. Dan Holt, myself and CPAC from bringing Chemtura (now Lanxess) issues to Council by way of Delegation. We were bluntly told to take our concerns elsewhere, that Council refused to hear us. Boy did they look stupid over that one and they were properly, publicly chastised because of it. Then of course they were also embarrassed by Dr. Richard Jackson's (Chair of TAG) blunt, public assessments of the incompetence demonstrated by Uniroyal/Chemtura/CRA and their partners in pollution the Ontario MOECC.


And here we are again. Now it turns out that they've been asleep at the switch regarding explosive methane levels in and around businesses and certainly home(s) nearest the east end of the landfill wherever that east end might be. Worse yet they have NEVER tested for methane into the park (Bolender) itself because just like Uniroyal Chemical they know that you will never find what you don't test for. Zero methane testing on the south side of the Bolender landfill. That just might be because they already know that municipal refuse (garbage) is buried in the park itself and boy is that embarrassing. Especially after insisting that that is the best place to install the new splashpad.

Saturday evening I received an e-mail from our local Fire Chief. He advised that the Township's consultants (GHD), based upon the 2015 and 2016 test results, were declaring that all was well in and around the Bolender Park Landfill. No issues of any kind. Of course also no response or specific comments to the huge monitoring time gaps and location gaps over the last thirty years. Oddly no references either to the horrendous methane concentrations found in 2015 and 2016 near the west end of the landfill, in and around the old auto wrecking yard. Also no reference to the Township's demands that a new methane collection system be built and installed at the west end and likely north side as well. Apparently their minds can comprehend the explosive nature of methane in only two directions, west and north. South and east simply don't exist.

I will present my third methane Delegation tomorrow evening in Council Chambers. Woolwich have not been on top of this file and much more needs to be done. Hiding behind their consultants and pretending all is well is exactly how and why we will not reach the promised cleanup of the Elmira Aquifers by 2028. After nearly thirty years of puffery, nonsense and exaggeration even Uniroyal/Chemtura/M.O.E. now admit that 2028 won't happen. Guess who is the same consultant to Uniroyal Chemical regarding groundwater cleanup and also Woolwich Township regarding methane gas? Same one folks. Are we now going to count on them and their clients (Woolwich) to behave more proactively? Also keep in mind that consultants give advice. Clients don't always follow it. The buck stops with the client.