HISTORICAL REVIEW: AN ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS PUBLIC EXPOSURE OF WOOLWICH COUNCIL

Saturday August 15, 2015. That's not the date that Woolwich Council misbehaved so dramatically but it is the date that several different articles were published describing Councils' shenanigans. It was likely the previous Tuesday's Council meeting where the councillors and pretend Mayor Sandy Shantz walked out on a delegate in mid presentation after repeatedly interrupting his presentation to them. Besides the multiple articles (about to be listed) published in the Woolwich Observer there was also my posting here in the Elmira Advocate (same Aug. 15 date) which took both the Merlihan brothers to task as well as Woolwich Council. The irony of course is that these following articles published in the Observer absolutely hammerred Council's illegal behaviour as well as vindicated me by highlighting Woolwich Council's personal animosity towards myself for stepping up and holding them accountable for their blatantly illegal (Municipal Elections Act, Ontario Municipal Act etc.) behaviour. It's been my experience that governments at all levels prefer to allege and accuse private citizens of bad or illegal behviour than ever have to admit to their own illegalities which they are far more likely to participate in than ordinary citizens. Governments do this for self-serving reasons plus they know that the laws passed by either themselves or other lawmakers will not hold them personally responsible for actions and decisions made by the council/assembly/legislature etc. ............................................................................................................................ The various titles of other relevant articles in the Observer that day (Aug. 15/15) were "Woolwich call to action to M.O.E.", "Auditor finds issues with Hahn's election expenses" and "Ombudsman calls for changes to Woolwich's closed door meetings". Hoo boy were those idiots under attack ironically/simultaneously as CPAC were under vicious and dishonest attack by Woolwich councillors (S. Shantz & M. Bauman). Notice I said ironically/simultaneously, I did not say coincidentally. Those filthy, lying scum made the serious mistake of attacking honest and informed CPAC (Chemtura Public Advisory Committee) members via lying and exaggeration in order to curry favour with the likes of Chemtura Canada and the Ontario Ministry of Environment. Those filthy councillors threw their own appointed (by previous council) citizens under the bus including defaming and false allegations in order to appease the parties most guilty for destroying Elmira's groundwater, drinking water, health and environment. If those filth and tried that shit twenty years earlier they might have gotten themselves tarred and feathered and run out of town. Nope instead they waited until the media and local citizens had forgotten their previous outrage. ....................................................................................................................................... Yes it's true. I made the conscious decision to publicly expose Woolwich Council for their hypocrisy, prevarication and ongoing illegal behaviour. Nothing was made up or even exaggerated. It didn't have to be. Clearly no one had decided to either hold them accountable or take them to task until I did. Their litany of misdeeds, misbehaviour and illegalities were just so blatant and obvious. True the system failed in holding them fully accountable in law as it should have but hey...politicians tend to protect their own whenever possible. Nevertheless in the court of public opinion they got roasted and yes I loved every minute of it. They crapped on good people who were my friends and colleagues and between radio, television and multiple newspapers, they paid the price. The public desperately needed to know that municipal councils can sometimes be filled with petty, stupid people. At one point (July 27/15) there was even a Waterloo Region Record Editorial titled "A wake-up call for Woolwich". It started as follows: "Whatever is in the water in Woolwich?". Also "And now they are gasping for air in a sea of embarrassment." The Record held few punches back in their criticism of Woolwich and did an appropriate public service.