LILY LIVERED GUTLESS WONDERS - OR SOMETHING ELSE?

Yesterday I posted here about the lack of even basic courtesy to date in anyone from TAG Chair or otherwise, so much as acknowledging that they had recieved my e-mail/memo from last Friday. Not only did that memo/report to TAG formally advise them that responsible citizens had stepped up and done the necessary work but it followed public announcements here in the Elmira Advocate that citizens had taken soil samples and paid for analyses out of their own pockets. Those public announcements occurred two weeks ago on September 16/21! Amazingly the guilty parties actually were prepared to cover their ears, eyes and mouth and press onwards in their essentially unilateral/bilateral perversion of public consultation and of the public trust. ............................................................................................................... Well guess what. An inquiry has come, but not to me. I solely wrote the memo/report to TAG yet the TAG Chair, likely with assistance from others, is indeed making inquiries. Just not to me, the author of the memo/report. It's, in my opinion, a back door, circuitous route being taken. The TAG Chair has admitted that she/we do not know "...when and where these samples were collected, who collected them or the methodology of how they were collected." Tiffany Svensson also states that "If possible, I want to properly prepare for the upcoming RAC meeting." O.K. preparation is a good thing generally. I do however notice a couple of things. Forgive me readers if you are a little less aggressive in your interpretation of her written words. Once bitten twice shy I usually restate as one hundred times bitten two hudred times shy. ................................................................................................................................... Here's what I noticed. She doesn't ask what the soil concentrations of dioxins/furans in and around the Stroh Drain are? That's odd. What she seems to be looking for is some evidence that the samples were improperly collected possibly by non Qualified Persons and or that they maybe were not collected in the long proposed by me area to the immediate east of the north end of the Stroh Drain. Recall that six years ago CPAC collected soil samples and more with permission from the Martin property which is to the immediate south of the Stroh property. The second item I noticed was that her back door inquiry was not cc.d to all TAG members but merely to one. Hmm. .............................................................................................................................. Soooooo. As stated yesterday I have advised the TAG Support person (Lisa Schaefer) that I wish to attend the virtual RAC meeting (5 pm. Oct. 7/21) and as the rules allow, be a citizen Delegate. Lisa politely, courteously and expeditiously has responded and confirmed my e-mail to her. I ask in the title of today's blog Post if there is a different interpretation of the behaviour of Lanxess/GHD/MECP/Woolwich Twn. etc. I do know that back in late 2014 and 2015 that their motivation appeared to be fear of a bunch of well educated, honest senior citizens who were fed up with their weasel words, blatant bullsh.t, and never ending stalling and delaying. Their fear however was simple fear that this CPAC was uncorruptable and could not be managed, intimidated or pressured into submission. This was not acceptable to them hence they did what they had done once before which was to run and hide. This time however they had the support of a new incoming council who manufactured a crisis (MECP/Chemtura boycott) and knowingly and falsely blamed it on CPAC.