SO TERRIBLY SAD. HAS PRIVATE CONSULTATION FULLY REPLACED PUBLIC CONSULTATION IN ELMIRA?

I did not think that this day would arrive. I used to e-mail back and forth with Joe Kelly of TAG before his resignation over a year ago as well as still of course with Sebastian. Well I am shocked but it's looking more and more as if Sandy (Woolwich Twn.) has clamped down on the TAG members. What is even more shocking is if they follow her demands. The paid Chair (Tiffany) doing what she is told to do is one thing but if the citizen volunteers providing free expertise, time and effort are also following grossly inappropriate orders/demands/requests then that is just plain beyond incredible. Unless of course they've been told. Told that they will be bounced forthwith and without reasonable cause from TAG if they do not follow orders. Some of them might feel that there could be negative repercussions with their employers if they were to unceremoniously get the boot. ...................................................................................................................................... The issue of the Stroh Drain and nearby area being a "sink" for dioxins/furans, DDT and more has been discussed at TAG, courtesy of TAG (& CPAC) member Sebastian Seibel-Achenbach, over the last couple of years at a minimum including the last TAG public meeting on August 26/21. Now here in the Elmira Advocate I have publicly stated that SOIL samples have been taken in and around the Stroh Drain and that two of them have been analyzed at the personal expense of Elmira citizens. This piece of information also was e-mailed directly to TAG members last Friday (Sept. 24/21). I too have spoken in the past to RAC (Remediation Advisory Committee) as a Delegate about this matter and have just e-mailed Lisa Schaefer (Woolwich Twn.) to be put on the next RAC meeting (Oct.7/21) as a Delegate to present new information to them. ............................................................................................................................ Lanxess, MECP, Woolwich Township, GHD can all bury their heads in the sand like ostriches and pretend that new sampling (Soil) has not taken place. They can even ignore the lab analyses which have partially been put on line by me here in this blog. There are many more soil samples from the Stroh Drain area in secure and proper storage awaiting analysis. The guilty parties can hide behind various weak excuses such as not Qualified Persons, not proper sampling procedures, sampling not approved by the MECP; basically whatever they want as they are in full control of the entire corrupt investigation and cleanup. BUT.... private citizens appointed to TAG, allegedly to look out for the public interest, can not do the same unless they are going to admit to being nothing more than shills for mayor Shantz and council. ......................................................................................................................... Personally I do not believe that TAG members are all shills. However this latest development regarding dioxin/furans and DDD in SEDIMENTS in the Stroh Drain combined with positive detections of dioxins/furans in very nearby SOILS can not be ignored, buried or bullshitt.. away by professionals working for Lanxess Canada and friends. TAG has to stand up for the public interest and be counted. THIS ALSO REQUIRES COMMUNICATING WITH STAKEHOLDERS (citizens) OUTSIDE OF THE STILTED AND AWKWARD TAG PROCESS INTENTIONALLY IMPLEMENTED TO STIFLE TRUE PUBLIC CONSULTATION. ............................................................................................................ The Ministry of Environment and Lanxess have as yet not requested a copy of the lab report (SOIL) partially displayed here on-line a week and a half ago. Nor has TAG although they've only had the personal notice from me for four days. Individual TAG members should not require anybody's approval in order to e-mail or phone me requesting clarification or more information. Continued silence of even a few more days will only prove what I am beginning to believe namely that TAG are fully muzzled!