Five weeks and counting. As of right now I and CPAC do not have a firm time and date for our get together. Now I have been told by CPAC Chair Dr. Dan Holt that it will likely be either October 10 or 11 either date which I can make. If indeed that is correct then it only took seven weeks to get a two hour sitdown with them. Also as to date I have not received a formal answer to my initial August 19/23 e-mail to the whole Council regarding the gross cutbacks in Upper Aquifer (UACTS) pumping and treating, it seems clear that the likely earliest (if at all) that will happen is also either October 10 or 11.
Now to be clear efforts were made to answer my concerns that the pump & treat system for the most highly contaminated area on the former Uniroyal site had been quietly (without serious debate/discussion) reduced and minimized over a period of years. Both councillor Nathan Cadeau followed by councillor Erik Schwindt gave it the old college try. Unfortunately their personal knowledge is basically nil hence they relied on the inaccurate and biased advice of Tiffany Svensson and likely either David Brenneman or even possibly Ramin Ansari of Lanxess.
So that folks is the state of so called public consultation right now in Elmira in regards to the Elmira "cleanup". Second and third hand inaccurate if not intentionally dishonest answers being given to easy, straightforward but very important questions Why again am I willing to subject myself to yet even more bullsh%t and professional liars? Oh right because if there is any hope for improvement of the cleanup and a real change putting the public interest first, then it will only come when citizens push back hard.
Keep in mind my opinion of what goes on at Woolwich Council has changed over the years. It isn't necessarily a pack of like minded liars, hypocrites and Uniroyal/Lanxess fellow travellors on Council. Two or three key persons; for example the mayor and CAO plus perhaps one more can rule the roost on this file. They simply need to wield the levers of power ruthlessly combined with carrot and stick discipline in addition to consistent, bald faced lying. How many new councillors really signed on for that kind of four year work environment?
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