Well it's come full circle. I've been ordered by the new Woolwich Support person for TRAC not to criticize or disparage those responsible for the failed ground and surface water cleanup in Elmira. Hence both TRAC and Woolwich Township aren't even hiding the fact any longer that their purpose is to provide cover and protection for Lanxess Canada in order to avoid their legal responsibilities to clean up their toxic mess.
The following was sent to TRAC, Woolwich Council, the media and other stakeholders this morning.
November 23, 2024
Stacey: Calling someone a five minute wonder is not an insult but simply a fact. For example Hadley Stamm (Lanxess) is a five minute wonder, as you are. Nathan Cadeau was a five minute wonder. Now he may relatively only be a ten minute wonder. This expression simply makes the obvious point that appointing persons with zero direct experience to an ongoing thirty-five year long problem is more than a little weird and problematic. How do those in charge believe that the appointee will ever have that 35 years of knowledge and history available to them and at their fingertips? Clearly they don't and clearly that is exactly what they want.
Hence please view these words in the light of yourself with zero direct experience dealing with Uniroyal/Crompton/Chemtura/Lanxess(O.K. 5 min.) as well as CRA/GHD and the MOE/MECP. Are you out of your cotton picking mind telling me that I cannot make “accusations of incompetence or dishonesty toward ...any affiliates or stakeholders of TRAC...” You said this in your Thursday, Nov. 21/24 4:31 pm. E-mail to me. The next day (11 am.) you again stated that “Accusations, disrespectful language ... will not be accepted or circulated.“
News flash Stacey. You (or Woolwich Twn.) are not my censor. Is that the major purpose of the past TAG and current TRAC? Are those municipally appointed bodies simply a protective shield for polluters from the truth and from appropriate criticism? Back in 1998 Uniroyal stormed out of a CPAC meeting because they were strongly criticized over their toxic air emissions harming multiple Duke St. residents. They and the MOE did something similar albeit less dramatic in late 2014 because CPAC were pushing them for answers on the Stroh farm contamination. Sandy got elected in October 2014 and immediately gave Chemtura and the MOE/MECP everything they wanted which included getting rid of me and other excellent citizen volunteers who refused to kiss Chemtura's or the MOE's butts.
Neither you nor Sandy nor Woolwich tell me what to write or how to write my technical criticisms of Lanxess and GHD junk science or lies. If you don't like my strong criticism then instead of shooting the messenger try to honestly address the issue/problem. Woolwich Township has become a cheerleader for junk science, incompetence and polluter dishonesty. Nothing has been accomplished in cleaning the downstream Canagagigue Creek fifty plus years AFTER the worst on-site Uniroyal discharges ended.
Our groundwater is still polluted well above drinking standards in all aquifers with Uniroyal chemicals. Despite this the Woolwich folks in charge pretend that more respectful dialogue will magically solve everything. Eventually there will be a resolution which Lanxess and the MECP will like but it will come as it always has at the expense of the public interest and of the environment.
By now you may have correctly interpreted my lack of respect for Woolwich documents being used as a stick in order for Woolwich to get their way, no matter how perverted. Also I might add that your statements that “...it is critical that all correspondence adheres to the Township's Procedural By-Law and Customer Service Standards. This ensures productive dialogue and a respectful environment for all parties...” Really Stacey that is pure rubbish and at least one of us knows it. There has never been a respectful environment at UPAC, CPAC, TAG or TRAC. That is guaranteed by the ongoing lies told to both committee members and the public by Lanxess, GHD and the MECP. Try reading Sebastian Seibel-Achenbach's critique of TAG that I referenced in a recent communication.
I will not be aligning my e-mails to meet either your or Woolwich Township bogus standards that reward liars and punish truth tellers. Take your threats of my critical documents not being “accepted or circulated “ and shove them where the expression suggests.
Alan Marshall
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