GOOD: Pat McLean seems long gone from both Elmira and from TAG/TRAC/Lanxess. Every now and then she made an appropriate comment but her decades of behind the scenes manipulation with Susan Bryant did irrevocable damage to the public interest. Far too many concessions were improperly and inappropriately given to the company in exchange for unduly flexible promises from professional liars.
Susan Bryant appears to be a spent force. Her older husband has been suffering the ravages of age for some time now which is nobody's fault merely a fact of life. To her credit Susan appears to be sticking with him through thick and thin. They moved to Kitchener-Waterloo a while back which means that while still technically a member of the Woolwich Township appointed TRAC committee she is neither a resident nor a Canadian Citizen (U.S.) . Funny thing that for a so called local citizens' committee don't you think? Between falling asleep at home while attending via Zoom and or forgetting to mute her microphone her input at recent TRAC meetings has been nil other than visual and audible unplanned interruptions. But hey Mayor Shantz owes her favours just as Lanxess does. That was Susan's forte, making self-serving deals with strong parties at the expense again of the public interest. Likely she did the same with Bob Burtt (former reporter) and that also has paid off (for her) in spades.
The Elmira Environmental Awareness Event last February was the brainchild of Sadi Benns and it went very well. The restaurant in Elmira was packed and the audience receptive. They heard a totally different story then the official one being peddled by Woolwich Township, the Ont. Min. of Environment (MECP) and Lanxess Canada.
Besides the above event at which I formally spoke I also had two other speaking engagements, one in Kitchener (retired teachers) as well as one in Guelph(Royal City Mens' Club). Again the reception was excellent and the questions afterwards even better.
BAD: Almost all of the TRAC meetings this year. OMG but Lanxess and GHD have replaced Ramin Ansari (retired) with two former CRA bozos namely Luis and Allan Deal. O.K. calling Mr. Deal a bozo is based both upon his bullcrap spoken this year at TRAC plus his crap from ten to twenty years ago that I saw and heard first hand. Luis on the other hand I'm judging based upon his bullcrap spoken this year at various TRAC meetings and only second hand comments from respected colleagues who knew him back in the day.
Despite Sebastian's efforts probably neither he nor anybody else on their own could ever make inroads into that pathetic, credentialed but woefully uninformed committee. One of the main characteristics that Lanxess, the MECP and Mayor Shantz look for are deferential people highly respectful of both mickey mouse authority as well as of "experts" in the field. Yes there are a couple of others besides Sebastian whom I do not believe are either bought and paid for nor especially naive. They neither attend meetings often enough nor apparently have the time or energy to dedicate to serious study of all the reports presented. They are unpaid volunteers being snowed with reports and paperwork who may have decided that it's best to go along to get along.
All of the "BAD" and so much more is intentional by our politicians at all three levels (municipal, regional, provincial) in coordination with Lanxess Canada & the MECP.
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