I favour the word corruption as in "riddled with errors". Some might view allegedly opening up a sudden council resignation (Scott Hahn) to the general public while council privately decides who they want to appoint as gamesmanship but I do not. It was simple lying and deception of the ten candidates as well as of the general public.
Dr. Dan Holt had come in second for the council seat but mayor Sandy Shantz sure didn't want him on council. Dr. Dan had shown an uncanny ability as Chair of CPAC (Chemtura Public Advisory Comm.) to run a tight ship with proper procedure and decorum despite the Ministry of Environment and Chemtyra constant disrespect and obfuscation.
Luisa D'Amato wrote an Opinion piece about the situation on February 2, 2018. In it she described the environmental problems that were being inadequately addressed by the major players. Mayor Shantz and council disbanded CPAC only to learn later that what comes around, goes around. Both Dr. Holt and myself were paying attention when Hahn and Shantz decided to play fast and loose with the electoral, financial rules. They got caught and soon found out what bad press and criticism is all about albeit the difference was that they had indeed misbehaved whereas CPAC members had not. In fact Hahn and Shantz had both broken the law which was confirmed by prosecuters' down the road even while they claimed (wrongly) that it wasn't in the public interest to prosecute and convict them. So much for the rule of law in this province.
Long story short a few Woolwich politicians learned the hard and public way that mistreating citizens and volunteers while coddling polluters can come back and bite you. Two of the three politicians got the hell out of politics (Hahn & Bauman) albeit the highest paid (Shantz) has stayed fully at the trough while continuing to coddle Chemtura and now Lanxess Canada.
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