This includes no response to new information and data that they had virtually no idea of. Do you think that our first time Woolwich councillors have even the foggiest idea of who and what Varnicolor Chemical was? Especially the younger councillors who were barely born thirty-five years ago? I don't think so unless it's the Ministry/Lanxess lie that Varnicolor was of little environmental consequence. Quoting Stan Berger (M.O.E.) at the Environmental Appeal Board hearings "Varnicolor were a water pistol in a thunderstorm." Well that alleged "water pistol" contaminated our municipal drinking water just like Uniroyal and Nutrite did and that is now confirmed, albeit quietly, by our authorities. I have recently challenged both the Woolwich Observer and the K-W Record to publish that fact. So far nada!
Also I might add that I don't personally need a response from the guilty parties to somehow "vindicate" or validate my position and opinions. Having absolutely zero respect left for their integrity or decency why would I? Do you need validation from an ar*ehole like Donald Trump for example to make you feel better about yourself? There are many, many people whom I respect greatly and whose opinions of me I value. None of them are in positions of authority regarding the failed "cleanups" here in Elmira. God help me if unlike Susan Bryant I ever start publicly complimenting Lanxess or MECP personnel.
The other two points I wish to clarify are the following. Our Woolwich councillors as well as our regional councillors need to respond when citizens voluntarily provide them with information they do not have. Far beyond courtesy is the simple requirement as a public servant to both appreciate helpful citizen input and to acknowledge it. Honest citizen engagement can help solve problems and issues. That kind of feedback is what honest politicians/brokers do. Perhaps I've just spelled out the reality of why they aren't doing so.
Lastly it is my belief that much of Varnicolor Chemical's behaviour and actions have yet to be proven conclusively and so publicized. This is based upon both my own personal experiences inside Varnicolor Chemical as well as testimony from others both thirty plus years ago and even only a decade ago. Severin Argenton illegally disposed of massive quantities of both solid and liquid toxic wastes. He can not possibly ever have had the appropriate written records showing proper disposal. Our authorities have made it a priority NOT to followup and investigate his illegal and grossly environmentally damaging misdeeds. That behaviour by the Ontario Ministry of Environment (MECP) alone should be grounds for some sort of public inquiry into their corruption. That should be followed by an investigation into the sweetheart deals with Uniroyal Chemical and corporate successors and our local governing bodies over the last decades.
Which again may explain why councillors who profess shock and abhorence at mere rude words have had no problem looking at and then away from miscarriages, still births, cancers, possibly birth defects and a host of other diseases both caused and exacerbated by downstream Uniroyal Chemical toxins as well as the same here in Elmira from toxic doses of drinking water and air.
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