APPEARANCES = REALITY ?

Nine Woolwich Township residents in only four years have Chemtura and the Ontario Ministry of the Environment on the ropes. The nine residents are Dan Holt, Sebastian Seibel-Achenbach, Vivienne Delaney, Ron Campbell, Graham Chevreau, Richard Clausi, Henry Regier, myself (Al Marshall) and probably least Councillor Mark Bauman. Poor old Mark is ranked least because he is the most unpredictable. He has done excellent things in public Council meetings for CPAC (financial grants) as well as horrible things such as ignoring their express wishes and denying me CPAC membership at Council. He also appears to be the intelligence behind Woolwich Mayor Sandy Shantz's incredibly stupid attempt to scapegoat CPAC for Chemtura and the Ontario Ministry of the Environment's tantrums and snits.

Chemtura and the Ontario M.O.E. are the guilty parties. They gave each other Indemnitys decades ago in order to avoid appropriate blame, financial damages and public humiliation here in Elmira, Ontario. Both have cheerfully passed the costs of their actions onto the environment and onto taxpayers. Both have lied repeatedly and shamefully for decades.

The Chemtura Public Advisory Committee (CPAC) and their sub-committee SWAT (Soil, Water, Air & Technical) consisting of the above named nine persons have them in a corner. Incredible revelations have them running for their Mommys. These revelations taken together paint a picture of an out of control corporate polluter and their corrupt regulator. These revelations including a professional consultant's report on the east side of their property could and should result in a public inquiry into the Ontario m.O.E..

Instead the new Woolwich Mayor is running interference for Chemtura and the M.O.E.. She is promising them an easier time at public CPAC meetings by changing the rules exactly as Chemtura have requested. She is threatening CPAC by suggesting she is willing to reopen CPAC Applications that were closed before Christmas expressly under the direction of Woolwich Township. Currently there are eight Applications including five CPAC members, myself and possibly two unknowns. Our suspicion is that the two "unknowns" are longtime Chemtura sympathizers and strongly supported by chemtura. On their own they could influence but not control this CPAC as they did the last one.

The appearance is very clear. Mark Bauman and Mayor Shantz are trying to hamstring CPAC & SWAT precisely when we have Chemtura and the M.O.E. where we want them. The Mayor and Mark of course will not admit to running interference for Chemtura. They have a story about us needing the other two parties present. They claim that CPAC have alienated them. Bullshit built on top of bullshit and lies built upon lies.