Is anyone still out there?
I've been away but am back. Much has happened since this blog was last active. Would anyone like to see it back again, attempting to hold "feet to the fire"?
The incinerator is fired up now, but not without problems and not without many questions from the public which have gone unanswered. This is an issue that will not die, will not be forgotten and will only get worse. Lack of acceptable oversight by the owners (Durham and York Regions) and lack of acceptable oversight and weak requirements and enforcement by the Province will continue unless we can do something about it.
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The Issues: DEMOCRACY; BAN THE BURN (Incinerator for Clarington); SUSTAINABILITY; ELECT THE CHAIR (Democracy for Durham Region); FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY; POLITICAL TRANSPARENCY; SENSIBLE GOVERNMENT and plenty more...
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It is crucial that our elected politicians hear and understand our community concerns. The majority gave up and gave in to Regional Chair Anderson so the incinerator is now in commercial operation. Worse, they gave in to less monitoring, no longer the best of the best Clarington was promised. Instead we are getting the bare minimum required by the Province, which is NOT the best of the best. So who can you trust? Most of our Clarington Council has not lived up to their campaign promises. Only two new councillors, Traill and Neal, have stood up for the residents on numerous issues including the incinerator and Veridian again.
The flip-flops by Mayor Foster and others are unacceptable. There are no excuses good enough.
It is crucial that our elected politicians hear and understand our community concerns. The majority gave up and gave in to Regional Chair Anderson so the incinerator is now in commercial operation. Worse, they gave in to less monitoring, no longer the best of the best Clarington was promised. Instead we are getting the bare minimum required by the Province, which is NOT the best of the best. So who can you trust? Most of our Clarington Council has not lived up to their campaign promises. Only two new councillors, Traill and Neal, have stood up for the residents on numerous issues including the incinerator and Veridian again.
The flip-flops by Mayor Foster and others are unacceptable. There are no excuses good enough.
Durham Regional Council
Next Meeting - Wednesday, February 8, 2017 - 9:30 a.m.
Council Chambers, Administration Headquarters, 605 Rossland Road East, Whitby, Ontario L1N 6A3
Or watch on Rogers Cable 10 (Regional Council meetings are always televised, live, for your entertainment)
Don't let them sit sassy and satisfied that they were elected or re-elected. Many of the regional councillors have not lived up to their campaign promises and have continued their poor start when the majority supported Roger Anderson and the actions he has taken and continues to take regarding the incinerator, urban sprawl, bullying and twisting the words of delegations who disagree with him... Residents are noticing his behaviour and that of certain members of Council.
There has been something rotten in the state of Durham for a long time and some of it continues.
Council Chambers, Administration Headquarters, 605 Rossland Road East, Whitby, Ontario L1N 6A3
Or watch on Rogers Cable 10 (Regional Council meetings are always televised, live, for your entertainment)
Don't let them sit sassy and satisfied that they were elected or re-elected. Many of the regional councillors have not lived up to their campaign promises and have continued their poor start when the majority supported Roger Anderson and the actions he has taken and continues to take regarding the incinerator, urban sprawl, bullying and twisting the words of delegations who disagree with him... Residents are noticing his behaviour and that of certain members of Council.
There has been something rotten in the state of Durham for a long time and some of it continues.
LINKS
- Clarington.com Incinerator Poll Results
- Clarington Municipal Website
- Contact: Clarington Councilors
- Contact: Durham Region Councillors
- Durham Region "This Week" News
- Clarington.com Community
- Durham Environment Watch
- CAW Durham Region Environmental Council
- BLOG: Simply Put (Marven Whidden)
- BLOG: Protons & Electrons (Mark Stanisz)
- BLOG: Voices of Ajax
- BLOG: Elect the Regional Chair
- BLOG: VOTES (Vote to Eliminate Self Serving Politicians)
- BLOG: Your Earth - Suzanne Elston
- BLOG: Random Noise
- Friends of the Farewell - Courtice
- Election Results 2006
- Email Us
INCINERATION Info
- Videos - Incineration (Connett, Jackson,etc)
- Durham Environment Watch
- Precautionary Principle: EFW (Clarington)
- Dangerous to fast-track Incinerators
- York-Durham Waste Study
- Communities First
- Incineration and Human Health
- Approved EA Terms of Reference
- Neurotoxicity of Chemicals
- Safe level for Dioxins
- Watchdog Incinerator Blog posts
- Waste Diversion Campaign
About Me
- Clarington Watchdog
- Clarington, Ontario, Canada
- Conservatively fair and biased. No sugar added.
We need updates on the incinerator and what Clarington and the Region are doing (or not doing) about it. There were recent articles in local papers about emissions problems and not enough monitoring. Can you elaborate?
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