I received a great email this weekend on the topic of Peel Plaza, and I’d like to share it with everyone!
Check it out, and let me know what you think:
The stench of Marsh Creek near the Post Office and by the brook on Bridge Street in the north end would lead tourists to believe we are still living in the days when people had to duck to avoid sewage being thrown out the window into the street. Do our Council members really have no sense of smell along with their deafness when it comes to hearing what Saint John citizens want done with our money?
We pay close to $1,000 a year to have third world quality water with known carcinogens delivered to us through our household taps, being sold to us as “drinking water”. It does not meet modern standards that are in place to protect us from waterborne diseases. Why?
A large number of “asleep at the switch” Council members would rather leave water treatment for another day in favour of building another revenue losing monument to their egos, Peel Plaza.
Ivan Court was on Tom Young’s show the other day saying the six bidders on Peel Plaza were Maritime contractors. Pomerleau, the low bidder is not a Maritime based company Mr. Court. This is from their website; “Since 1964, Pomerleau has been an important player in the construction industry. Today, the company leads the QUEBEC construction industry and is one of the top builders in Canada.”
Half truths equal lies and there have been so many lies told about the Peel Plaza project no right minded politician should want to be tarred with the broad brush strokes it will leave if it goes ahead. They need to get OUR priorities straight in their heads, not Staff’s and not their own!
Any Council member who votes in favour of Peel Plaza should be turfed out at the first opportunity. Let the Councillors know you will not vote for them if they put Peel Plaza ahead of clean safe drinking water and they don’t put an end to City wastewater being discharged untreated into our waterways before they do anything else.
