From the Armpit of the Township

I am not a lawyer or a high profile businessman but just a mere resident of the “armpit of the township” (Breslau). I want to add my personal comments regarding this bio gas site issue. I agree that Elmira would suffer many unpleasant side effects from having this mess in their area but I also think that by dumping this onto my little town of Breslau would create the issues here with smell and truck traffic. Yes we have the airport and we have the oil refinery but these businesses have been here for a long time and I feel that by adding more stink here you are sending Breslau a clear message that we are the “dump” for Elmira. Breslau is the fastest growing residential area of Woolwich Township. The tax dollars that are being generated here are tremendous for the Township. Why then, would you consider sending this stink pot to us? I have been attempting to access more info about the alternate site but there does not seem to be much information available. Every week I read about all the great improvements in Elmira such as roads and sidewalks. Nothing is too good for Elmira! Here we are in our little corner of the Township waiting for improvements and what do we get? We get a housing development that adds multiples of population from our current numbers. We get roads that are falling apart and no money to fix them. We get sidewalks that are dangerous to walk on. We get a school that is overflowing with children who now have to learn in portables and almost don’t feel like they are part of the school. I would like to remind Mayor Todd Cowan that it was the vote from Breslau that added the much needed numbers to place him as the Mayor. I think he needs to remember this when he asks for this project to be relocated to a better site. According to the plans that I have seen, Breslau will become a huge area with lots of opportunities for employment and further development. I ask again, why then would they want to place this Bio gas plant here. Find somewhere else to dump it.