[All] FW: FW: Why you still can't drink the local water in Elmira | TheRecord.com

[Bob Burtt]

Your comments are music to my ears Greg. It is interesting to note that
Leah Gerber is actually being paid by the federal government as part of a
program to support local journalism. That concept comes with its own
baggage, but I'm glad she's there.

I see problems and shortcomings in the Record everyday, but knowing that
the newsroom has shrunk by 75 or 80 per cent since I joined the papers in
1984, I'm amazed at the good work that they do. I disagree with many of
the opinions expressed, but I'm sure glad that there are people there to
express them. I spend the first hour of everyday reading the Record and
dread the day that there is no hard copy of the paper.

If Donald Trump has been effective at one thing, it is probably
successfully convincing large numbers of people that the main-stream media
is peddling false news and that is just sad.


On Mon, Nov 2, 2020 at 6:59 PM Greg Michalenko <gcmichalenko at uwaterloo.ca>
wrote:

> An easy way to read the article would be to subscribe, either for the
> print or digital copy.  The Record is doing a fantastic job of
> investigative reporting on important issues.  Such reporting is the bedrock
> of democracy and deserves financial support.  It would be interesting to do
> a cost-benefit analysis to show how much is saved to our benefit - whether
> it is health costs, preventing environmental damage, better decision making
> - compared to the fairly modest costs of supporting a god local newspaper.
>
> - Greg
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> *Subject:* [All] FW: FW: Why you still can't drink the local water in
> Elmira | TheRecord.com
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> For any of you who don't get The Record or who care about this issue a
> lot, the cover story on today's Record by Leah Gerber...the lingering saga
> of contaminated soils after Uniroyal.
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> https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/2020/11/02/why-you-still-cant
> -drink-the-local-water-in-elmira.html
> <https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/2020/11/02/why-you-still-cant-drink-the-local-water-in-elmira.html>
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> <https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/2020/11/02/why-you-still-cant-drink-the-local-water-in-elmira.html>
> Why you still can’t drink the local water in Elmira | TheRecord.com
> <https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/2020/11/02/why-you-still-cant-drink-the-local-water-in-elmira.html>
> www.therecord.com
> Elmira has safe tap water, but it is not taken from the local aquifer.
> Experts say it will take many more years to rid the local groundwater of
> toxic ...
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> *Some people couldn’t read the article at on this link-  The Record blocks
> things til you sign in or something, so…..use attachment above.*
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> Lori
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