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sailingby writes:

in response to EdFoster:

I am extremely pleased that the City was not fined and that Quality Enterprises was and that QE effectively pleaded guilty to the six counts of violating the Clean Air Act that the EPA finally charged them with. They accepted the fine (although I think it should have been MUCH larger) and whether or not they admitted guilt during the negotiations with the EPA is incidental. Should anyone care to read the depositions taken by C.A.R.E.S., Inc. in this case, they will find that QE had already admitted to being guilty of the first five counts back in 2006. It took another 3 1/2 years and the continual prodding of Dr. Mario Sanchez to force this issue to a conclusion. I thank him for that! I hope Marco's Public Utilities Department has learned from this and will disqualify Quality Enterprises from ever doing work on Marco Island again.

Ed Foster
Former Marco Resident &
Former Chairman of C.A.R.E.S., Inc.

In other words, the only thing of consequence garnered by this abysmal, lengthy, costly (City legal fees) action dragged out over 4 years by Foster, Sanchez and Biles is the vindication that that City and its staff and the sitting City council at the time hid nothing, had nothing to hide, acted properly in cleaning up any contamination at the time, and those who were out for blood can now be certified to have been on a witch hunt.

The issue was closed years ago. Only by some tortured line of reason, fueled by an inability to lose gracefully, and a shameless lack of concern for the citizens of Marco Island were Foster, Sanchez and Biles able to foist a conspiracy theory so big that innocent bystanders were caught up in it.

You have lost all credibility. But here you are trying to spin the story as if you have achieved something other than complete and utter failure.

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