Truth of BGMO visit to ground breaking revealed
Further to my posting of the 3rd which was correctly removed by the I-Hub administrators due to some of the language used, I have recomposed the posting. I have also obtained added valuable insights and information from independent and local sources.
In early December, BGMO announced that Hillard Herzog would be attending the ground breaking event for their newly acquired, 60% owned, GreenSafe Demanufacturing Inc subsidiary.
Herzog arrived on the scheduled mid-afternoon Air Canada flight from Montreal. He was met at the Bathurst Regional Airport by Swire, Kennedy and one other officer of GreenSafe. Also, on the same flight was Hal Wolfe, which according to the GS website, was hired to find capital for GS. There were no other Americans at the event.
The passengers were taken directly to the Hotel Paulin where the Town of Caraquet hosted a banquet in HH's honour. Swire told me that he can provide a copy of a photo which shows the Mayor presenting HH with a painting from a local artist. It is clear from the lighting behind the dining room drapes that the event was in the evening.
Marcel through my friend Roger spoke with some of the local town officials who were involved in arranging the event. It was clear that the Town of Caraquet had rented a van from a firm in Tracadie. The van was used to move the ground breaking team to and from the airport and the "Parc Industriel" site.
According to Swire, he further confirmed with the former Mayor Landry of Caraquet that the Town does not have a limo service. There is a Landry Limo service in Moncton but not in Caraquet as the population does not support even basic bus service. Swire recalls that GS had reimbursed the Town for the cost of the van in 2010.
As for the big cheque, it was produced locally and it believed to be in the possession of Kennedy. When HH signed the cheque, it was immediately uploaded to both the BGMO and GS websites. I even saved a copy of the picture which clearly shows the BGMO bank encoding from the Citibank. Last week, Swire advised that the bill for the large printed cheque was fully paid in early 2010. Strangely enough, BGMO realized about a day later that the cheque posted on the net had the bank codes on it. The cheque was temporarily taken down from the BGMO site to they could photo shop out the numbers and replace it with a series of nines.
On the evening following the ground breaking event, GS hosted a dinner for the Mayor and selected elected officials and their staff. HH paid for the dinner for nearly as Swire recalls nearly 25 people.
Subsequent to the event, GS paid the hotel's account. Swire said last week that all of those invoices and cancelled cheques are in the GS offices in Fredericton.
Marcel told Roger that they still hope that the plant will be built.
