Water Board Director’s actions called ‘shameful’

From time to time, events come to light that force people to question whether public officials are truly concerned with residents’ wellbeing, as opposed to simply looking out for their own job security. Watergate was one of those times. So was Chernobyl. And now we’ve got Frack-Water-Gate, Niagara Falls Water Board Executive Director Paul Drof’s unconscionable plan to hunt down a whistleblower who exposed the presence of illegal – and highly toxic – fracking wastewater on the premise of a Niagara Falls water treatment plant (NFWA launches taxpayer-funded probe to uncover whistleblower, Oct. 30.)

Instead of focusing on why the wastewater was in the plant at all (after the Niagara Falls City Council banned such fracking-related substances within city limits on March 6), Drof is concerned with identifying the brave, honest whistleblower who brought this violation to light. He’s even willing to spend taxpayer dollars rooting out the well-meaning individual. Drof doesn’t care about the health and safety of Western New Yorkers, or even upholding the law. He’s only worried about keeping his own job. Shameful.