Some scientists, no wait - some teachers signed a letter ..

Interesting headline in today's Chronicle:

Scientists to state case in Chronicle.

See - Chronicle - Desperate Council gets USQ teachers to sign a letter.

So you think - lots of experts in water recycling from around the world?

Not quite.

You read on:

More than 40 leading Toowoomba academics have put their signatures to an open letter in support of water recycling.

So suddenly it's not scientists, it's Toowoomba academics.

The read on further.

Scientists, engineers and professionals from a broad range of faculties at the University of Southern Queensland, including education and economics, will have a letter published in The Chronicle tomorrow highlighting their concern about "highly inaccurate" information circulating in the community and call on Toowoomba people to look at scientific facts when voting.

So its a few scientists, engineers, and others in education and economics.

That's right, it's a letter from teachers to Toowoomba voters.

And what do they say:

"It is our professional opinion that the recycling of water – as proposed by the Water Futures project – will provide water at least as good or better in terms of safety and drinking quality than any other option currently available, the letter states."

So a group of teachers - some in science, some in engineering, some in education and some in economics - say it's ok - in their professional opinion!

Phew, that's a relief.

And they're all from USQ - the heartland of the failed Council-affiliated Pure H20 group who were unable to put their petition on the table after claiming that getting 20,000 signatures was in the bag.

The CADS petition handed to Mayor Thorley this morning amounted to almost 12,000 signatures - including many professionals.

Mayor's Thorley's hastily arranged letter for the Chronicle will, like their other misleading tactics, fall flat.

How many people attended the Thorley campaign session last night - 11?

How many attended the No case rally at the Empire Theatre - over 900.

Interesting indicator of feeling in the community.

One question remains - who's paying for the teachers' letter - is it coming out of the Yes campaign's ratepayer funded $460,000 - that hardly seems fair ...