But, Herb Black tells CHSJ News he is not mad or upset that council decided to say no to allowing power poles to be put up on the West side as part of his company's metal shredder expansion at the Port.
He says if Saint John is becoming an old people's home and they want to chase away industry that is fine with him.
Black tells us the project would start with 50 jobs and grow to 250 over time.
He says he could be making a decision on the future of the project by Monday but, at this point, without power it can't proceed.
