Letters

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, The following letter has been sent to Mr. Jeff McKay of Rogers Telecommunications Dear Mr. McKay, Further to your request for comment regarding the proposed Rogers radio-communications tower in the municipality of Meaford, the people have spoken. Our community is sending you a 700-strong petition opposing the Cell Tower placement. You have proposed a Rogers Telecommunications tower...

Letter to the Editor Editor, To the Gentleman behind me in the grocery store line on Saturday evening, I may never know who you are, but it is important to me to let you know how impacted I was from your act of kindness. While paying for my groceries last Saturday, I realized my debit card was missing from my wallet;...

Letter to the Editor Editor, Recently arrived by mail was a slick, expensive publication - Municipality of Meaford's "Community Recreation Guide".   Unfortunately the map on page five confirms that the "Municipality" consists of the "town". As if we needed one more reminder! Jean Koroway, Annan

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, There is something very fishy about this letter. Your correspondent is very eager for us to know all the places where he has trained as a ‘statistician and econometrician’. We are aware that those who practice those activities deal entirely with numbers; extracting and assembling relationships amongst them. What is really strange is that in his letter...

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, Immediately after the TMI hit the newsstands Friday, April 11 , I received a call about the Reuse Fair. ‘Yes, I have things to share, but where do I bring them?’ was the question. Oh dear, in the information submitted to  your paper, did we forget to add that the items are to be dropped off at...

Letter to the Editor Editor, Susan Delacourt, formerly of The Globe and Mail and now a senior political writer for The Toronto Star, has written a book entitled Shopping For Votes in which she contrasts political advertising of a product vs. commercial advertising. Advertising Standards Canada states, “Advertisements must not unfairly, discredit, disparage, or attack one or more products, services, advertisements,...

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, My name is Arthur Lake and I live too close to a Bell cell tower at Southcott Pines in Grand Bend. My experience is not encouraging. A cell tower is a huge investment that completely overwhelms the ability of local residents to resist as an isolated community effort. The amount of money yielded from this...

Letter to the Editor Editor, No wonder the Municipality of Meaford council is in a dilemma over the choice of policing for this municipality. The whole process was flawed from the beginning and remains so. What is required is a response to a Request For a Proposal on policing, ie. an RFP. By writing their own requirements in an RFP the Meaford...

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, To use frozen water pipes as an example of ‘ageing infrastructure’ is not valid, in my view. Humans have a lifespan which edges upwards towards 100 years, which makes it difficult for us to form a realistic perception of the changes in climate which have occurred over the 6 billion or so years since our planet...

Letter to the Editor Editor, On Friday, March 21, 2014 the Meaford Independent posted and editorial by Mr. Stephen Vance.  In that editorial, Mr. Vance made mention of Chief Sornberger answering a question posed to him by a Meaford resident regarding whether or not a study had been conducted to assure there was adequate police radio signal strength across the entire...