Letters

Letter to the Editor Editor, We hear a lot about the “Victory Nickel”, but the Victory Torch engraved on the nickel was designed partly by Frederick S. Haines, of Meaford. The mint replicated this torch on the Victory Nickel. “... Fred Haines collaborated in the design of a Victory Torch with Ted Watson. The torch was flown by Canadian bomber to England...

Letter to the Editor Editor, I have spent some time going over the “Municipality of Meaford - State of the Infrastructure – Roads” report. Roads are the single most important service which a municipality provides directly. The report is approximately 175 pages long and presents far too much detail for me to comment upon except in broad terms. For those of you who...

Letter to the Editor Editor, Several important items of business were dealt with at Council meetings on September 15th  and 22nd. The State of the Roads Infrastructure Report was presented to council and it was adopted. This means that this council, most of whom would understand very little of what this 100 page report  said, accepted it as gospel  and...

Letter to the Editor Editor, In your recent editorial re the location of cell towers in urban Meaford (My Tongue Hurts From all of the Biting) you state that "from a personal perspective , Rogers or any other cell company could put a tower in my backyard and I would have zero concern." You support your point of view by stating that "we...

Letter to the Editor Editor, I wept with envy as I read the Monday Sun Times article about the excellent financial picture that exists in Georgian Bluffs.  I live in former Sydenham,  now part of Meaford. Georgian Bluffs operates on fewer than half the staff that we are told we need--to govern and manage the same sized population.  Half our taxes go...

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, Having heard the results ff the Scotland referendum, and the amazing voter turnout of over 80 percent, I think we should explore having one on our ballot? (computer-phone?). Let's face it, the Sydenham-Meaford thing just isn't working. Also, it's a distinct possibility that voter participation may be very low amongst seniors-a large demographic. Maybe the Municipality could jazz...

Letter to the Editor Editor, Top ten reasons why municipal council voting to begin the process of signing an agreement with Rogers Communications for a cell tower at the harbour is not good for our community: 1.      Volunteer energy that would go into building a truly healthy and harmonious municipality now has to be invested in trying to stop potentially 3 cell...

Letter to the Editor Editor, Frog’s Hollow road is the main cyclists’ route from Thornbury to routes south on GR7 and west to the Walters Fall’s, Bogner, and Rocklyn areas. With the climbs and low volume of traffic It is one of the most popular roads in the county with thousands of riders using this route each year. With two months left...

Letter to the Editor Editor, On Friday, September 5, the residents of the Municipality of Meaford experienced a sever weather storm that created a number of difficulties for our residents. Many of us settled in for what looked like a dark, TV less evening due to a power outage. My wife and I went through the standard procedure of digging out...

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, The following is an open letter to council: The past is littered with examples of products and technologies that have been brought to market and later found to be harmful to humans, animals and the environment. Early evidence of harmful effects was ignored as our regulatory agencies  cast aside the "precautionary principle"  and replaced it with the...