Letters

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...

Letter to the Editor Editor, the following is an open letter to the Municipality of Meaford, council and staff: Municipal staff will be submitting a report to council at Monday’s Council Meeting of the Whole recommending Council pass a motion to Lease to Rogers Telecommunications the right to put a 91-foot Cell Tower in the harbour for 25 years. Staff, Rob...

Letter to the Editor Mr. Editor, As a result of my recent letter in the Independent about the Policing proposals, I received a very polite but firm response from Mayor Richardson.  It seems like my criticism of staff was misdirected. He states, “We have an excellent, professional, staff that is doing a superb job for our community.  They do not deserve...

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, There is an election coming that will use pin numbers and electronic ballots, or touch-tone phones.  I can cope with this, I can use a computer and I have touch-tone phones.  However I do know there are people in the municipality that have neither of these things.  I hear some muttering, “I guess I just...

Letter to the Editor Editor, What follows is an Open Letter to Meaford Staff and Council regarding Policing Costs: Background In a "News Release" published in the Meaford Independent on August 18, Meaford Treasurer Darcy Chapman asserted that the billing for OPP police services would rise from the current $1,772,053 by $455,647 to $2,277,000 next year. At that time, the details of the...

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, Those of us who live in close proximity to the children's play park, "Peter Cameron Park" in Leith, have learned to make do with what we have. Much of the equipment in the park requires maintenance. The swings are very old and unless we oil them ourselves they can be heard squeaking throughout the...

Letter to the Editor Mr. Editor, I would like to commend Mr. Long for his comments regarding the strange happenings which were initiated recently by some of our senior administration.   He stated so well what has puzzled many of our citizens.  Why is it that the administrators can come up with figures to prove that their pet project (going with OSPS)...

Letter to the Editor Editor, Meaford joins Blue Mountains on Nuclear Wastes. Last month July 28, the Municipality of Meaford passed a Resolution NOT TO SUPPORT the Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for (low and intermediate level nuclear wastes). The plan by Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) is to bury nuclear wastes 560 metres deep and 1.2 km from Lake Huron, a...