Letters

Dear Editor, I would like to thank everyone who attended the downtown winter celebration on Saturday, December 4. It was nice to see people out supporting our local merchants and enjoying the Christmas spirit. As with all events it takes planning and dedication from groups in our community. Please join me in thanking the Mayor as well as Janet Sperling, Jenn...

Editor, Recent letters to The Independent defend the proposed pumped storage project (PSP) and question the rationale for suggesting there is a degree of deception at play here in its advocation. In order to contemplate these points of view, it is incumbent upon all of us to understand the inherent inefficiency of pumping water up hill to later extract energy...

Editor, Mr. Carr clearly does not approve of the Pumped Storage Project. That’s his right. However, I have no respect for someone who makes broad accusations of corruption without providing some basis for them. Mr. Carr accuses people ‘with authority over this matter’ of enjoying ‘extended remuneration’ (aka bribery), and explicitly says there is criminal activity going on. These are serious accusations...

Dear Editor, I am writing to you regarding your Editor’s Note at the end of Steve Griffiths’s letter of December 2nd: Should Council Consider SkyDev Their Only Option? Mr. Griffiths’s point was that the SkyDev’s proposal is the first that Council has had to deal with, and considering all the issues, Council should not feel pressured into thinking that this is...

Dear Editor, Thank you, S. Carr, for your letter regarding the pumped storage propaganda on December 2, 2021. You are not the only engineer who has spoken against this proposal. The Ontario Society of Engineers (OSPE) deemed the pumped storage unnecessary. Instead, OSPE recommended that the Government of Ontario “implement electricity price reform that will allow consumers to use the...

Editor, I was surprised and disappointed to read the letter with negative comments about the Dutch in Holland. Fact checks would be wise before inferring that Netherlanders are not intelligent and educated. Does the writer not understand that The Netherlands is not unique to having people rioting and protesting against the COVID protocols? Sadly, there are people in our own...

Editor, The 'pungent' prose of his opinion (letter to the editor, December 2, 2021) is marginally offensive and maybe libellous. He offers no evidence to support his belief that TCE’s communications efforts exhibit "criminality" and “propaganda”. He laments that his inadequate engineering arguments have not even slowed down the project and implores someone with litigation skills to put a stop to...

Editor, I think not!!! Meaford is considered a very attractive and viable location by builders and developers. Look at the number of recent developments underway or planned within our town. At the top of this list is the Knights property, where SkyDev is proposing an unpopular and controversial redevelopment. This is the first proposal for the site that Council has had to...

Editor, The pungent stench of this well-orchestrated, yet flawed attempt to extract money from unwary Ontarians, becomes more putrid with each article and opinion I read. Who, with authority over this matter, if not for some form of extended remuneration, would advocate for the capitalization of this antiquated technology, and mandate its uncontestable utilization for 50 or 100 years to a...

Dear Editor, I was just talking to someone in Holland and it gives me the urge to knock some sense into these people saying we don’t need to follow COVID protocols. The Dutch, whom I thought were so intelligent and educated, are fighting tooth and nail against being forced to take precautions, but now they need the military to help with...