Letters

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, I was one of many who cleaned up Meaford Saturday, and there is a comment I would like to make. The area I did had mostly cigarette butts. Paper and broken pots are part of life, but there is no reason for cigarette butts littering the sidewalks. My husband has smoked for the 55 years...

Letter to the Editor Editor, We recently attended a meeting to review plans for the future of Memorial Park. The public was invited to comment on the four plans which were presented. The Moore family gifted this beautiful piece of property to the Town of Meaford as a 'Park' for the use of the community.Sadly, this has become a 'Parking Lot' for increasingly...

Letter to the Editor Editor, Trying to understand the whole SNC affair led me to the book Irresponsible Government: The Decline of Parliamentary Democracy In Canada. For those of us who want to understand what is happening in the ‘Ottawa Bubble’, as well as wanting a democracy that truly represents taxpayers, this fact-based, easy to read book is a gift. Most everyone...

Letter to the Editor Editor, As we read the reviews of the riots in Paris over higher taxes, and read of accounts of Facebook employees turning against their CEO, we are once again reminded of the fact that there are tipping points in corporations and similar points in governments, which, when reached, cause people to respond in unexpected ways. As we view...

Letter to the Editor Editor, Your point about the decline of churches (Rants, Raves & Rumours column, March 14 print edition) is well taken, and by and large it is true. Although some churches are thriving and growing there is a general indifference across this country to the role of religion in people's lives. The fundamental cause is not hard to find...

Letter to the Editor Editor, I want to commend The Meaford Independent for publishing the article from the Pet Expert on Proper Habitats for Betta Fish. Also I commend Brandon Forder for writing it. I am consumed by sympathy every time I walk into a pet store and see these wonderful intelligent fish on display in the tiny cubes and the tiny habitats...

Letter to the Editor Editor, I have closely followed with increasing disbelief the testimony provided by former Principal Secretary, Gerald Butts, the Prime Minister, and the highly partisan Clerk of the Privy Council Michael Wernick before the Justice Committee. They clearly don’t understand the notion that 'no means no'. Apparently repeated requests of the former Attorney-General, Jody Wilson-Raybould, to change her...

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, I want to thank you and the others who supported me for Meaford councillor. I want you to know that I did not make the decision lightly when I decided to put my name forward for the Conservative nomination for BGOS.As you mentioned I did not foresee Miller retiring from the party when I ran...

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, When it comes right down to it, it seems we all have something in common, an inability to know exactly what is going to happen ten years, one year, one week from now. I am sure that had Paul Vickers known that Larry Miller was going to announce he was stepping down, he would not...

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, After reading your reporting of council's budget deliberations, it is appears that staff are holding fast at 4.06% increase in residential taxes. Any further reduction would impact services, but staff didn't say what services. However, each year staff announces an annual surplus, usually more than $500,000. I would suggest, that budget deliberations are well into...