Letters

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, My wife and I attended the July 19th Council meeting on the new Meaford Library. We are relatively new to the Meaford area and thought this would be a good opportunity to see our local elected representatives in action.It appears that this meeting was scheduled in response to the tender bids being meaningful higher than anticipated. The...

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, As a taxpayer I appreciate a local politician who is concerned about overspending and looking after our tax dollars. “First of all in my opinion it does not conform at all to the best practices and standards that have been used in the past. The decision could undermine council’s credibility. It really defies logic. In my...

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, Thank you to everyone who attended my 90th birthday celebrations, the flowers, gifts, and especially the donations to the Friends of the Meaford Library's Fundraising efforts. It is all much appreciated. Maria McKay, Meaford

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, In the 1980s, the Royal Canadian Legion started collecting pop tabs (pull tabs to open pop and cat food tins), to be sold to manufacturers, to raise money to buy wheelchairs for people in need. Many of these were specialty chairs for those with special problems. It takes 2,500,000 tabs to buy one chair, so it...

Letter to the Editor Editor, Re. your 'Rant' in the print edition of July 4, 2019, about Meaford's Toronto Star advertorial. Sponsored posts, 'discovery' or 'native' advertising, search advertising, and other print and online versions of this technique (including the time-tested advertorial) are legitimate, proven forms of marketing. Right now, they're extremely effective, cutting through the incredible amount of online noise. They're...

Letter to the Editor Editor, Got my comeuppance from a young lady today. A hot day, car thermometer at 35 degrees Celsius. My wife has a physio appointment. Tells me to keep the car running while waiting so she is not stifled by the heat after treatment.Waiting for her return with the car running, I fall asleep reading. Knock on the window wakes me up. Wind...

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, While I do agree that demands of insurance companies have made some activities more difficult I think it is unfair to blame the insurance industry. You talked about when we were young you just pulled out your toboggan and away you went. However, when we were young we took responsibility for our own actions. If we...

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, We had an amazing Canada Day in the Municipality of Meaford this year! There were plenty of activities for everyone! Beautiful Joe Heritage Society board members would like to extend a huge ‘Thank You’ to our sponsors: Remax Meaford (Marg Spragge and Christine Moore) and Canadian Pet Connection.We had super volunteers: Kim and Kevin Ware, Michael...

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, Your statement, "I would encourage you to round up your neighbours, head to the next council meeting and demand a commitment" has been the accepted past practice of residents that want council to give them what they perceive as something that belongs to them or they want to remain the same. Unfortunately, you use the...

Letter to the Editor Editor, At the council meeting on Monday, June 10, a comment by a local resident and past owner of the Leith Beach property in question bears repeating: Why are we having this meeting? If the municipal park in question were Fred Raper park in the town of Meaford, the process would never have got to this point.Cherished...