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Finally,
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Why did council use
The Weather net when Kincardine has its own unique
weather station? Go to
http://www.pilor.com and see what an interesting and informative
website looks like.
1/16/05
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In the
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efficient, improves
relationships, and avoids those misunderstandings that can plague us all.
As with all of us, council members can improve their skills.
1/19/05
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Glenn Sutton states he is
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Kincardine….” Yet there is nothing new in his
letter unless it is the comment that seasonal residents now will have the
opportunity to vote through a mail-in ballot. I am not certain this is new
since the mayor has back-peddled on the telephone poll since first
announcing his flawed plan.
1/12/05
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by Fred Kirby January 5, 2005
The
majority of council members still fail to understand the nuclear waste
storage issue. They continue to confuse the two parts of the issue.
One part concerns the advantages and disadvantages of hosting a nuclear
storage facility. This concerns safety and definition of our community
balanced against payments from OPG, the arrival of temporary jobs during
building, and the possibility of permanent jobs
on completion. The other part is the democratic process by which the
citizens are given balanced information on the issues and are permitted to
make their choice through a binding mechanism that can be validated.
It is possible to favour accepting the nuclear waste storage plan while
disagreeing with the lack of a fair process. Those on council leading the
charge to spend money not yet received would have served the municipality
better had they bothered to put some thought into an open and just
process. There are people on both sides of the issue who have a sense of
fair play, justice, and democratic ideals. It is unfortunate for all of
them that too many on council lack those qualities.
But then, how could transparency, fairness, and justice exist in an
environment where the deputy mayor uses his position to bully a
petitioner, Jennifer Heisz. Jennifer appeared to have prepared a
well-written document, certainly courteously presented, that did not call
for the deputy mayor to ask if she was prepared to sign it. Sandy needs to
realize gratuitous behaviour has a tendency to blow back like manure
spread into the wind. I heard no call for an apology from the mayor.
Councillor Barry Schmidt does no credit to himself. Falling back on word
of the law is for scoundrels; those who live for “justice not just us”
value the spirit of the law. Barry may have sat long on committees and
read much on the subject but he shows no instinct for participatory
democracy when he says council can make a decision on storage without
public input. Arrogance does not serve the public well and demeans the
importance of the issue.
Surely Gord Campbell and Guy Anderson are not the only ones wanting to
represent all the people rather than their own agenda?
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