All Entries in the "Letters and Opinion" Category
Adopt this municipality’s bylaw to help protect from turbine “fall out”
Dear Mayor Mertens and Council members, With respect, I am writing to ask that you please take note of the recent bylaw passed by the municipalitiy of Plympton-Wyoming to protect their municipality and its residents. I request that on behalf of the residents of Prince Edward County you take similar steps to protect our municipality […]
Class action lawsuit against the wind companies?
Dear Mayor Mertens and Council: I am writing this letter as a result of information that has come forward concerning the possible location of one of the wind turbines near the village of Milford. One fine sunny day in December my husband and I were driving from South Bay into the village of Milford on […]
There’s no free lunch
Have the residents of Prince Edward County never learned that there is no free lunch? Do councillors not buy groceries or gasoline? Do they not use hydro? Have they not noticed the increase in the cost of living? I would challenge anyone to live anywhere in Ontario more reasonably than in The County with the […]
Join Wednesday’s citizen rally over Robo-Calls
With the Robo-Call scandal, the integrity of Canada’s electoral process is at stake. Will Members of Parliament stand up for Canada? Will MP Daryl Kramp ask the House of Commons for a full judicial inquiry into the allegations of 31,000 Canadians who believe that their right to vote has been compromised? Those who want to […]
It’s not easy being ‘Green’ if you want to make some
I was chatting with a Prince Edward County (PEC) friend, a “naturalist and bird lover” and informed her that the Ontario Teacher’s Pension Fund from which she now derives income in retirement, invested $75,000,000 in a Corporation called BluEarth Renewables Inc. BluEarth is a firm that is investing in renewable energy developments like Industrial Wind […]
The Mean Green Energy Act
The “science” associated with the Industrial Wind Turbine (IWT) debate has been bandied about like the numbered ping pong balls in a bingo or lottery machine… it’s like a “box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get”, except for chocolate (sugar coating) that is. My concern is that this “science” irrespective of […]
Decision helps raise level of religious literacy across the country
A few days ago our Supreme Court decided that the Québec government has the right to impose the same ethics-and-religion course in all schools, whether public, private or faith-based. The unanimous decision came after two parents claimed the course has violated their Charter right to freedom of religion. They said the course was making it […]
Rein in reckless Green spending and concentrate on the economy
Industrial Wind Turbines have no place on the south shore of Prince Edward County. Designated as an Important Bird Area and zoned agricultural and environmentally protected, this area must be preserved as it is. The provincial government must not be allowed to bypass the local municipal zoning rules. The people of Prince Edward County must […]
Flawed County Sustainability Group IWT Commentary, Meaningless and Misleading?
Dear Mayor Merton and Members of Council, I am submitting this open letter on behalf of myself to offer information that I hope will provide you with logical constructs that indicate the relevance of the public commentary of members of the County Sustainability Group (CSG) in regards to Industrial Wind Turbines (IWT). It is my […]
Looking for Baxter Building history
Do you have memories, stories, photos to share about the Don Baxter Memorial Building in Bloomfield? It is now being converted into a creative place for the arts by a group of local businesses and individuals under the Bloomfield Centre for Creativity. For many years the Baxter Building served as a cafeteria for the Baxter […]
