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Thursday, November 9, 2017 The Independent
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Let the powers that be carry out their duties
EDITOR:
Progressively Forward
Emery Huszka
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As a lifelong resident of Petrolia and one who has been involved in community affairs over the years, I am both saddened and dismayed by what I have been reading about lately, particularly the one-sided letters to the editor that are holding court in the public forum.
resist the temptation to be judgmental, particularly when I do not have access to all of the pertinent and accurate information. I also try to be more patient and wait for the proper procedures to be put in place and take their proper course.
successfully headed up a multi-talented administrative team that works very well together and for the best interests of our town.
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The road was closed for several hours while the accident was investigated by the OPP’s technical unit.
A Forest area man died when his vehicle struck the back of a farm tractor.
Police say Russell John Hierons of Bosanquet died the next day in hospital.
Lambton OPP say on Nov. 1, just
With reference to Petrolia’s CEO, Mr. Manny Baron, I will just relate one of my observations. He has very
Let us all try to be more charitable, understanding and let the powers that be carry out their duties.
As I have aged, I have attempted to
Reader says we shouldn’t be duped by Wynne again
EDITOR:
roads, bridges and transportation systems and, of course, from interest payments on the aforementioned debt.
couple of billion dollars less and also saved a few hundred jobs.
Most recently we have noticed that our premier is up to her old pre- election ploys. Let’s not get duped again.
I don’t believe we need to be reminded of the soaring electricity costs and how our premier has attempted to appease us by reducing hydro rates when, in fact, she is deferring the monstrous debt to the next generation as another “debt retirement charge.”
I don’t believe we can forget the dictation of the Green Energy Act which took away the democratic and constitutional rights of municipal and county governments to determine whether they wanted to have the inef cient, unreliable and costly industrial wind turbines located within their jurisdiction.
I don’t think most of us need to be reminded of how our great province has tumbled from prosperity to abysmal debt during this last period of the Liberal Party’s direction.
Our province already holds more debt than any other sub-national government in the world. Our net debt has tripled since the Liberals came
The premier appears to be oblivious to the province’s nancial status as she continues to dole out our money in unwarranted increases.
I don’t believe we can forget the fact the province wasted over $1 billion worth of clean, unneeded, energy
in 2016 (enough to power 760,000 homes) because of overproduction. They had to “dump” or export the unrequited electricity for prices less than it costs to produce.
to power, which is projected to be $312 billion this year. Currently this government spends over $11 billion annually servicing this debt. These charges continue to grow leaving that much less for other priorities such as health care, education and tax relief.
You have to shake your head and ask, “How and why does the CEO for Hydro One receive an annual salary of $4.6 million, more than the combined salaries of the top ve world leaders?”
I don’t believe that we can forget the broken promises of reducing our car insurance premiums. Despite having the lowest levels of accidents and fatalities in Canada, we continue to have the most expensive premiums in the country.
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Can we believe the provincial government’s announcement that they had achieved a balanced budget for this past year? The government may have curtailed some spending on day-to-day operations such as salaries, programs and income transfers to achieve this ctitious balance. However, the overall debt will continue to accumulate due to spending on long-term projects such
Most recently Wynne offered to appease the teacher and OPSEU unions by offering them salary increases and, obviously, to gain their electoral support.
I don’t believe that we can forget the “boondoggled” cancellation of gas plants at a cost of billions of dollars. That gas plant was built right next door to a coal-burning hydro plant that could have been retro tted and upgraded to a gas-burning plant for a
Let’s not forget come election time; let’s not get fooled again.
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In the Oct. 19, 2017 edition of The Independent, in the story Petrolia CAO cashes in on towns storage needs Remax was incorrectly identi ed as the real estate company which listed 395 Fletcher St. Remax displayed the property on its website as part of the MLS system. The Independent regrets the error and any confusion it may have caused.
And a clari cation; in the Nov. 2 edition in the page 12 story Administration fees rising in 2018 in Petrolia it was stated
a $25 administrative fee would be charged on tax bills. Town of cials clarify the fee is for taxpayers whose bills are in arrears for more than a year.
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before 7 pm, a vehicle hit a farm tractor which was travelling north on Forest Road between Aberarder and Chalk Lines. The man was taken to hospital with what police called serious life threatening injuries.
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