“Whereas Council believes we are at a moment in the Municipality's history that we may be able to put a difficult and divisive period related to Meaford Hall behind us and move forward more successfully together;
Be it hereby resolved that Council takes this opportunity to sincerely apologize for the manner in which the Municipality treated a number of its citizens who were executives, staff, volunteers, supporters and friends of the Georgian Theatre Festival and Meaford Hall before, during and following the physical renovation of the Hall.
While there were errors of judgement made during this unfortunate period in our community life, Council offers this unequivocal apology for its way of dealing with other views at the time, and vows to be more respectful of the range of views of its citizens in the future.
Council does so in the hope that forgiveness can now take the place of animosity and that all citizens, including those involved the the Georgian Theatre Festival and Meaford Hall reconstruction, will feel welcome and become a part of Meaford Hall's success, and the Municipality's success going forward.”
This was the apology read by Meaford Mayor Francis Richardson at the opening of the Monday March 8th meeting of council.
QUEEN’S PARK – After spending 100 days in exile, Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Bill Murdoch returned to his seat in the Legislature and delivered his first statement, starting with an apology to the Speaker of the House.
The hall has been booked since December, posters are being printed, and tickets will soon be on sale.
