Letters

Reader: GBR Lawsuit Risky, Ill Advised

Monday, 04 March 2013 07:52 Letter to the Editor Letters

Editor,

We have sent the following letter to Meaford Municipal Council.

Deputy-Mayor & Council,

We are writing this letter to express our extreme displeasure in the Municipality’s pursuit of the Georgian Beach law suit and appeal. It was a risky and ill advised decision which puts all Municipal finances in peril.

This Municipality has been in a difficult financial position since 2007. For the Municipality to even have contemplated proceeding with this risky court case, was, in our opinion, irresponsible at best, and frightening at worst.

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Reader: Brace Yourself for 2014 Budget

Monday, 04 March 2013 07:47 Letter to the Editor Letters

Editor,

Now that we have the results of one of the three big Meaford court cases on the books the score reads Meaford - 0, Lawyers- $1,500,000.

Now the question regarding the case between the Grists and our mayor - who is paying for the mayor’s lawyers?

I questioned the 2013 budget at a town hall with regard to where the legal liabilities were accounted for and it was implied that insurance would cover most, so much for being on top of things!

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Reader Suggests Ministry of Municipal Affairs Take Charge of Meaford

Monday, 04 March 2013 07:01 Letter to the Editor Letters

Editor,

What are we going to do? What can we do? In the midst of organized confusion where is sanity?

Frank Bassingthwaite has written a masterful letter (The Meaford Independent - et al ) about the Municipality of Meaford mess to date and so have many others.

We were active ratepayers throughout the early events that began around 2004 so we can well verify Frank’s observations. Through ill-health and an accident we have been limited to observer status for the last few years.

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