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Pleased to see new mayor As I woke up on this Plantagenet morn- ing, I was pleased to !nd out that Mayor Lalonde has been replaced. For the most part, many felt that we were in for another four years. I didn’t believe it. Over his last two terms I saw a mayor whose lack of con- sideration for the population will leave a mark for years to come. a small town. When most cities !nd ways to capitalize on this simple activity, we created a situation where people try to sell their wares when most people are out of town. People moving in, moving out, selling baby cloths and even dying were left with the option to go to another town to sell these simple surpluses of living. Perhaps Lalonde should have listened to the complaints and realized that life does not wait for three-day weekends.
!scal responsibility, reduced spending, pension reform as well as a serious plan to drop property taxes. We also need a mayor with a mandate to improve our community in these areas and clean up the mess of the previous administration without cowering to the county. Is Dicaire the man? I don’t know but one thing is for certain, he must be held to a higher standard than his pre- decessor.
surrounding his conduct is proving a con- tinuous liability. Now armed with guns, handcu"s and a wrong attitude, it is only a question of time when another stupid inci- dent will happen with dire consequences and we will again pick up the tab adding to the litigation already in progress. Not listen- ing and not !xing this mistake has certainly cost Lalonde hundreds of votes and prob- ably cost him the election. His indi"erence on this issue cost us several thousands of dollars and left us with a running tab. But the real question is how we wish to see our community in the future. We need
His indi"erence in handling and inform- ing the population on the asphalt plant for one, his relationship with the county, his in- di"erence on the Royal Bank, among many other things, were all reasons enough to lose the election. But the one that stuck in the craw with many citizens with such bit- terness is his forming and arming our by- law inspectors with body armor, handcu"s, pepper spray and guns. Changing the yard sales to three estab- lished long weekends a year was also a con- troversial by-law. This essentially took away one of the most pleasant social activities for
But there was a plan. This permitted his beloved by-law o#cers to be unleashed and empowered. They bullied their way around town and at the dump, with little re- straint, trespassing, looking into windows, barking at people for insigni!cant things. Just a week ago, by-law o#cer Guindon (charged and convicted of shooting a dog), still proclaims that he has the right to go on any property at any time, claiming pow- ers greater that even the police. Litigation
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