Yvon Simoneau seeks Ward 4 council seat gŏđŏ
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ROCKLAND | One council candidate is fed up with the way things are being done, or not being done, at City Hall and he wants to do something about it. Yvon Simoneau, 66, has put his name down for the Ward 4 seat in Clarence- Rockland’s civic election this fall. The Rock- land resident feels he needs to take some positive action over the problems plaguing council. “I simply do not like what’s been going on at City Hall the past three years,” Simoneau said, adding that, if elected, he will not be a partisan for anyone. “I will not take sides,” he said. “I want to represent the people of Ward 4. I want to
in office, the municipal arena is a familiar place to Simoneau. He has a brother who was a town councillor and a son who sat as a school district trustee. “I’ve lived with politics all my life,” he said. Simoneau will also rely on his engineer- ing business experience in helping him rep- resent his ward. “A municipality is like a business,” he said. “It’s important that citizens receive a fair re- turn on their municipal taxes.” As part of his work, Simoneau has trav- elled throughout Canada and also into the United States. He has seen in some Ameri- can cities the results of “poor housekeep- ing” decisions.
“There are towns which wanted perfec- tion without knowing if they could afford it and now they’re having problems,” he said. “We have to ask ourselves what we can af- ford to spend.” Simoneau refers to the past years of bud- get planning and property tax increases for Clarence-Rockland residents. The city has seen on average a five-per-cent annual increase in property taxes for every home- owner. “I haven’t yet worked out my election campaign platform,” said Simoneau, “but I am going to start with the premise that there is a limit to how much the people can afford to pay and that there comes a time when they cannot afford to pay any more.” Simoneau emphasized that he wants to help the city move forward. He noted that both the current council and the previous one were both able to accomplish good things for the community and he has no in- tention of focusing blame on anyone. But he also observed that the situation in City Hall cannot continue the way it is for another term. “There is definitely a great deal of discord,” he said. “That cannot continue. This school- yard squabbling must stop.” Time to start putting the ice shacks away Ice fishing season will come to an end soon in Ontario. Anglers are reminded to make sure to clean up their sites before they tow away their ice huts. Staff from the South Nation Conservation Authority (SNC) will be making the rounds of the popular ice fishing sites in the South Nation River watershed. Part of the reason is to collect information on number and types of fish caught during the ice fishing season as part of the SNC’s angling studies on lo- cal fish species and also monitoring of what types of fish may be found in the South Na- tion River and its tributaries during the win- ter season. Staff will also remind anglers that they need to make sure to cart away all gear, equipment, and debris from their fishing sites to avoid any junk going into the riv- ers and streams when the ice melts during spring thaw. “The message we’re trying to convey is clear,” stated Ryan Robson, SNC resource technician. “Keep trash and deleterious substances off the ice so they don’t end up in the water which disrupts aquatic life and may reduce drinking water quality.” Provincial ice fishing regulations require removal of all ice fishing huts from lakes and streams in Ontario by March 15. Aban- doned huts left to sink into the water with the melting ice can create marine traffic hazards. The owner of an abandoned hut may be charged under the Public Lands Act for any removal and cleanup costs. SNC staff will do a final inspection either on or after March 15 of all ice fishing sites within the South Nation River watershed to make sure ice huts are off the ice and sites cleaned up.
vote with my heart, with my beliefs, and with my experience.” Although he is going for his first term
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