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A referendum on asphalt plant, reader suggests A reader is indignant about the postpone- ment of a meeting about a proposed asphalt plant in Alfred-Plantagenet. the more delays you cause and the less people will participate or even remember. Like a big sponge you slowly suck away the life of a project
sponge. Even though we were assured of our Mayor’s help, it appears the time of his neighbours is not as sacred as we would expect. You think he could keep a schedule after so many months but it is fair to say no one is surprised. Since I have never seen a golf tourna- ment cancelled perhaps we need to add nine holes to the project so we can move this thing along. So let’s recap: We have an unwanted project that is still being worked upon. I think it is fair to say that the plant is almost universally unwanted from both our coun- ty and township population and last but not least we are still waiting for our elected officials (municipal, federal and provincial ) to join in and support the electorate that put them there. A combination of indifference, igno- rance and bad choices brought us here and you can put me on the list, too. We are all to blame so we have to clean it up. But there is one message we can send our merry band of empty shirts right now while they are shining their golf clubs and turning the ribs on the Bar-B. The party is over! Our memory is long and we will use our vote for change in the near future. Since our mayor cannot say the magic word “No,” a referendum may be the only option to end this travesty. A wiser man than I once said, “If we don’t listen, we can’t grow.” They are not listening! Keep the faith , we can win this! Bring everyone you can on the 28th and help take back our community. Roger Broughton, Alfred-Plantagenet Once again, Champlain Township will opt for the electronic voting system when municipal and school board elections are held next year. But this time, Champlain and other area municipalities will have more choices when they seek bids on the service. During the 2010 elections, several local municipalities renewed contracts with CANVOTE Inc., of L’Orignal. But now, there are as many as eight companies that can provide the service, Champlain chief administrator Jean Thériault related at a recent council meeting. The system enables electors to enter their choices via telephone or the Internet. Mark your cal- endars: Voting will be held between 9 a.m. October 22 and 8 p.m. October 27, 2014. A $60,000 surplus in Champlain Town- ship’s asphalt budget has paved the way for smoother surfaces on sections of two streets. Parts of Des Chalets Street in L’Orignal and Mill Street in Vankleek Hill will receive an overlay of asphalt after council ratified a recommendation from Superintendent of Roads and Public Works James McMahon. The surplus is a result of a joint tender call for asphalt the township made with the united counties of Prescott-Russell. More electronic voting candidates Surplus applied to streets
postponed. We nowmove from the 14th to the 28th of August. I for myself drove 1,200 miles for this one only to become victim of the sponge. You see, sponging is a common tactic that feeds on human nature. The longer you take,
We found out a few days ago that our long-awaited town-hall meeting about the re-zoning for the asphalt plant has been
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