Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), June 24, 1981, p. 5

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to The Editor NEC hearing officer damn unkind angry ratepayer complains to Davis Copy submitted to The Herald for publication Mr W Davis Premier of Ontario Dear Mr Davis I wish to protest the treat ment have received from on Ontario Hearing Officer Shrives I recently attended the phase II public hearings an the proposed plan for the Niagara Escarpment a session pertaining to the Region of I attended these hearings June 16 and 18 in order to hear the presentation submitted by Standard Indus rics Their proposal concerned a charge in inning boundaries on proposed plan map 3 from escarpment to escarp ment rural with an ultimate Land use potential for mineral extraction The whole thrust of the prescntat on was geared towards future extractive op erations and the contention of absence Utile or impact At that time when questions wen invited from the floor I requested permission I hove never previously at ten ded a public hearing let alone felt compelled to speak I my questions by apo logizing for my obvious nor vousness engendered by the novelty and formal of the situation I asked the hearing officers to please bear with My questions stemmed from a genuine concern regarding the Implications of the boundary charges Our properly shares a common boundary with Standard In dustrics and we would be directly influenced My quest ions were repeatedly Boo to The Herald tickets worthwhile To the editor of The Herald BOO to The Herald a taste of your own medicine for condemning town council for REQUIRING regional police to continue ticketing cars parked overnight along residential streets The tickets which SHOULD soon rise ARE a worthwhile to keep Ihc roads clear in winter and It makes just as Obviously you have ncv driven down Duncan Drive on a Sunday evening streets lined with car leaving little more than cow path for two cars to pass through This produces the same kind of small scale chaos which occurs when a Street I is ma function Both drivers of two ears barrelling towards each other assumes the other wilt bow out The only ingredients of a traffic accident are two stubborn were a little stubborn at one time or another drivers licenced to ted by Mr Shrives frequently in mid sentence Despite the proposed land use thrust of Standards pres on including an actual map of the potential extraction an area in the order of acres any question dealing with potential effects general by such use eg noise blast impact traffic congest ion proposcdlcngthof extract uses daily productions etc was disallowed as In appropriate It Is very possible that I couched the questions In lay mans phraseology am not on expert In these matters merely a very concerned ens Nevertheless the manner in which I was continually interrupted was one of and contempt My con were made to appear foolish and irrelevant I be came more and more distress but this seemed only to fuel Mr Shrives to new heights of antagonism This genlleman eventually reduced me to tears I might add that while not Immune lo the demonstration of and emotion I am not prone to tears I have never previous broken down In any public I was under the Impression that a public heating was a forum for the expression of public opinion An occasion for an elected government to assess in true democratic fash ion the desires of the people assumes to serve and subse quently act accordingly If my experiences reflect the true face of the democratic process then we are indeed in dire distress I feel tan opinion subsequen backed by several memb ers of those in attendance the treatment I received was bias unjust and uncivil not to mention damn unkind I am especially concerned as I plan present my own submission albeit brief to these hearings May I anticipate the same Ircntment Dare I hope for a public apology I appreciate I am but one small voice in the electorate hut I hope that docs not mean my concern will be ignored I believed in the democratic process Please restore my failh Yours truly Jean Falls kill Canadas Witnesses turn to Georgetown Continued front pige At In surroundings kept cool through extensive insulating rather than energy consum air conditioning a five- unit Harris press can chum out 35 copies an hour Smaller machines handle other publications and the printing shop Includes offset plate makers an art room and a darkroom as well as 7 square feet of storage space for printed and led stock Nearby Is the mulling department There are about 15 people continuing to work at the site most of them staying In the residential building a dogbone shaped structure which features an indoor swimming pool a dining room lounges and a recreation area There also an outdoor basketball court and greenhouse located on the property An underground tunnel connects the two buildings on the complex protecting residents from bad weather during the GOO- foot walk Inside the rooms are large and windowed and except for a kitchen are Many of the residents stay at Watch Tower have furnished their rooms with a few belongings saved when they decided lo become fully dedicated Witnesses most or their worldly assets and the rest of their lives lo the faith s work They live on about per month while staying at the complex which furnishes their meals and provides rooms free of charge Contact with the community beyond the Watch Tower gate s kept to a minimum even small necessities such as soap and razor blades can be purchased at a small tuck shop in the residence Little is brought In from the outside except from other Witnesses Food ing from the farm is quickly shuttled lo the lower level of the residential building to be fast frozen In Ihe complex s blast freezer Fifteen other coolers for and another for vegetables and on elaborate meat cutting operation cater to kitchen demands Residents can also use a large laundry and stitch everything from socks to drapes In the complex sew ing room Another room In the basement Is an entangle ment of wires channeling Watch Towers intercom system as well as the nine Brampton 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