BACK TO THE ST. JACOBS CANDIDATES MEETING

I still haven't completely got the hang of when or if our local newspapers post their stories on line. Here is the link to the Elmira Independent's story, in their Friday Oct. 22/10 paper which came out today and which was posted on line yesterday. The title is "Candidates address issues at St. Jacobs meeting". This story is considerably more detailed than what I printed here two days ago and has numerous additional comments from the candidates. One comment from Mark Bauman is of interest in that he states " I would like to see the OMB avoided as much as possible". I believe this is a very accurate comment and one shared by all the Councillors. The problem is that it leads to way too many approvals by Council of developments and changes which are not in the citizens interests but in the intersts of those bringing proposals to Council. One last comment is required here. At the moment we have three OMB (Ontario Municipal Board) hearings on the horizon in Woolwich that I am aware of. They are the Safety-Kleen expansion in Breslau, the Hawk Ridge Homes development in Elmira and the Murray Group are appealing the Township's Interim Control Bylaw concerning gravel pit development around West Montrose.