HALLMAN PIT - ONE MORE REASON THAT CITIZENS APPROPRIATELY DISTRUST THEIR GOVERNMENT

The article in today's Waterloo Region Record is written by reporter Paige Desmond and is titled "Staff says Wilmot council should OK rezoning for Hallman Pit". So here again we have a totally unecessary gravel pit operation that will reduce the quality of life for the neighbours and local residents simply because the stupid, dishonest politicians long ago passed legislation that is blatantly disrespectful towards current property owners and blatantly biased towards gravel pit owners and operators. Those same owners and operators of course funnel sums of money towards the Liberal and Conservative parties in Ontario and that's all the incentives the politicians require. This is government for the (wealthy) people by the (wealthy) people at the expense of the 90% of the rest of us. And those idiot politicians in Ottawa and Toronto don't understand why they have lost so much respect and authority among ordinary citizens. ................................................................................................................ There are seven other gravel pits across the road from this new proposed one. In total there are nine gravel pits along Witmer Rd. And guess what? They've been there for decades disturbing local residents, wildlife, ground and surface water. Some are abandoned, some are "rehabillitated" and some are active intermittently. What the bloody hell nonsense is that? Oh and this new proposed pit is on prime agricultural land that will NOT be restored to its former agricultural capacity. Prime agricultural soils require decades to centuries of in place location to attain that quality. Excavation, disbursement and eventual replacement of soils years later does not equate with the prime designation the soils currently have. ....................................................................................................... I only hope that I live long enough to actually see an honest to God mass citizen revolt against our pathetic governance in this country. Nothing else is likely to ever even come close to reversing the trend of the last fifty years. My fear is that those undemocratic, deceitful and dishonest trends will survive and expand.