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BEFORE ..... OUR COLLECTIVE COUNCILS HOLD SECRET MEETINGS!
BEFORE ..... WARDENS AND COUNCILLORS MAKE DECISIONS WITHOUT PUBLIC INPUT!
BEFORE .... ELECTED OFFICIALS MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT THINGS THEY HAVEN'T THOUGHT THROUGH!
BEFORE .... MEMBERS OF SWSDA'S BOARD MAKE DECISIONS THAT WE CITIZENS WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH!
BEFORE... ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ACOA AND SWSDA ENGAGE IN SECRET NEGOTIATIONS!
BEFORE.... OTHERS WITH VESTED INTERESTS IN OUR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ARE DISENFRANCHISED!
INVITE CITIZENS TO PARTICIPATE IN AN INFORMED PUBLIC DIALOGUE ABOUT OUR FUTURE RDA OR RDAs.....!!!!
Join the Concerned Citizens Committee of Shelburne County and demand a meeting with councils and officals from Economic Development. To join just send me an email indicating you want to participate in the dialogue to create a new RDA for Shelburne County. Write to aacayer@gmail.com and I will add you to our mailing list and give you an opportunity to sign petitions to get your council to engage in public dialogue.
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*****TRANSFORMING CLIENTS INTO CITIZENS******
CONCERNED CITIZENS PETITION WORKS!
It took a while but the petition from Concerned Citizens of Shelburne
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14 years ago
12 comments:
I hope the good news on the no tax rate increases in both the municipality and town hasn't allowed the ratepayers to sit back and think all is well for another year.
This is our chance to see that changes are made for our children's and grandchildren's future. With SWSDA's history I can't think of one reason for our involvement in this defunct Yarmouth Society. Seven months is going to fly by, so a spark is needed to get them moving on the issue. Let's show them we aren't the apathetic bunch they think we are! Down with the closed door meetings deciding OUR FUTURE with OUR TAX DOLLARS. We want TRANSPARENCY NOW.
When it comes to economic development in the Shelburne area, we have to work with what we have. We have ocean and we have dry land. We have already hurt what we could be getting from the ocean. Fish stocks are down. Just reciently a Dalhousie scientist said Canada needs to set goals and develop a plan to get to the goal. We have lots of land that could be developed into sometype of farm land, be it sheep herding, or cattle, or grape vines. We also have potential wind energy. Problem there is there is so much red tape to build wind farms, it is almost impossible. There could be hundreds of wind turbines up past Indian fields, in a area that would not bother anyone. We need to develop our natural resources. That is all we really need to do.
Lets hope that "develop" has replaced "exploit"!
Oh,the tax rate did not rise but assessments did! Business tax skyrocked! How many businesses will close? Yes,times are good......
12:09 Was the big increase in the town's business tax rate related to the phase out of the provincial business occupancy tax?
3:53 Ever been to sea Billy? Am I mistaken or are wind farms normally positioned where winds are fairly constant, namely coastal areas.
Anyone interested in doing something or is this just a reading exercise!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ACTION IS NEEDED NOW BY INTERESTED CITIZENS with clout WHO ARE WILLING TO ENCOURAGE THOSE WITH POWER TO GET BUSY AND FIND WAYS TO CREATE BUSINESSES THAT WILL GIVE THE MUCH NEEDED BOOST TO OUR TOWN.
Please ,Mr.MAYOR PUT THE CAMERA(IN HAND FOR YOUR OWN INCOME) DOWN AND ATTEND TO WHAT YOU GAINED OFFICE TO DO WITH YOUR GREAT PROMISES....
COUNCILLORS LOOK AT THE MESS ROAD LEADING INTO TOWN IS IN SINCE MAYOR IS BUSY ON DOCK ST.WITH HIS CAMERA....WHAT DOES THAT TELL ?!..........
AT NIGHT, NO MARKINGS PAINTED FOR CENTER LINE OR
EDGE OF BROKEN PAVEMENT LEADING INTO OUR POOR TOWN THAT IS DISAPPEARING !
SAD TO SEE THE MAJOR THINGS ARE BEING LET SLIDE AND YOU PAT YOURSELVES ON THE BACK FOR HOLDING TAX RATE FOR HOME DWELLERS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!WHAT THE H... ARE YOU DOING?
People with"clout" here seem to reserve their influences for their own pleasures.Beware of the class(caste) system that exists here.Everyone beats upon the Mayor but what about the council.Where are they?
1058 After seeing what Mattatall pulled off last night I bet if she had a street party on that stretch of road and we brought our paint brushes it would get done - may not be the straightest lines you ever saw. Doesn't Mahaney live in that area?
12:00, I don't agree with the caste system theory, but we definitely do have current and past local pols who could add a lot of information about their dealings with SWSDA over the years - namely Alan Reid, Alan Delaney, Raymond Davis, Pat Nickerson and Paulette Scott. It would be a breath of fresh air to hear their rendition of the rise and fall of SWSDA.
Wow, keep up the "right in your face" method to get proper results whoever the creators of great sign are !!!! Continue with the unexpected and we WILL see positive results !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SUPER WORK!!!! Keep working together and prove that is how things get done !
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