Accountability - Residents of Municipality of Barrington

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Concerned Citizens in Barrington

This Week's Coast Guard reports about.... local concern in Barrington about a land deal involving SWSDA, the Yarmouth Industrial Commission, transfers of money from Barrington to SWSDA and commitments to provide more land..... with lots of unanswered questions....

Check out Shelburne County Today for details in the coming days. In the meantime, readers who have a bit of a command over our two official languages might be interested in reading or listening to today's report broadcast on Radio Canada from Clare reporter Danielle Marchand should go to the url below.

http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/atlantique/2009/08/19/002-NE-enquete-agence.shtml

Qeustions, Questions.... What's your Answer?

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Aug 18, 1:54 PM Anon. Asked my motive......for asking all this questiosn a few posts ago.....

Simple...... those are the questions that need to be answered by the community if you are setting up a new RDA.... or they will be decided by the folks in Halifax.

Soo... let's start the survey.

Question # 1 ... Would you like your new RDA to serve Clare, the present municipalities in Yarmouth County as well as the five in Shelburne?

Question # 2 ... Would you prefer your new RDA to serve only Shelburne County?

Question # 3 ... Would you prefer your new RDA to serve only Eastern or Western Shelburne County?

In addition to your vote, your views on which would be most beneficial to your community would be interesting.

Send them in today along with your vote and get others to express their views.....

Psst... Want to know a Secret?

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SECRET MEETING ARRANGED & CANCELLED

Just got a copy ..... and wanted to share......

----- Original Message -----

From: Frank Anderson Cc: Frank Anderson ; Dave Warner

Sent : Thursday, June 25, 2009 3:38 PM
Subject: Invitation Please advise your alternate of this meeting.

To all board members: We have been able to organize a meeting with senior representatives of the Department of Economic and Rural Development (Neal Conrad) and the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (Mel Coombs) for Thursday, August 13 at 2:00pm. They will be able to provide some knowledge of the important role that municipalities play in the regional development authority process and how the authority will operate under the Regional Community Development Act of 1996. When the South West Shore Development Authority was established in 1995 as a not-for-profit society, it determined its structure, its operational plan, its priorities and its marketing strategy. Over the years, the authority has continued to provide support for all municipal units and many community groups and carried out their mandate to develop a strategic plan and implement the plan to create economic stability in the region. In preparation for this meeting, they have asked that we put together a list of questions so that they can be prepared with some answers. The session will be held in the boardroom of the South West Authority in Yarmouth. If there is sufficient interest expressed by municipal councils to have other councillors to attend, we will identify a more appropriate location for the meeting. Please mark this in your calendar and provide some of your questions that will help you to understand the process and the Regional Community Development Act.

Frank Anderson Chief Executive Officer

Then on Wednesday August 12 the following message was sent out......


The meeting in Yarmouth tomorrow with Neal Conrad, Economic Development, and Mel Coombs, ACOA, Re: Reincorporation of S.W.S.D.A., has been cancelled until further notice.

When asked about the cancellation some Board members indicated ..... that Halifax cancelled the meeting because they were still preparing written answers to the questions asked by members and councilors.....

Thought you should know....