MEETING HIGHLIGHTS continued

ALONG CAME CARL

Highlights? I am not sure where to start, so lets start at the beginning.

Quotes by Carl:
"...charter of rights and freedoms (should be) replaced with charter of rights and responsibilities..."

"...this pending quarry application is preying on our community like cancer...(this) disease if you will has not been invited into our community, (it) just manifests itself, for one purpose...by self delusion of its own survival, it will kill its hosts..."

"divide and conquer"

"they have more local politicians in "conflict of interest" dilemmas than a functioning County Council can afford to have..."

"....(politicians) LEAD and we will be there to support..."

MY PERSONAL FAVOURITE: "liars is what I call them here today"

"...so I ask you to stand up and be counted..."

THEN this is where some people after the meeting said they were uncomfortable.

"...the late Clayton Daniher (Michael Daniher, Highlands spokesperson's fathers) wish was, that in lieu of flowers, folks would donate to a cause protecting the environment...."

My personal observation: "Oh the irony!!"

All I can say, is if you were uncomfortable with this comment, you must not been to a Council meeting where Daniher, Highlands spokesperson has:

threatened to make a complaint to the Press Council against a local reporter, in my opinion, in an attempt to silence their opposition to Highlands grand plans;

tried to intimidate a ratepayer for making a personal call from their employer's phone on their private time in opposition to Highlands YMCA;

tried to force you to sell your farmstead to them by buying out your seed debt;

accused you in the press that you were opposing this application because you were just a greedy farmer and Highlands wouldn't buy your land and you are opposing the mine out of spite;

threatened your Council with suing them from here to kingdom come for attempting to pass a bylaw to stop the demolition and destruction of 20 homesteads....

I do not speak for anyone but myself, but I say Kudos to Carl!