TRASH TALK

So let us not get into the science of the DEEP plant right now, because of course Shelburne Mayor Ed Crewson, the DEEP champion, wants to bully and beat down anyone who HE says isn't an expert who might weigh in on the issue with an opinion-to which I thought the Canadian Constitution guaranteed all Canadians, but I must be wrong there.

Firstly, who ARE Ed's experts? Trevor Lewis of the County of Dufferin? Not sure when he got his science degree. Other County staff? Same thing. I know for damn sure Ed has no science degree.

So, based on Ed's criteria, if citizen's can't criticize because they aren't scientists, then staff can't be doing research to support what Ed, I mean the County, wants either.

I will go out on a limb here and suggest the ONLY scientific evidence that has been accepted by Ed, whoops, I mean the County, is by the scientists who work for the gasification people, who (altogether now-get paid for selling a product). If I am wrong, then I will stand corrected.

Secondly:Shelburne is desperate to find a place to send their garbage, because they have no landfill and haven't for almost 25 years. They were so desperate years ago that Council limited their peons, I mean ratepayers to two bags of garbage per week.

However an elected official from Shelburne, who realized his family generated more than 2 bags of garbage a week, saw nothing wrong in taking HIS trash to a neighbouring landfill (more on that another day).

Ed's logic: We should all be working for the greater good by helping HIM pay for a YMCA to be located in Ed's town and championed by one of Ed's biggest customers in his insurance business, and help HIS ratepayers subsidize the cost of disposing of THEIR garbage because we are one County and we need to support and blah, blah, blah.

BUT, this is the same Mayor who went on a rant a few years ago about HIS taxpayers were paying taxes to cut grass and keep the parks in Shelburne up to date while OUT of town kids played on HIS parks without contributing to the maintenance so he implemented an OUT of town kid user fee. He even battled an 80 year old woman in letters to editors when she questioned this decision. (Bully and beatdown for sure.)

But NOW, we are all to be one big happy family and take the financial hit because Eddie needs to keep HIS taxpayers costs down.

Think we outsiders aren't subsidizing Shelburne's garbage removal:

"Several local municipalities have objected to an initiative to have the county take over disposal responsibilities for their waste, when they have their own landfill sites where they could handle it themselves more economically."

“During the presentation at Mono, Mayor Crewson pointed out that Michigan, a destination for much of the trash generated in the GTA and other parts of southern Ontario, is poised to close its borders to such waste within the next couple of years. For those communities without their own landfills, “I expect tipping fees will increase dramatically,” speculating they could exceed $100 per ton.
http://www.citizen.on.ca/news/2010-05-13/Front_Page/County_reps_talk_trash_at_council_meetings.html

Can't blame him if he gets his way. A politician should be pushing his own muncipality's agenda.

We SHOULD be blaming all the non-Shelburne and Orangeville politicians who voted for this, especially the ones who have active landfills.

To add insult to injury, according to this article, there isn't even an equalization of services. Melancthon will NOT be getting door to door pick up the way everyone else is, but we will be helping to pay for everyone else's door to door pick up.

Great, just great.

There is a blog coming in the next week about how Ed can reduce his municipality's taxes substantially and it involves the police service.

Stay tuned.