Guest anon blogger tonight....
from The Banner this week:
In nearby Melancthon, data shows the municipality losing 56 residents, bringing its total population down to 2,839 from 2,895 in 2006, or 1.9 per cent.
In addition, Melancthon has the lowest population density ranking in all of Dufferin, with 9.1 residents living on each square kilometre of land.
“I’m actually surprised by the number,” commented Melancthon Mayor Bill Hill. “So, it does concern me.”
Surprised by the number!? Does the Mayor really know what is going on in the township?
Can you take down 30+ farms and still have the same population? If the quarry (and the next batch of turbines) goes through, he could be Mayor of an uninhabited wasteland, but he might be raking in $5 million per year due to the generosity of our biggest taxpayer ( Lowndes did say that). Maybe then (ha!) the remaining hangers on, trapped by economic circumstances, might have (or better yet, deserve) ZERO property tax.
The fact that OUR MAYOR is "surprised" by this is exactly why we must NEVER let up on this council. They DO NOT know what is going on or how to deal with it!
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