IN THE CLASSIC WORDS OF MONTY PYTHON
It isn't easy being a popular bloggist/bloggie/loud mouth on the internet.
SWEAR TO GOD
At least 40 spams a day posted under comments waiting for moderation.
Thursday, May 9, 2013
SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM
SWEAR TO GOD
At least 40 spams a day posted under comments waiting for moderation.
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
100 MILE DIET
Hope you don't choke on this quote from the aggregate industry re: 100 mile diet:
"The 100-mile diet applies to aggregate as well,” said Rick Esbaugh, president of Tri City Materials, an aggregate producer based in Petersburg."
Monday, May 6, 2013
MERLE HAGGARD-CAN YOU HELP THE CAUSE:?
Minebuster received this blanket email:
“Tractor Canada” drove out of his way to lead the charge, so to speak, and we had a wonderful afternoon with hundreds of riders, tractors, wagons, lawn mowers, horses and attendess. TRACTOR CANADA needs our help now, see the request that he posted on his facebook page:
MINEBUSTER ASK:
PLEASE SEARCH AND POST ON BEN HAGGARD'S FACEBOOK (NOT MERLE)
AS a reminder, I have attached A picture. You may not remember Tractor Canada, him, but his fiancé is pictured, you couldn’t forget her, she is beautiful.
MERLE: I know you are a
supporter of farmers, particularly Okies from Muskogees.
In Ontario, we have Muskokees who live in Muskoka and near that we have a small municipality called Melancthon.
The good people of Melancthon faced a billion $$ Boston based hedge fund, who bought up prime farm land to dig, in one fell swoop, a 2,300 acre, 200 foot below the water table, open pit mine on the headwaters of source water for more than 1 million Ontarians. The laws passed by our Provincial government (which would be comparable to your State government, permitted this-they value rock over prime farmland) The hedgefund demolished 33 homes, in a municipality of only 2,900 hundred people.
They divided the community, and have broken relationships of people who lived side by side for generations that may never be repaired,
In the end we rose to the challenge and with the help of the world, have defeated them for now.
Someone who was instrumental in our battle was “Tractor Canada” He (and his beautiful fiancée) lived in a freaking homemade hay wagon for TWO years (and yes they are still together) touring this great country doing a documentary on the state of
farming in Canada.
He would live (and love) to interview you.
He helped us, a small ragtag groups of farmers, who for now have managed to defeat a billion $$ Boston based hedgefund.
You may recall the
wonderful Tractor Rally NDACT held August 2011, followed by a potluck at the
(RICK) Wallace Farm, with Dale Goldhawk in
attendance.
“Tractor Canada” drove out of his way to lead the charge, so to speak, and we had a wonderful afternoon with hundreds of riders, tractors, wagons, lawn mowers, horses and attendess. TRACTOR CANADA needs our help now, see the request that he posted on his facebook page:
Ok, I'm not a fan of asking
for support, but I need to meet Merle Haggard on Wednesday night in Kingston to interview him
about his support for workin' men, especially farmers.
Please, please, can y'all go to Ben Haggard facebook, (son of Merle) and either "like" my comment or, even better, leave a note about how Molly and I lived on a fucking haywagon for two years in support of farmers, and convince him to give me an interview?
I wrote on his FB asking for an interview, and it'd be mighty helpful if y'all would pitch in.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO4qNeHCafk
Please, please, can y'all go to Ben Haggard facebook, (son of Merle) and either "like" my comment or, even better, leave a note about how Molly and I lived on a fucking haywagon for two years in support of farmers, and convince him to give me an interview?
I wrote on his FB asking for an interview, and it'd be mighty helpful if y'all would pitch in.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO4qNeHCafk
MINEBUSTER ASK:
PLEASE SEARCH AND POST ON BEN HAGGARD'S FACEBOOK (NOT MERLE)
AS a reminder, I have attached A picture. You may not remember Tractor Canada, him, but his fiancé is pictured, you couldn’t forget her, she is beautiful.
In Ontario, we have Muskokees who live in Muskoka and near that we have a small municipality called Melancthon.
The good people of Melancthon faced a billion $$ Boston based hedge fund, who bought up prime farm land to dig, in one fell swoop, a 2,300 acre, 200 foot below the water table, open pit mine on the headwaters of source water for more than 1 million Ontarians. The laws passed by our Provincial government (which would be comparable to your State government, permitted this-they value rock over prime farmland) The hedgefund demolished 33 homes, in a municipality of only 2,900 hundred people.
They divided the community, and have broken relationships of people who lived side by side for generations that may never be repaired,
In the end we rose to the challenge and with the help of the world, have defeated them for now.
Someone who was instrumental in our battle was “Tractor Canada” He (and his beautiful fiancée) lived in a freaking homemade hay wagon for TWO years (and yes they are still together) touring this great country doing a documentary on the state of
farming in Canada.
He would live (and love) to interview you.
He helped us, a small ragtag groups of farmers, who for now have managed to defeat a billion $$ Boston based hedgefund.
PLEASE? Can you help
HIM???
FUN FARM FACT #3
Anonymous06 May, 2013
Fun farm fact.......The tractor you have been anxiously trying to pass may be on its way to harvest your family's next meal.
Darren White
Deputy Mayor
Melancthon Township
Darren White
Deputy Mayor
Melancthon Township
Minebuster says: Thank you, sincerely and honestly to anon ...Deputy Mayor!! (opps, you have been outed)
And if I do say so myself he has been WAY too polite when he says the tractor you have been "anxiously" trying to pass.
The reality is the quote should say....the tractor you have been "obnoxiously" trying to pass..... (NOTE: MINEBUSTERS OWN WORDSMITHING, NOT THE DEPUTY MAYORS)
And lets remember that very recently the Township of Melancthon has taken the pledge to support NDACT's new intiative FOOD AND WATER FIRST so kudos to youdos!
The reality is the quote should say....the tractor you have been "obnoxiously" trying to pass..... (NOTE: MINEBUSTERS OWN WORDSMITHING, NOT THE DEPUTY MAYORS)
And lets remember that very recently the Township of Melancthon has taken the pledge to support NDACT's new intiative FOOD AND WATER FIRST so kudos to youdos!
FUN FARM FACT #2
Anonymous05 May, 2013
Fun FARM Fact #2: Contrary to what city people think, steaks do NOT grow in vacuum sealed, styrofoam trays in farmers' fields
Big shout of thanks to anon.
Anyone else got a Fun FARM fact?
Let me have em.....
Sunday, May 5, 2013
START THE CAR
Very important public service announcement
The chip wagon at Masonville is OPEN 4 BUSINESS
FUN FARM FACT #1
Part of becoming a Food and Water First supporter, you must take the pledge and then provide a farm fact once a week.
Here is Minebusters Farm Fact #1:
You can't eat or drink rock or stone
Here is Minebusters Farm Fact #1:
You can't eat or drink rock or stone
Saturday, May 4, 2013
SETH'S BLOG DISAPPEARS
It would appear that Seth's blog (aka Seth Klarman, aka Baupost, aka Highlands) has deleted his blog.
http://sethklarmanblog.blogspot.ca/
http://sethklarmanblog.blogspot.ca/
NDACT'S FOOD AND WATER FIRST INITIATIVE
NDACT and all their supporters have stopped the Mega Quarry, for now.
Their goal was not to stop a particular project, but rather bring attention and legislative change to correct the the inbalance between urban and aggregate policies versus rural policies. As a point of fact, aggregate takes a higher priority in the Provincial Policy Statement than Class 1 prime farmland.
(Here I must pause to thank Baupost and John and David Lowndes for their assistance in bringing attention to the issue. If it weren't for their umitigated greed and gall with the size, scope and idiocracy of their proposal e.g. pumping 600 million litres of water in perpetuity so "someone" could farm at the bottom of the mine - the issue would never have reached the mega-attention it did. So I salute you all!!)
But I digress.
NDACT's new initiative is the Food and Water First movement.
Basically, as I understand it, they are signing municipalities, grass roots movements, businesses and organizations to take the Food and Water pledge and assist and support as NDACT continues to press the provincial government for reforms and legislative amendments to the Aggregate Resources Act and Provincial Policy Statement.
Development should never come at the expense of food and water.
Check out the new Food and Water website: http://foodandwaterfirst.com/
Follow them on twitter: @foodwaterfirst OR #foodwaterfirst
Or facebook
Their goal was not to stop a particular project, but rather bring attention and legislative change to correct the the inbalance between urban and aggregate policies versus rural policies. As a point of fact, aggregate takes a higher priority in the Provincial Policy Statement than Class 1 prime farmland.
(Here I must pause to thank Baupost and John and David Lowndes for their assistance in bringing attention to the issue. If it weren't for their umitigated greed and gall with the size, scope and idiocracy of their proposal e.g. pumping 600 million litres of water in perpetuity so "someone" could farm at the bottom of the mine - the issue would never have reached the mega-attention it did. So I salute you all!!)
But I digress.
NDACT's new initiative is the Food and Water First movement.
Basically, as I understand it, they are signing municipalities, grass roots movements, businesses and organizations to take the Food and Water pledge and assist and support as NDACT continues to press the provincial government for reforms and legislative amendments to the Aggregate Resources Act and Provincial Policy Statement.
Development should never come at the expense of food and water.
Check out the new Food and Water website: http://foodandwaterfirst.com/
Follow them on twitter: @foodwaterfirst OR #foodwaterfirst
Or facebook
Friday, May 3, 2013
BEATING A DEAD HORSE
Allen, just let it go, wud ya?
The Banner is reporting that the DEEP plant is hanging by a thread.
Full article here:
EXCERPTS:
I wouldn’t say it’s dead, but it’s certainly dormant,” said East Garafraxa Mayor Allen Taylor, chair of Dufferin's Community Development Committee (CDC). “As things currently stand, there is just no economic way of making it work.” (BOO)
“We know now that there is trouble in paradise,” said Melancthon Mayor Bill Hill, arguing the county’s DEEP plans should head back to square one. “It’s time to look at that facility and determine what it is we’re going to do with it, and make some real hard decisions … if anything.” (YEAH)
The company has stated it won’t be able to go any further unless the county coughs up about $2 to $3 million. (BOO)
A problem attracting investors, and an inability to gain a viable price from the province for every kWh of electricity has handcuffed Alter NRG. (HAHA)
(Taylor) cautioned against county council slamming shut any doors that don’t need to be closed. “If a miracle happens somewhere, then it’s just a matter of carrying on.” (WTF, A MIRACLE LIKE THE SECOND COMING...OF A 90 YEAR OLD MAN????)
The lone DEEP ranger appears to be York Region, which is apparently interested in purchasing a portion of the land in Grand Valley to build, own and operate a composting plant there. (READ PREVIOUS MINEBUSTER BLOG POSTING ABOUT WHY YORK WANTS TO SEND IT HERE, NIMBY)
(Hill) ..The other part of my brain says holy smokes, this could be the biggest white elephant ever developed in Dufferin.” (SMARTEST THING I HAVE EVER HEARD HIM UTTER)
The matter is being considered at the May 9 meeting of Dufferin Council. Be sure to get your cards and letters in early.
Monday, April 29, 2013
SUBSIDIZE ME
Absolutely excellent post from December 7, 2012 from the Stone Cold Truth Blog-link to the blog below:
There are few industries in the Province of Ontario that are as heavily subsidized as the Aggregate Industry.
How do we subsidize thee? Let us count the ways, or at least a few of them …
1) The Provincial Policy Statement (PPS) requires that Municipalities identify and map all aggregate deposits in their areas. This of course, will be paid for by the Municipalities, or taxpayers. This would be akin to the Federal government (taxpayers) inventorying all gold and oil deposits, so that private companies would not have to spend their money and time to complete these very expensive tasks themselves. An example – the Town of Caledon completed this exercise in 1999 to 2001 at a cost of approximately three million taxpayer dollars.
2) Municipal and provincial roads take a pounding from massively heavy gravel trucks that traverse them. This seems to be “the bone” of contention that the mayors of TAPMO are chewing on. The municipalities and province do not receive enough in “levies” per ton to cover the cost of repairing the damage the aggregate transports do to our roads. So, again, the taxpayers end up building and repairing the roads so the industry can move their goods. The most bizarre point in this scenario is, our government wants cheap gravel, so they don’t raise the per ton levy, but when the roads need repairing because of these trucks, we must buy more aggregate product. So not only do we allow our roads to be destroyed without fair compensation, we give this same business more profits by building and repairing the roads with their product. We can’t even think of an analogy stupid enough to compare this to!
3) To protect aggregate resources, the PPS does not allow homeowners to subdivide their properties, thus preventing a real source of income and wealth for property owners. Even land that is inaccessible by proper transportation routes, and therefore unable to be mined, has been set aside for the preferred industry. Who gets hammered again? – individual landowners and taxpayers. But, when the aggregate operator sees the potential to sell off his pit land for a nice profit, whether the pit is depleted or not, no problemo! (the Brampton Esker for example)
4) When an aggregate owner applies for and announces the application for a pit or quarry, the properties around that area lose their value. The reductions can be anywhere from a 2.5% loss on a property some distance from the pit, or a massive write-down of property value if the property ends up being surrounded by the mining operation. And as usual, the taxpayer, or property owner must “eat” the loss! In addition, the resulting loss of tax base must then be absorbed by the rest of the taxpayers in the municipality! Fair? Only to the aggregate industry!
5) There was a farm property purchased in Caledon, and an application to mine the property for gravel was submitted. The application ran out, so a group of private citizens decided to try and purchase the property. We understand the location was purchased in 2004 for less than $1million. The new asking price, with zero improvements, is now $10 million. Market Value Assessment is supposed to mean taxes based on what a property is worth on the open market. Do the taxes on this property reflect the new value, established by the owner himself? NOPE! So, again, the taxpayers lose, by the aggregate companies not paying their fair share. Why do these companies not pay a realistic tax on a realistic value of their properties?
The bottom line is very clear. The citizens/taxpayers of Ontario exist largely to provide the aggregate industry with a better bottom line!http://stonecoldtruth2011.wordpress.com/2012/12/07/subsidize-me/
There are few industries in the Province of Ontario that are as heavily subsidized as the Aggregate Industry.
How do we subsidize thee? Let us count the ways, or at least a few of them …
1) The Provincial Policy Statement (PPS) requires that Municipalities identify and map all aggregate deposits in their areas. This of course, will be paid for by the Municipalities, or taxpayers. This would be akin to the Federal government (taxpayers) inventorying all gold and oil deposits, so that private companies would not have to spend their money and time to complete these very expensive tasks themselves. An example – the Town of Caledon completed this exercise in 1999 to 2001 at a cost of approximately three million taxpayer dollars.
2) Municipal and provincial roads take a pounding from massively heavy gravel trucks that traverse them. This seems to be “the bone” of contention that the mayors of TAPMO are chewing on. The municipalities and province do not receive enough in “levies” per ton to cover the cost of repairing the damage the aggregate transports do to our roads. So, again, the taxpayers end up building and repairing the roads so the industry can move their goods. The most bizarre point in this scenario is, our government wants cheap gravel, so they don’t raise the per ton levy, but when the roads need repairing because of these trucks, we must buy more aggregate product. So not only do we allow our roads to be destroyed without fair compensation, we give this same business more profits by building and repairing the roads with their product. We can’t even think of an analogy stupid enough to compare this to!
3) To protect aggregate resources, the PPS does not allow homeowners to subdivide their properties, thus preventing a real source of income and wealth for property owners. Even land that is inaccessible by proper transportation routes, and therefore unable to be mined, has been set aside for the preferred industry. Who gets hammered again? – individual landowners and taxpayers. But, when the aggregate operator sees the potential to sell off his pit land for a nice profit, whether the pit is depleted or not, no problemo! (the Brampton Esker for example)
4) When an aggregate owner applies for and announces the application for a pit or quarry, the properties around that area lose their value. The reductions can be anywhere from a 2.5% loss on a property some distance from the pit, or a massive write-down of property value if the property ends up being surrounded by the mining operation. And as usual, the taxpayer, or property owner must “eat” the loss! In addition, the resulting loss of tax base must then be absorbed by the rest of the taxpayers in the municipality! Fair? Only to the aggregate industry!
5) There was a farm property purchased in Caledon, and an application to mine the property for gravel was submitted. The application ran out, so a group of private citizens decided to try and purchase the property. We understand the location was purchased in 2004 for less than $1million. The new asking price, with zero improvements, is now $10 million. Market Value Assessment is supposed to mean taxes based on what a property is worth on the open market. Do the taxes on this property reflect the new value, established by the owner himself? NOPE! So, again, the taxpayers lose, by the aggregate companies not paying their fair share. Why do these companies not pay a realistic tax on a realistic value of their properties?
The bottom line is very clear. The citizens/taxpayers of Ontario exist largely to provide the aggregate industry with a better bottom line!http://stonecoldtruth2011.wordpress.com/2012/12/07/subsidize-me/
Saturday, April 27, 2013
COURTS ARE LOATHE TO QUASH MUNICIPAL BYLAWS
Bluewater taken to court over wind turbine building fees
http://www.southwesternontario.ca/news/bluewater-taken-to-court-over-wind-turbine-building-fees/
"The bylaw would see industrial wind turbine developers pay a $14,000 base permit fee, a $220,000 security per turbine for decommissioning, a $100,000 fee per turbine for matters related to health and property devaluation and a $100,000 fee per turbine for potential legal matters arising as a result of the turbines.
Bluewater chief administrative officer Steve McAuley told the Times-Advocate the municipality received the Notice of Application to quash the bylaw on April 10 and council was informed of the action during an in-camera session at its meeting April 15."
Here is a link to a court case that states municipalities have broad powers to set their own bylaws as long as they have jurisdiction and it is does not constitute a decision that no reasonable elected municipal council could have made. (well except maybe Melancthon).
The bylaw was challenged and stood the test.
http://www.canlii.org/eliisa/highlight.do?text=Catalyst+Paper+corp.+v.+north+cowichan&language=en&searchTitle=Search+all+CanLII+Databases&path=/en/ca/scc/doc/2012/2012scc2/2012scc2.html&searchUrlHash=AAAAAQAmQ2F0YWx5c3QgUGFwZXIgY29ycC4gdi4gbm9ydGggY293aWNoYW4AAAAAAAAB
http://www.southwesternontario.ca/news/bluewater-taken-to-court-over-wind-turbine-building-fees/
"The bylaw would see industrial wind turbine developers pay a $14,000 base permit fee, a $220,000 security per turbine for decommissioning, a $100,000 fee per turbine for matters related to health and property devaluation and a $100,000 fee per turbine for potential legal matters arising as a result of the turbines.
Bluewater chief administrative officer Steve McAuley told the Times-Advocate the municipality received the Notice of Application to quash the bylaw on April 10 and council was informed of the action during an in-camera session at its meeting April 15."
Here is a link to a court case that states municipalities have broad powers to set their own bylaws as long as they have jurisdiction and it is does not constitute a decision that no reasonable elected municipal council could have made. (well except maybe Melancthon).
The bylaw was challenged and stood the test.
http://www.canlii.org/eliisa/highlight.do?text=Catalyst+Paper+corp.+v.+north+cowichan&language=en&searchTitle=Search+all+CanLII+Databases&path=/en/ca/scc/doc/2012/2012scc2/2012scc2.html&searchUrlHash=AAAAAQAmQ2F0YWx5c3QgUGFwZXIgY29ycC4gdi4gbm9ydGggY293aWNoYW4AAAAAAAAB
THE COST OF GREEDY, I MEAN GREEN ENERGY
Interesting excerpts from a Toronto Sun article from a Fraser Institute report:
…says the Ontario government's electricity plan is now 10 times more costly than installing pollution-control equipment on existing coal plants — an option he argues would have produced similar improvements in air quality.
"Provincial efforts to shield these industries through energy subsidy programs only transfer the costs onto Ontario taxpayers who are already dealing with skyrocketing residential electricity prices.
Because of the fluctuating nature of wind and solar power, adding renewable capacity to the grid requires additional backup power from natural gas plants," the report says.
"Ontario currently has a surplus of base-load generating capacity. Further additions to baseload in the form of wind or solar power may require removing a nuclear plant from operation and replacing it with a combination of renewable and gas-fired generation, yielding a net increase in air emissions."
Building a transmission system that can reach wind projects scattered over a large area is also driving up bills issued to ratepayers, the report says.
Big hydro users, like the mining, manufacturing and forestry industries, will be hard hit by rising rates leading to fewer jobs for Ontarians, the report predicts.
http://www.torontosun.com/2013/04/11/wind-power-kills-jobs-and-increases-electricity-costs-report
Friday, April 26, 2013
AND THIS IS WHY YORK REGION IS LOOKING TO DUMP COMPOST IN DUFFERIN
The Ministry of the Environment has withdrawn its last charges against the Halton Recycling plant in Newmarket, (YORK REGION) which were to go to trial this week.
The plant was built to process organic waste from Toronto’s garbage into a useful byproduct, thus diverting organics from landfill. There are many good reasons to keep organics out of landfills, including the problems they cause with methane gas, odours and leachate, and the importance of adding organics back to agricultural soils.
However, diverting organics from landfill can cause odours, and there was substantial conflict over odours between the Town of Newmarket and the plant.
Last year, the company was fined $155,000 for odour related problems, and it faced another set of charges for allegedly breaching its certificate of approval.
Now the MOE has admitted that it had no reasonable prospect of conviction on the additional charges.
Newmarket, (YORK REGION) however, is happy: the plant has shut down permanently, and the land is being rezoned for other uses.
According to the MOE, odours remain the most common cause of closure for organic waste diversion facilities.
Full article here:
AND lots other articles on the same facility causing numerous problems.
Wonder how much it cost the ratepayers to shut them down?
BREAKING ARA NEWS-ANOTHER VICTORY
It took several weeks and many, many e-mails, but we did it!
The review of the outdated Aggregate Resources Act will be completed by the Standing Committee on General Government!
We received word this afternoon that the Liberals had introduced a motion in the House to resume the ARA review.
The House voted unanimously in favour of the motion and so the Committee is now authorized to finish the job that began one year ago.
The Committee members will meet Monday to discuss their schedule and the writing of the final report.
If not for the mega quarry fight, a review of the ARA would not have been ordered by the province.
If not for all of you, your tenacity and keyboards, the ARA review may not have been completed. People Power works!
Thank you!
Donna Tranquada
The review of the outdated Aggregate Resources Act will be completed by the Standing Committee on General Government!
We received word this afternoon that the Liberals had introduced a motion in the House to resume the ARA review.
The House voted unanimously in favour of the motion and so the Committee is now authorized to finish the job that began one year ago.
The Committee members will meet Monday to discuss their schedule and the writing of the final report.
If not for the mega quarry fight, a review of the ARA would not have been ordered by the province.
If not for all of you, your tenacity and keyboards, the ARA review may not have been completed. People Power works!
Thank you!
Donna Tranquada
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
THE TRUTH ABOUT DEEP SIXING THE DEEP PLANT
I was overjoyed when I read that Melancthon Mayor Hill wanted to move a motion at the last County Council meeting to deep six the DEEP plant.
However, there was caution in the air and Mayor Hill was advised to wait until everyone had time to think about it.
Mayor Hill said, okay, but he would be back, with his motion.
And now, just like clear garbage bags, the reason is clear as to why there was the suggestion to wait.
On tonight's April 23, 2013 committee agenda is an item where York Region is really, really really interested in outright purchasing the Dufferin County DEEP site on which they can locate THEIR Source Separated Organics (SSO) Facility and of course truck THEIR garbage to the site.
However, there was caution in the air and Mayor Hill was advised to wait until everyone had time to think about it.
Mayor Hill said, okay, but he would be back, with his motion.
And now, just like clear garbage bags, the reason is clear as to why there was the suggestion to wait.
On tonight's April 23, 2013 committee agenda is an item where York Region is really, really really interested in outright purchasing the Dufferin County DEEP site on which they can locate THEIR Source Separated Organics (SSO) Facility and of course truck THEIR garbage to the site.
WTF?
Click here for the staff report http://www.dufferincounty.ca/files/uploads/201304190506232013-04-19_Community_Development_agenda.pdf
You will note unlike the clear bags, County staff reports lack full transparency.
On the report are a couple sections of note titled:
Local Municipal Impact
There is no immediate local impact.
(MINEBUSTERS NOTE: I bet if people knew about it there would be an immediate local impact, being a shit storm of outrage. Do the legwork and provide the local impact, traffic, loss of value on your home, smell, etc.)
Financial, Staffing, Legal, or IT Considerations
The responsibility for and cost of preparing the site outside the designated for the SSO facility area rests with the County of Dufferin.
(MINEBUSTERS NOTE: Well then what are the costs? SET THEM OUT IN THE REPORT)
You may recall that this is the mess that was created around the uploading of waste to the County "considerations". There was not a single pencil put to paper to figure out the cost/benefit analysis of the excercise before it was voted on.
York Region is a BIG place, let them site their facility in THEIR municipal boundary, rather than truck it to Dufferin.
Here is a list of all the County Councillors who will be voting on this at the next Council meeting, if this recommendation passes committee tonight.
Let them know how you feel, even if you DO support this.
Laura Ryan Warden
Rob Adams Councillor
Ken Bennington Councillor
Rhonda Campbell Moon Councillor
Ed Crewson Councillor
Bill Hill Councillor
Walter Kolodziechuk Councillor
Don MacIver Councillor
Warren Maycock Councillor
Ken McGhee Councillor
Paul Mills Councillor
John Oosterhof Councillor
Allen Taylor Councillor
Darren White Councillor
TRUTH AND TRANSPARENCY AND CLEAR BAGS
I have to be honest.
When I read in the paper County Councillor White's comment : ... the policy (clear bags) would help increase diversion rates as well as reduce injuries to waste collectors. “People hide all kinds of things in coloured bags. Picking up garbage is currently the fourth most dangerous occupation in North America,” I scoffed in disbelief.
And then I did my homework.
Depending on which google search you land on, garbage collecting ranks as the 4th to the 10th most dangerous job in North America.
So fair enough.
HOWEVER the reasons for this are not because people are not using clear bags.
The reason for the injuries and death is garbage collectors get hit by traffic, run over by the garbage truck, things fall on them or are ejected from the truck, etc. etc.
So my disbelief about the dangerous job is unfounded, but the clear bag is an incorrect statement about reducing injuries.
Read the entire article about the clear bag issue at County Council here: http://www.orangeville.com/news-story/2533413-county-clear-on-garbage-bag-issue/
And trust me, clear bags are NOT the biggest issue.
What is the number we call every garbage day from Melancthon when our blue/green boxes and clear bags are blown away, run over by a snowplough or blow out in front of vehicles and cause accidents?
Just wondering.
When I read in the paper County Councillor White's comment : ... the policy (clear bags) would help increase diversion rates as well as reduce injuries to waste collectors. “People hide all kinds of things in coloured bags. Picking up garbage is currently the fourth most dangerous occupation in North America,” I scoffed in disbelief.
And then I did my homework.
Depending on which google search you land on, garbage collecting ranks as the 4th to the 10th most dangerous job in North America.
So fair enough.
HOWEVER the reasons for this are not because people are not using clear bags.
The reason for the injuries and death is garbage collectors get hit by traffic, run over by the garbage truck, things fall on them or are ejected from the truck, etc. etc.
So my disbelief about the dangerous job is unfounded, but the clear bag is an incorrect statement about reducing injuries.
Read the entire article about the clear bag issue at County Council here: http://www.orangeville.com/news-story/2533413-county-clear-on-garbage-bag-issue/
And trust me, clear bags are NOT the biggest issue.
What is the number we call every garbage day from Melancthon when our blue/green boxes and clear bags are blown away, run over by a snowplough or blow out in front of vehicles and cause accidents?
Just wondering.
Thursday, April 18, 2013
TORNADO IN MELANCTHON
Media is reporting a tornado in Melancthon.
Twitter is probably the best source of information.
Twitter is probably the best source of information.
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