Let’s actually collaborate

November 2, 2017

Bill Cheshire’s letter a couple of weeks ago talks about collaboration and talking to our neighbours. I think this is a great idea. The county, province and the federal governments have been downloading and burying our small rural municipalities with bureaucratic red tape that has created huge debts and higher taxes for all of us. Something needs to change.

Time for an audit

To the Editor, Further to the letter published in your paper on March 11 I agree completely with Bob Tatarsky and in fact I feel ...

Let’s talk with our neighbours

Now a lot of folks are not going to like this letter, as I am going to talk about our regional hub, Bancroft, and its relationship with its neighbours.

Keep resources clean

To the Editor, One of our most precious natural resources is the least protected and respected. We as Canadians who care about our environment and ...

Questions following OMB prehearing

A lot of ratepayers including yours truly left the Ontario Municipal Board hearing on Oct. 5 angry and frustrated. The hearing was deferred until Nov. 7. About 50 ratepayers showed up for the hearing and, unfortunately, the audio system did not function well, so most of the time it was hard to hear the proceedings.

Long-term care needs support

To the Editor, I have never written a letter to the paper before, but I feel so strongly about an intolerable situation that exists in ...

What you don’t know

To the Editor, The garbage question in Hastings Highlands will not fly away on the wind of Mr. McPherson’s words. Let’s be clear: Most people ...

Peeved at tax increase

To the Editor, The following letter was sent to members of Hastings Highlands council. 3.6 per cent … really? I am writing to you to ...

Children’s mental health services in North Hastings

The following letter has been sent to Susan Sweetman, executive director of Children’s Mental Health Services for Hastings and Prince Edward by Bill Kilpatrick, Bancroft ...

No wards means less ears for outskirts

Hastings Highlands council recently decided that councillor convenience should outweigh good representation for all its far flung constituents by abandoning the ward system. As a senior citizen with some knowledge of human behaviour, I find it really hard to believe that someone living further away will care as much as someone residing closer by, to care enough to manage issues local to me. Voting at-large typically means that candidate councillors will typically reside in populated areas, although there may be exceptions.

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