Posts made in June, 2018

Enough is Enough. A Final Appeal: To: Premier-Elect Doug Ford To: Norm Miller MPP Parry Sound-Muskoka And… To: Ontario Citizens – (see contact info below for Premier Doug Ford and Norm Miller, MPP) In the District of Muskoka Lakes, we have had plenty enough of our Mayor. There will be shouts of “Good Riddance” this fall when he is finally ousted. This Mayor and several ‘Crone Councilors’ have repeatedly displayed their stripes to create havoc with development issues in Muskoka and most importantly, done everything possible to advance the work of a private developer towards a useless Power Plant in the village of Bala. Further, in the larger picture, the Provincial Liberals have completely ignored the cries for environmental help and safety towards construction of this monstrosity that has been planned for over a decade. The giant turbine of the power plant represents a horrible danger to the public, up and downstream of the site, and also to the Muskoka watershed. On June 21st, 2018, (which is in fact, ironically our summer solstice), a direct mail piece was delivered by the the proponent (the private developer) in Muskoka outlining that: “The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forests currently operates the Bala North and South dam. After Bala’s power plant...