Editor: I am strongly suggesting to Premier Ford that the citizens of the outlying areas in Chatham-Kent, namely, Blenheim, Tilbury, Wheatley, Ridgetown, etc. be allowed to separate from Chatham.
The council has proven time and again that they will not listen to the citizens on important issues. Pet projects seem to be for the benefit of Chatham, all while it’s rumoured there will be closing of rural libraries, fire stations and service centres. We all pay taxes but get no tangible benefits for them.
Our mayor and many of the councillors seem to think that they have the right to spend us into oblivion. While it is true we elected them, none of these grandiose schemes were on the table at that time.
The lack of oversight over the PUC is astounding, yet we continue to pay all the upper echelon big money for doing nothing. How is it that the committee responsible was surprised by the amount being requested?
Councillors attend meetings where they just are there to drink coffee and slap each other on the back while doing nothing, not asking pertinent questions, or reviewing the business of the PUC? Chatham-Kent council is out of control and we in the rural areas are sick and tired of funding the city while we get less than nothing.
I urge everyone to write Premier Ford and voice your concern. We need to send the message to council that we have had enough.
Rick Williams
Blenheim
