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Home My WebLink AboutLakeshore Advance, 2013-08-28, Page 44 Lakeshore Advance • Wedne , ' ust 28 2013 opinion www.lakeshoreadvance.com takoloro Minn PUBLISHED WEEKLY RO.BOX 1195 58 Ontario St., North Grand Bend ON NOM 1TO phone: 519-238-5383 fax: 519-238-5131 email: Iakeshore.advanceesunmedla.ca SUN MEDIA A Quebecor Media Company NEIL CLIFFORD Publisher/ Advertising Manager nell.dlfforthDsunmedla.ca LYNDA HILLMAN-RAPLEY Editor lakeshore. ndvancetVsun modla.ca MARK STEPHEN Advertising Sales mark.stephenesunmedia.ca KATHY YOUNG Typesetting/Classifieds Iakeshore, adsOs tin media. ca www.Iakeshoreadvance.com Publications Mall Agreement No. 40064683 RETURN UNDELIVERABLE CANADIAN ADDRESSES 10 LAKESHORE ADVANCE CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT P.O.Box 1195 58 Ontario St North Grand Bend ON NOM 1T0 For any non -deliveries or delivery concerns. phone: 519-238-5383 e-mail: lakoshore advance(Dsunnodla ca Changes of address, orders for subscriptions, and III1d011v01nble copies (return postage guaranteed) are to be sent to l Al osl wr+Advance at the address Indicated here. Advertising Is accepted on the co ndlllon that in the event of a typographical error, the portion of the advertising space occupied by the erroneous Item together with a reasonable allowance for signature, will not be charged for, but the balance of the advertise- ment will bo paid at the applicable rotes 1Ve „1 the Gnvct nnuv►I nt t'amnia thr„uµh the l'unndlun I'rl toil', ,11 run,' (1:1'f) Int „u) 1luhli.hing ne(IviUr. Canaria ,ocna MonHxx ul Tho l;m,xU,m, nn:nnnul) NtW';1.,Ix,,As:,■Minx,;Intl Itx'llnt,,t • editorial Politicians with no strings attached These days Canadians are learning the hard way that backroom boys have too much flower. In Ontario, voter's were introduced to the influ- ential but otherwise anonymous 1)011 (;,try at the recent gas plants committee hearings. I le's had various titles over the years, but basically he's one of the main Ontario Liberal backroom boys. "Speaker needs to follow up on his prima facie finding and change his mind," 'that's what Guy wrote in a Sept. 2012 e-mail concerning a ruling by the Speaker -- a Liberal -- on a gas plants Matter. 'then there's a staffer's e-mail saying Dave Gene "is putting the member from Brant on notice that we need better here:" Sano' issue. 'fie member from Brant is the Speaker. And who's Gene? Another backroom operator. So we've got e-mails suggesting two unelected backroom boys think their authority trumps that of the Speaker of the 1 louse. Ouch. Federally, there's the matter of Nigel Wright's $90,000 loan to Mike Duffy. 'the big question is how much of the former chief ()I' staff's actions were known by Prime Minister Stephen Harper. If the answer is everything, it looks bad on limper. But if the answer is nothing, well, it looks even Worse. Because it suggests there's too nlut'h backseat driving at the IWO. B.C. Premier Christy (:lark's deputy chief (fstaft' resigned in March due to the "ethnicgate" scandal. Clark said she had no clue about the plan to score "quick wins" in ethnic communities by commit- ting taxpayer resources to various projects, Again: Who was in charge over there? 'Ibis isn't the dark ages. Modern democracy has no need for Thomas (:romwells and Machiavellis. We get that not every politico wants t0 run for office and every politician needs strong and inde- pendent staffers managing their offices. But politi- cians have to make it clear that they, as the elected ones, are tilt' people in l'11at'gt'. So this summer as politicians do the barbecue circuit and connect with regular jots, they should take a moment t0 reflect. Dill they rut) fur Office to serve the l)e(l)It'? Or 10 just be 11 ptI))l)et 10 SOme egomaniac glued to his Blackberry hack at the office? Enough with the rainmaker shenanigans. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 1.ak1's1)or' A(11'anc1' 1\'eIt0I11('s IPt11'1 s to the edit)r. 1 1'1 IPrs n)11st include th1' ‘‘'1 11111110110', 11111 110110', addiea, tl,lytinle I)hon1' nunlhe'l and si};11.IIIne' (tor verificat1011.:\n11n1ln11us 11'1f1'rs Will not he i)tlhlished. \\'P rPSPryP the right 11edit ,III 1'dit11rial submissions including letters for c1.11 ilii ,ltibn, style and length. 1 emirs must be signed and I►1' in good t I'.Ii' and lollul\' 11)1' Ia1v's 01.1111v1 and sl,lnder. letter to the editor Mark Cullen is coming to Lambton Shores I low do you make your thumb greener? Easy! By listening to Canada's best known gardener, Mark Cullen! Cullen is visiting Lambton Shores on September 7, and will be appealing at the Legacy Rec- reation Centre in'Ihedford at 10 a.m. 1 lis presentation is entitled, "'Pips, tricks and a look into the crystal ball ... 1 low to succeed in your garden and how the nature of our hobby is changing!" 'ibis is a great opportunity to hear from a real expert, and tickets are. just $10. Mark Cullen is a best-selling author, radio and television per- sonality and spokesperson. Ile is a strong proponent of organic gardening, urban tree cover and other environmental issue's. I lis latest hook, The Canadian Gar- den Primer: An Organic Approach will be available at the event for $30. Proceeds from Cullen's appear- ance will support Lambton Shores Communities in Bloom Committee. Last year, the Com- mittee showed off our cotntnu- nity so well, Lambton Shores took the national award in our population category! This year the hard-working group again hosted Communities in Bloom judges its early August. Results of this year's competition will be available 11) late October. Please conic out, enjoy a lively Mark Cullen presentation, and support Communities in Bloom! 'Pickets are available at the door the day of the event or from any Lambton Shores Communities in Bloom Committee member. In Grand Bend call Shirley Andraza at 519-230-8920. Yours truly, Catherine Mlnielly, Grace Dekker, Co-chairs, Lambton Shores Com- munities in Bloom Committee Sunset Cinema resumes Sunset Cinema Social Dile) Group opens its sixth season 01) Thursday, Sept. f 1vit1) a slu %'ing of "'Ihe impos- sibly", Starting Naomi \Vatts anti I'.1\'all) I\lt'(;I't'l;u1, i1 \Vas;111 Academy At\'ard nominated movie in'2012.file Ulm tells the story of a family caught til) in the tsunami than devastated 'I'llailaltld at ( :hi isltllats at 1)'),v years ago, Ibis is just the first of several films ~tithed lel this year's season. \\'.1tt'h out 1111 "11111inished Song'; :' I lee' 111'111, 1,41)1 1 tindatne'nl.Ili•l'; and "I in t 11111 1.il'Vyer', I1) 11,11111' j l' 1 a1 le‘‘. sunset cinema flies to show nloyies that are not readily available and arc of init'rest to a wide atldiencv. I:111ns are shown at 1111'Grand Bond I It'alth (.:entre Community Room on the first 'Thursday of tit' month, tivu- t1'nlhwr to May, at 7.:10 p.m. hitiance is free although donations ale wel- come. Notices llf upcoming movies are displayed ,it the I'ost Mice, e, fort Franks Community Celine, 1.1). 11.1111. and thralndpa lilotny's. \\'e ale 1;1,111'.. 1111 Ina tlleil support and also that of the (,It:\(:I l(; and Che %l11nicil),Ilily of 1 a11)114(on Show..