Clinton News Record, 2014-10-01, Page 5letter to the editor
Wednesday, October 1, 2014 • News Record 5
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A few facts you might consider
before casting your vote
To The Editor,
Dear Sirs;
Re: Bluewater Tax Management
Every election, Bluewater taxpayers
ask Candidates what they're going to
do about property taxes and every
year they tell us they're doing the best
they can and we vote them back in.
Well, here are a few facts you might
consider before casting your vote this
year for Mayor and Deputy Mayor.
In the 5 years from 2008 to 2012,
Bluewater's Residential Taxable
Assessment, the base on which the
Tax Rate is applied, increased by
36.4%.
In those same 5 years, the tax rate
levied by the Municipality on that
assessment has increased 8.8%.
This means the Annual Residential
Tax grab for Bluewater increased more
than 47% or $1.7 million!
Unlike Bluewater's increase of 8.8%,
the County REDUCED their tax rate by
13.3% and the School Board
REDUCED theirs by 8.7%! Even
reducing their tax rates, the County &
Board were able to manage their oper-
ations on increased tax revenues of
15% & 9% a far cry from Bluewater's
47%.
During this time, Bluewater has
gone through 3 Chief Administrative
Officers and 3 Works & Utilities
Managers.
You might want to consider these
facts when you pass judgement on the
performance of the incumbent Mayor
& Deputy Mayor.
Sincerely,
Jack Pal
Bayfield
EARLY FILES
September 19, 1968
The Women's Auxiliary to the Clin-
ton Public Hospital met Sept. 9 in the
Nurses' Residence and wasted no time
getting involved in fall activities. First
on the agenda was a reminder of the
Fall Conference of District Hospital
Auxiliaries to be held in Goderich Sept.
30th. Anyone interested in attending
this get-together should contact Presi-
dent Helen Bartliff prior to Sept 23rd.
Mrs. A.J. McMurray reported that the
Hospital Cart is being staffed for the
month of September by the Catholic
Women's League. Letters received
from past and present bursary winners
were read and appreciated by the
membership. Irla Martin of R. R. 3 Bay-
field received $100 this year to start off
her nursing career and Agnes Dykstra
of R. R. 2 Clinton was awarded $75
upon entering a Registered Nursing
Assistant's course at Byron.
September 8, 1977
The publisher of the Both well Times
and the former part owner of the Clin-
ton News Record, Francis Murray, died
suddenly at Four Countries Hospital in
Newbury on Friday, September 2nd.
He was in his 66th year. Mr. McEwan
was born in Clinton on June 13th, 1911
to the late Murray and Elizabeth (Ross)
McEwan. In his early teens "Timmer,"
as Clinton friends knew him, started in
the printing trade at the Clinton News
Record. With the exception of three
years overseas duties as a member of
the Canadian Firefighters Association
and short time following as an insur-
ance agent and owner of a frozen cus-
tard business also at Clinton, Mr. McE-
wan spent most of his life in the
printing trade.
September 11, 1985
Vera Gregg has had a very happy
month visiting and being visited by rel-
atives who have been staying with her
cousin Terry Wood of Alisa Craig. They
came from Downpatrick Ireland,
which is where St. Patrick is known to
be buried. Vera's home is in the village
of Killough, which is just on the out-
skirts of Downpatrick. The Irish visitors
felt right at home in Bayfield, feeling it
was so much like an Irish village.
Cousins from Scotland are staying with
Helen and Harold Hopper. Our apolo-
gies for this atrocious weather! The
only consolation we can offer is that
Bayfield has a reputation for present-
ing the most abominable weather to its
more distinguished guests. It seems to
be saying like us at our worst and then
we'll show you how beautiful we can
be. The first color is showing in our
maple trees and the way to preserve
some leaves for autumn parties is to
wax them, which enhances their differ-
ent shades.
September 3,1997
A public meeting is scheduled for
Saturday at 10 a.m. to discuss ways to
clean up Lake Huron. The meeting at
the Zurich Community Centre was
organized by the new lobby group,
Huron's Edge, founded by St. Joseph
resident Joe Gleason, who is con-
cerned about the amount of sewage
bacteria being allowed to go into the
lake. Gleason will present proposals
and a supporting petition for two new
bylaws. He hopes to present both to
Hay Township Council at the meeting.
He will also present a petition request-
ing the federal government for funding
to be used for lake clean up or to aid
property owners with replacement of
septic tanks or farm sewage treatment
system.
September 13, 2000
The mental health needs of Huron
and Perth residents, from those in cri-
sis to those who need long-term sup-
port, will be met in a new centre,
which opened recently in Clinton. The
official opening and ribbon cutting for
the Mary Street building hosting the
Huron Perth Clinical Intensive Case
Management (HPCICM) program and
the resource centre for the Canadian
Mental Health Association, and which
will soon house the Huron Perth asser-
tive Community Treatment Team
(ACTT), was held last Friday. Prior to
the event, Penny Cardno, program
coordinator for HPCICM, ACTT, and
the Huron Perth Crisis Intervention
Program, explained why there is
expected to be need for the services,
and just how those needs will be met.
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