Erin ‘accomplishments’

Dear Editor:

Let’s review Erin council’s accomplishments for this term.

They tried to take away the town’s shamrock logo and replace it with a plagiarised corporate logo, without public input, but had to back down due to public outcry. So much money wasted, although Mayor Michael Dehn says he saved us over $100,000 by rushing though the new logo. He’s never revealed how this miracle occurred.

The town has not attracted new businesses throughout the whole term.

They sent Hillsburgh residents a 20-year purgatory of truck traffic to “rehabilitate” a gravel pit, as if it’s the only option.

They tried to give away millions of dollars worth of Erin real estate in the form of rural severances, which the mayor and his accomplices thought should be given to developers in Puslinch. Who does he work for?

They tried to evict the humane society only to back down based on public outcry – again without public input. It makes me wonder if there isn’t a corporate interest waiting for this now very valuable commercial corner lot – just like Puslinch developers are waiting for our rural severances.

And finally, we’re broke. We’re not going broke – we are broke. Our reserve is gone and we’re being sued at the Ontario Land Tribunal for excessive development charges and we have no idea what the financial peril is from that should we lose.

Well done, Mr. Dehn and company. You couldn’t have done worse if you tried.

Tom Carroll,
Erin