This Mayor  for Haldimand was  also  in a Samsung Commercial to represent wind coming to our area…don’t forget next year at election time! Rob Shirton was the only councillor who didn’t vote for the Bribrancy Fund. Maybe it’s time to start canvessing for Mayors who would actually work for the people, instead of against them!

Tuesday, August, 27, 2013 – 1:01:08 PM – Ken Brownell, The Sachem

Mayor Ken Hewitt stated that this term of council had to deal with the negative comments that stemmed from the agreement, and he did not want to see another term reap the rewards from it. I guess he feels he will not be re-elected, so let’s screw the people of rural Haldimand one final time. I and many others were told by Hewitt that the money from the Vibrancy Fund would be spent in the rural areas only, as it is us who have to put up with the turbines. This means to me that if some facility were to be built, it would be built in rural Haldimand, not downtown Caledonia, Dunnville or any other urban town. If the people from these towns want to use the facility, let them drive through beautiful “turbine Haldimand” to use it. Also, how much sense does it make to borrow the money ahead, pay interest on it, and then get less to use? Is there really something we need right now? Maybe there is, so let’s hear about it; then, let Council make a decision based on what the people want, not what Mayor Hewitt wants. Shouldn’t we get a say on what to use the money for and when to use it? Or does Mayor Hewitt and his Council nail us once again? As to the credit Mayor Hewitt is seeking, if you worked for me, it would only be long enough for me to say the words of Donald Trump: “You’re fired!”

Link to  original article here: http://www.sachem.ca/opinion/mayor-wants-credit-for-vibrancy-fund/