North Huron council has refused to listen to the public or takepro-active action to get our taxes under control. MayorVincent said at the Wingham strategic planning meeting, that ifenough people signed a petition they might re-consider selling thetrailer park. <span style=font-weight: bold;”>WFP has had many requests to starta petition
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In the last four years, the Blyth Campground has only made $8,353.74in profit. This asset does not preform as well as the Winghamtrailer park, which made over $12,000 in the same time period. The Wingham trailer park has performed so poorly, Council decided tosell it, after Pat Newson said it was losing money. <big style=font-weight: bold;”>Why […]
If you made a decision based on information that turned out to bewrong, what would you do? Would you stubbornly stick to your guns” or would you re-evaluatethat decision? Council made the decision to sell the trailer park
WFP has contacted Town Hall for clarification about which proposals will be considered for the Wingham trailer park. Town staff and Councillors have repeatedly stated that alternate options will be considered (lease/rent/management deal ). The only things in writing states the park is for sale”
At the poorly attended meeting at the trailer park, about 1/2 dozentown staff showed up to answer questions. This meeting was notadvertised in the local paper, and is briefly mentioned in the RFPpackage that states the park is for sale. It is not clear whynone of the conventional media were in attendance. The meeting started […]
The Occupy movement took a comical turn in Australia, when theCouncil ordered the police to remove the tents of theoccupiers. The creative protestors turned their tents intoclothing by cutting a hole in the top and one in the floor. They stuck their heads through the top, and their feet through thebottom hole. When the police showed […]
The survey results are out, and it’s official, the number one issuefacing North Huron is property taxes! <a href=http://www.winghamfreepress.com/files/nhsurvey.pdf”>Downloadyour own copy of the survey results
Copies of the RFP document regarding the sale of the Wingham Trailerpark are available at Town Hall. Council has repeatedly stated the park was not for sale. Whenthey were confronted by a hostile public, they finally admitted thepark was for sale. Council still tried to deny the park wasfor sale after that admission. This is […]
<big style=font-weight: bold;”>Unnecessary Spending While the disgraced David Riach spent time defending the stats quoand Ontario’s highest property tax rate
At last night’s council meeting, Deputy Mayor Riach spoke out indefense of Wingham’s high tax rate. David Riach referenced aconversation with a Wingham business person, who allegedly believesthat Wingham residents are getting great value for the taxes theypay. David Riach also referenced a comment on the Wingham FreePress, regarding a power of sale house”