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Councillor Vodden Comments On Releasing Job Descriptions – No Benefit & Very Bad Idea

People have the right to public information, but I am not aware of any right pertaining to a blog’s right to information. Information requests from a blog do not, in my estimation, have any status. There is no legal requirement for placing job descriptions or personal employment information on a municipality’s website. Placing such information […]

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North Huron Councillor Brock Vodden Bashes WFP and Defends Campbell’s Reid Road Assessment

Mud Throwing I am responding to your opinion piece on road conditions on Reid Road discussed at the May 7 meeting of North Huron council. First of all I value the opinion and experience of our Public Works Director. Ralph Campbell. The author and the “long time supporter of WFP” do not indicate their qualifications […]

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Super School Crisis – Was North Huron Duped?

To the Editor: Has the Minister of Education decided to cut Maitland River Elementary School construction? It has come to my attention from unnamed sources that the Avon Maitland District School Board was advised some time ago that the Ministry of Education intends to quash the plan to build the Maitland River Elementary School (MRES) […]

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School Issue: Reply to the Nameless One

Reply to [email protected] I have been involved in the school issue for several years. Most of us in business were under the impression that the ARC meetings were for parents, mainly. As it turned out, the ARCs were irrelevant to the result. AMDSB had already decided in general what they were going to do. Show […]

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School Issue: Reply to the Nameless One

Reply to [email protected] I have been involved in the school issue for several years. Most of us in business were under the impression that the ARC meetings were for parents, mainly. As it turned out, the ARCs were irrelevant to the result. AMDSB had already decided in general what they were going to do. Show […]

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Petition to save Blyth Public School

As almost everyone is aware, Blyth Public School is scheduled for closure next June. The Avon Maitland School Board has a legal right to do this to our community, regardless of the fact that it will have a devastating effect on our economy, our society, our property values. Their senior staff have indicated openly that […]

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Petition to save Blyth Public School

As almost everyone is aware, Blyth Public School is scheduled for closure next June. The Avon Maitland School Board has a legal right to do this to our community, regardless of the fact that it will have a devastating effect on our economy, our society, our property values. Their senior staff have indicated openly that […]

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Brock Vodden: About Democracy

I agree with many of the things you wrote:    “Elected and paid to represent the interests of theirconstituents.” Correct! “Council currently acts as if they were elected to make ourdecisions for us”<fontstyle=”FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt”> That is also true. They areelected to make decisions. They make dozens and dozens ofdecisions for the municipality. These decisions vary […]