Dear Chair and District Councillors,<\/p>\n
Disappointed.\u00a0 That is how I felt last night when I learned of District Council?s decision to support the Swift River project.\u00a0 Shock, dismay and disbelief are words I would have liked to use, but after seeing the reaction of councillors at the visit to the falls yesterday, it soon became apparent where your loyalties lie.<\/p>\n
District Chair Adams, you indicated yesterday that you?ve received between 30 and 50 e-mails per day for the last few weeks.\u00a0 You then proceeded to ask us which site we would prefer for Swift River to use.\u00a0 Had you thoroughly read the e-mails you?ve received I don?t think you would have had to ask that question.\u00a0 We don?t want the project.\u00a0 Period.\u00a0 A smaller site with less disruption to the falls would be preferred if we are going to be forced to deal with this proposal.\u00a0 As well, something that can be removed down the road, once the Provincial government stops providing subsidies, makes the most sense.\u00a0 Building on a site where permanent damage is being done does not make sense.\u00a0 Supporting a site where major blasting has to be done and our natural Precambrian shield removed does not make sense.\u00a0 Why disturb what natural beauty we have.\u00a0 We have lost so many natural areas throughout the province and this beautiful country due to progress and grand ideas.\u00a0 Why add to that?\u00a0 At the end of the day, we do not want either site.<\/p>\n
As Councillors Klinck and Clairmont kindly stated for the residents of Bala, there is no benefit to us to have another power dam in Bala.\u00a0 The citizens, businesses, and tourists will not gain from this endeavour.\u00a0 Why not have District join us in the fight to stop this?\u00a0 There are hundreds if not thousands of people who are willing to fight this.\u00a0 Why not have District?s support?<\/p>\n
I am a new Mom.\u00a0 You have seen the pictures of my three month old daughter and had you looked and listened yesterday, you would have seen her there making a statement.\u00a0 Save the Bala Falls for Me.\u00a0 Despite the wind and cold we were there, yet you were too busy with Swift River to notice.\u00a0 As a Mom, I now realise more than ever the importance of leaving a legacy.\u00a0 I am a descendant of Thomas Burgess who founded this beautiful town.\u00a0 His legacy was a quaint tourist town with lots to offer everyone.\u00a0 I want to leave a legacy too. We need to preserve what natural beauty we have.\u00a0 How many towns can you travel to and find what Bala has to offer?\u00a0 You can find bits and pieces in most towns; I know that.\u00a0 Exactly what Bala has to offer?\u00a0 None.\u00a0 We are at risk of losing that.\u00a0 How do I explain to my daughter that the generations before her were willing to give that all up because they weren?t willing to fight hard enough?\u00a0 I can?t tell her that.\u00a0 I won?t!\u00a0 I admit the province is a much bigger body to fight than District, but I firmly believe it is worth it.<\/p>\n
Mayor Pryke and Councillor Grady, I?m sorry you don?t feel that you can make a difference to support Bala.\u00a0 You have made that clear by supporting this proposal.\u00a0 It?s not easy to fight, and it takes a tonne of energy.\u00a0 I see that in the three men who have been leading this charge.\u00a0 They are however willing to stand up and make a difference.\u00a0 It?s very unfortunate that as elected officials you are not willing to do the same.\u00a0 You were elected and are paid to make a difference.\u00a0 It?s sad that you don?t recognize that.<\/p>\n
It would have been easier to take on the Province with District?s support and unfortunately we don?t have that.\u00a0 Don?t think for a second that we?ll stop fighting!\u00a0 To the three councillors who did vote no, THANK YOU!\u00a0 Thank you for standing up for a town that you weren?t directly elected to support.\u00a0 Thank you for listening to our concerns and being willing to say no.\u00a0 We count on your continued support going forward.<\/p>\n
Sincerely, Dear Chair and District Councillors, Disappointed.\u00a0 That is how I felt last night when I learned of District Council?s decision to support the Swift River project.\u00a0 Shock, dismay and disbelief are words I would have liked to use, but after seeing the reaction of councillors at the visit to the falls yesterday, it soon became […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-letters","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nMarcia Tupling
\nApple Island, East Bay<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"