Madam Mayor and Council,
Will you please think about what the impact to Haldimand County residents now and all future generations will be facing if you six vote against the public and put 40,000 people next to Stelco, Imperial Oil, and an asphalt plant, air products and a potential hydrogen plant, and a soil regeneration operation … these tax dollars will be lost forever.
And it will be up to you, me, and all future generations to make up the lost tax dollars.
The complaints from the new 40,000 people who buy these houses will be too much and these industries will be forced out and take their tax dollars with them.
Then we the remaining taxpayers of Haldimand County will have to pay more to make up for industries share of the pie.
No one wants to live near industry.
Not only will the loss of these employers cost jobs directly but also there are a multitude of local trucking, heavy equipment, and construction businesses that have thrived supporting our local industry.
The detrimental impact on the employees alone should be enough to make you vote against the MZO.
Why any developer would not instead buy up land around Townsend, which was designed to accommodate over 100,000 people, where there is enough water and sewage capacity, is questionable….
This proposal is illogical … it makes no sense.
Why would any developer want to destroy Haldimand County? For what reason would Council want to destroy the county they call home?
This is a disaster waiting to happen. PLEASE listen to the residents of Haldimand and keep Haldimand County a good place to live for future generations…. Don’t make them wonder why in the world would anyone put up roadblocks to businesses in their own community and vote to chase tax paying industry away.
This proposal to put 40,000 people next to an industrial employment area is 100% totally inappropriate.
Marie Trainer,
Hagersville
