This is What Passes as Democracy

This has been a predictable exercise in obfuscation as evidenced by the communication below.

To the best of my knowledge, no one voted Jody Laplante into the position of Deputy Director of Engineering and Development and is therefore apparently unaccountable to the citizens of Nobleton and of King Township. Too bad there's no law that holds government accountable for the content of their communications or lack thereof.

This is what passes as Democracy; Council holds a public meeting, the public speak and council returns to chambers to finalize legislation. What a joke!

Alert Nobleton Resident



-----Original Message-----
From: Jody LaPlante [mailto:jlaplante@king.ca]
Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 4:19 PM
To: Alert Nobleton Resident
Subject: RE: Once There Were Trees


Hi Alert Nobleton Resident

Was the hedge on your property that you own?

Jody LaPlante
Deputy Director of Engineering and Development
Township of King
2075 King Road
King City ,On
L7B 1A1

905 833 4052

-----Original Message-----
From: Alert Nobleton Resident
Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 3:59 PM
To: Jody LaPlante
Subject: RE: Once There Were Trees

Can we reimbursed for a hedge on our property?

-----Original Message-----
From: Jody LaPlante [mailto:jlaplante@king.ca]
Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 3:47 PM
To: Alert Nobleton Resident
Cc: Mayor; Jeff Laidlaw; Chris Somerville; Mike Cole; Robert Flindall
Subject: RE: Once There Were Trees


Alert Nobleton Resident,

A storm sewer is being installed on the Park and School blocks (along
the rear of the lots on Goodfellow). This was design to capture the
majority of the storm water runoff from these two blocks from entering
the existing lots.

The alignment of the sanitary sewer outlet from the subdivision is along
the west limit of the Park Block.

We try to save a many trees as possible but the construction of these
two sewers required several trees to be removed on the Park and School
blocks.


Jody LaPlante
Deputy Director of Engineering and Development
Township of King
2075 King Road
King City ,On
L7B 1A1

905 833 4052
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Somerville
Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 2:54 PM
To: Mike Cole; Jody LaPlante; Robert Flindall
Cc: Alert Nobleton Resident
Subject: FW: Once There Were Trees


Your message has been forwarded to the Engineering & Public Works
Department.

Chris Somerville


-----Original Message-----
From: Alert Nobleton Resident
Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 2:53 PM
To: Jeff Laidlaw
Cc: Mayor; Scott Somerville; Chris Somerville; Cleve Mortelliti; Chris
Somerville; Bill Cober; Jane Underhill; Chris Somerville
Subject: Once There Were Trees

They just ripped out the tree line behind our house.

If we wish to retain any degree of privacy we will have to put some
trees in
at the back of our lot.

We had not anticipated such an event since the original plans fell short
of
developing directly behind our property. That line appears to have
extended
and as a result the few remaining trees on the farm property behind us
have
been removed. The development is now within 50 feet adjacent to our
backyard.

If we can afford to put in a hedge, who can we charge it to?


Kind regards,

Alert Nobleton Resident