| 1247 Lakeshore Road, Sarnia, ON N7S 2L1 Nov. 14/99 Dear MPP Caroline Di Cocco, Please find enclosed some recent correspondence regarding the broad issue of municipal restructuring as promised to you and Yvonne Carey when we met during the Remembrance Day ceremonies at City Hall. I also enclose my unedited letter to the editor of the Observer published Nov. 12/99. I've underlined the omitted portion as unfortunately, some context was lost when edited for space considerations. I hope your review of this material will indicate, at best, opportunities delayed and fundamentally, the unworkability of the present arrangement between the city and the county that led to the rebuild of that portion of Lakeshore Road east of Murphy Road and the safety issues raised there. Besides Mayor Bradley's apparent confusion of the actual cost benefits of the present arrangement of county roads within city limits (see copy of Observer clipping), there is a regrettable attitude expressed by the province that this is not their responsibility. This, despite it being a provincial law that maintains this inherently discriminatory structure. My particular interest is whether you'll find moral equivalence in this situation and the condition that led to your previous efforts with the GRACE group. If so, then I would expect you to fight to push for a fair restructuring of municipal government in Lambton County. You and your office are aware of my hope for a seamless trail/bikeway all along the waterfront through Bright's Grove to the Rainbow corner and then onto Lakeshore. At Lakeshore the county comes in and with the city having only 40% of the votes is where we get stuck. We don't need somebody in Wyoming who couldn't care less about what happens with development in the city making these decisions. Only proper restructuring would allow Sarnia to have control in improvements to city standards within its borders. Yours truly, George Sunaitis |
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