Guest guest Posted June 15, 2006 Report Share Posted June 15, 2006 --- gardens_ off_drugs <gardensoffdrugs wrote: > > > Hello Everyone, > The Town of Milton needs our help! Read on.... > Renee > > > Visit our new website, www.gardensoffdrugs.com ! > > > Thu, 15 Jun 2006 10:09:10 -0400 > > Please forward this message to any contacts you > think would be interested, > rather than the previous one, as I had forgotten to > mention the petition! > See below. > > Thanks, > Erika > > Hello Friends and Supporters, > > It was an exciting meeting of the Community > Services Standing Committee > this past Monday! There were several excellent > presentations in support of > a by-law for cosmetic pesticide use on private > property in the Town of > Milton. The meeting reached a dramatic pinnacle > when Councillor Wendy Schau > put forward a motion to have town staff develop a > pesticide by-law for > council consideration, with the stipulation that > there would be public input > in the process. This motion was only ONE VOTE AWAY > from passing! Instead, > Mayor Krantz introduced a motion for the initiation > of a public process to > investigate pesticide regulation so that all > stakeholders can have a say. > This would involve open houses and so on to elicit > feedback from the public > about pesticide use on private lands. It does not > specify a time-line or a > goal. While this is a big step forward, IT IS NOT > ENOUGH. The Mayor said > it himself: This issue is not going to go away! > > The next step is for it to go before full council > on Monday, June 26th at > 7:30 p.m.. We again hope to have several > delegations speaking in favour of > a pesticide by-law. We are thrilled to report that > Jan Kasperski, Executive > Director and CEO of the Ontario College of Family > Physicians, has agreed to > speak at the meeting!! > > YOUR SUPPORT IS VITAL. Please help us make the > Council Chambers > " standing room only " on the 26th by attending the > Council meeting. (note: > it probably won't matter if you show up later that > 7:30 p.m.) You can see > the agenda at www.milton.ca under the " Council and > Committee " link on > Thursday, June 22nd, 4 p.m. Also, please express > your concerns in writing > by letter or email (townclerk) to the > councillors and Mayor. > Attached is a sample form letter you can adapt or > use " as is " . > > **Also note attached petition.** We need as many > signatures as possible, > so please print some off and circulate it widely! > Every signature helps. > The petitions can be submitted to P.A.M. c/o Shirley > Steeves, 288 Bousfield > Cr., Milton, ON, L9T 3G7 or fax to (905) 693-0849, > before June 26th. > > We are hoping to use our current momentum to push > the current > recommendation further, to a by-law for Milton! You > can help to make this > happen! > Please make your voice heard!! > > Thanks for your support on this important issue. > > Erika Ristok, N.D. > President, > Pesticide Alternatives for Milton > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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