Sunday, December 2, 2007

Sports complex -- Letter to the Editor

On Nov. 6, we attended a very well organized and informative meeting of the Coldstream Ratepayers Association. The meeting was billed as a town hall meeting on the proposed sports complex and we made a conscious decision to attend and become more informed on the issue prior to the upcoming referendum. 

The speakers were all very passionate and clearly cared a lot about our community. The evening was interesting but more interesting to us has been what has happened since. While one speaker appropriately mentioned that the upcoming referendum is pitting families against families and neighbours against neighbours we did not realize how much until our pictures appeared in The Morning Star article “Residents rally opposition to complex,” on Nov. 9.

Since then more than a few co-workers, neighbours, people at the gym, etc have commented on us not wanting more playing fields. Honestly, we still haven’t decided how to vote and having our pictures in the paper has stirred healthy debate and allowed us to explore other people views on the subject. Gathering more information was our intent and we have certainly done that as a result of our evening out. 

We would like to encourage others to find out the facts, hear both sides of the issue, talk to your friends and neighbours and make an informed vote on Dec. 15. Your opinion matters and we know you care about the future of Coldstream – a few of you have shared with us just how much.  Thanks for your input.

Pat & Judy Hughes

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