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Churches, step up
It’s time for all the churches in the city to do their part in helping the homeless and I don’t mean providing food and warm clothing.
These places of worship preach about helping the less fortunate and do the exact opposite. Churches don’t pay property tax and the things churches do donate are donations in themselves, which cost the church absolutely nothing.
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It’s time for the houses of God to start opening their basements to house people in need. If that’s not a possibility, churches need to start paying property taxes. They also need to ask themselves what would Jesus do, as it seems they are confused about it themselves.
Mike Cassino, London
Delay expected
I expect there soon will be an announcement from Volkswagen that construction of the EV battery plant at St. Thomas will be delayed or cancelled.
VW carries a debt of greater than US$100 billion, its sales of vehicles in China decreased by one million units last year, and EV sales worldwide have dropped.
At least three other battery plants in Canada are delayed or cancelled. Stay tuned.
Oscar Elviss, London
Block the Bloc
It is unbelievable a political party, the Bloc Québécois, only represents Quebec’s interests and has one thing in mind, the separation of the country.
This party borders on treasonous policies and should never have been allowed to sit in Parliament.
Time to stop the tail from wagging the dog.
Thomas Geddes, Port Dover
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Not cars, it’s drivers
Regarding the letter It’s the cars, man (Oct. 2).
Just as “Guns don’t kill people, people kill people,” it’s the people in their cars that crowd the streets.
Do you think maybe if the population were half what it is the problem wouldn’t exist?
Don Yarwood, London
Scrub the hub
Chatham-Kent council is about to make major decisions over several property and project purchases totalling more than $11 million.
The most recent version of the community hub involves relocating the civic centre, the Chatham library and the museum, all of which are already part of our downtown footprint.
The mayor and other municipal officials have been enthusiastic champions of this concept, despite pushback from taxpayers and passionate pleas from both library and museum stewards to do otherwise.
As both a business and residential taxpayer, I respectfully request council stop the process regarding the hub, a project that remains uncertain in benefit and cost.
Chatham-Kent’s tax base is struggling to survive, and I believe we cannot support uncertain, unnecessary and unessential projects.
Fix and maintain the current properties and scrub the hub.
Reg DeNure, Chatham
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