Dear editor:

Some new group calling themselves NOTLRA is claiming that they are going to be speaking on my behalf and representing my best interests. That is what I understood when I read a recent news bit about this newly created group of activists.

Nobody speaks for me, and we already have a duly elected council and I don’t think that the town staff need to feel obligated to deal with these folks in the way that this group is thinking.

I interpret the “RA” part of NOTLRA stands for “righteous activists,” a collective group of people that impose their moral advocacy upon others. No, thanks.

There are other hobbies one can attend in this area of Niagara, lots to do here.

The idea of amalgamation has never been more pronounced than currently as a direct result of this motley crew collective. Amalgamation will solve all the primary problems like tax revenue and service delivery efficiencies as the number one priority, and issues like single-serve plastics and NIMBYism would be better managed at higher levels of governance, instead of even more adverse, confusing and unnecessary chaos that will be created by this new gang.

The entire organizational structure of this group is so absurd that it is destined to implode prior to the municipal election this fall.

With amalgamation, we will get quicker development of the airport expansion and won’t have to listen to this group’s agenda items like “climate adaption and community resilience” — what?

Any group that asserts itself above the in-place democratic governance we have and aggressively promoting itself as being good for the entire community, is a template of communist control by a few in non-democratic self-positioned authority over the interests of individuals.

Vote for amalgamation in the fall elections and keep an eye out for the confusion and mayhem this group is going to impose on the peace and quiet of NOTL in the meantime.

We already have everything being managed by the town with virtually the same mission statements and objectives being sold by these folks.

Clearly, the only thing different is this group’s pursuit of communal control by this carefully cloaked collective leadership. And, they are seeking donations for what? Gas masks, signs and whistles probably.

It’s going to be a lot of fun to watch all of this unfold — just stay off my lawn.

Peter Rusin
St. Davids