As spring continues its advance there are a few things here in Meota that will be starting up. This past week a survey crew was busy spending time, doing what they do, in the planned subdivision along the road to the transfer site. Last fall the developers started to do some major earthmoving and preparation to get a jump on the project for this year. I know over the winter they had been travelling to shows to promote this project by pre-selling lots. I have not had a chance to contact the developer and the survey crew had no information on the success at selling lots, but I expect some response from them in the near future. So we will have to keep an eye and an ear open to see what progress comes.
Another issue that our village council thought they had under wraps has reared its head again. As of April 12 the bylaw enforcement officer, who had been working between here and Cochin, has quit, leaving council to come up with another plan to control some of the problems which initiated the decision to hire him in the first place. The central issue of the problem is that our elected officials should not have to be the ones who have to approach residents who are not abiding by these laws, which would not be if each and every resident in the village respected their neighbours.
In our neighbourhood we have been front and centre to a situation that needs a solution. There has been one resident who has felt it his right to disrupt everyone else's sleep by hosting very loud and obnoxious parties. This resident also has a dog that is uncared for and thus continually barking through all hours of the day and night. These issues, along with his dangerous use of fireworks, were to be solved by the use of this enforcement officer so our elected officers would not have to handle the problem.
Now the situation has to go back to the drawing board at the village office for some solution to the problem. I wish them the best since it is a problem not easy to solve without some grumping by some residents.
As I have said the problem only exists because of a lack of respect for the general population of the village. In most cases it is only a few who cause the problem but in the long run we all pay.
Another example comes from some of the campers who use the regional park. The greatest numbers are here to relax and get away, but there are those who feel they have the right to totally interfere with others' peace and quiet. This problem is often exacerbated by excessive use of alcohol which leads to situations that have caused the provincial parks to restrict its use on many weekends as a way to curb the problem. This restriction had the effect that those narcissistic jerks who had been the source of trouble there moved their activities to the regional parks.
Thus it is now our problem. I don't envy the parks board folks who are going to have to deal with this unless some other solution can be arranged to solve these issues.
Quote: 'The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs." Joan Didon
