Reader asks “where has the money gone?” in relation to government grants

Where has the money gone?

As you can see in the RTT the town of Amherstburg has received over $6 million in general assistance from the government since 2021. So what has the administration and council done with this free money? Any logical person would think that this money should reduce the budget and tax increases for the Amherstburg taxpayers. 

Sorry to disappoint you. Amherstburg has 34 people on the Sunshine List. Let’s do just one comparison to the Town of Essex which has 27 people on the list. Amherstburg has four district chiefs and a Deputy CAO and Essex has none of them. The question is why did the mayor and council allow this to happen? 

The answer is simple, I believe they are just puppets of the administration and they don’t care how this affects us, the taxpayers. I bet you any money that none of the council members even know what roles and responsibly of a district chief are.  What bothers me even more is that the people of Amherstburg do not put any pressure on the mayor and council do make some changes.

I predict already that council will vote on a new big library, needed or not and town hall will move to the new Valente development of the General Amherst High School. Whatever happened to Duffy’s and Belle Vue? Why did it all go quiet about this? 

Public input sessions are just for show and have to be done so the town acan prove that it was done. Did you notice that most public input meetings are scheduled while people are working? It’s a game since in the end they do what they want. 

Anyways, as mentioned, it is up to you if you will stay quiet and let them do what they want and taxes will go up and up or you voice your objections and hold all of them accountable. 

—Holger Kretschmann

Amherstburg

Reader asks “where has the money gone?” in relation to government grants