Dear sir:
In response to the letter to the editor last Wednesday (Feb. 5) in the Fort Frances Times, I fully agreed with Sue Fletcher’s issues over the Walker Avenue crisis.
Where was the common sense and logic in that accident concerning public health?
How could Dr. Sarsfield and his team at the Northwestern Health Unit overlook such a major disaster? Was it because he would have to point fingers at a larger business?
Instead he picks on the smaller businesses.
The 1.8 million gallons of raw effluent, along with the odour, I’m sure is more dangerous than second-hand smoke.
Apparently, it has been a year-and-a-half since that happened and it was just ignored. The Walker Avenue residents deserve better treatment from the Northwestern Health Unit.
Instead, all they got was fear and worry living in an unhealthy environment. And it’s still ongoing.
With the power and politics at our health unit, they could point fingers at the more important health issues in our community. For instance, the black powdery stuff on our cars and in the early hours of the morning, you have to close your windows due to the nauseating smell.
Fort Frances sure has changed—we use to have freedom of choice, help in a crisis (Walker Avenue disaster), and be a fun and socializing town. Why do we have to change to live up to one person’s standards?
Signed,
Millee Dawson
A concerned
resident
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