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Councillor Davis wants the Town to develop a Charity Policy. January 13th, 2006 Halton Hills - Civic Centre: At the January 9th, 2006 Council Meeting Councillor Davis brought up in New Business the issue that the Council of Halton Hills took it upon themselves to give to the Tsunami and the Katrina Hurricane disaster funds in Indonesia and New Orleans, but hasn't even batted an eye over the devastation the earth quake disaster inflicted in South Asia in 2005. After council donated Halton Hills tax dollars to the Tsunami relief effort, Councillor O'Leary knocked the global relief efforts of the Tsunami stating: "Now we're hearing that the majority of relief is not getting to the poorest regions and peoples". continues next column ...
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A devastating earthquake, measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale, hit the northern part of Pakistan on the morning of 8th October, 2005 . Estimates of the quake's magnitude varied. The US Geological Survey put the number at 7.6. With the death toll in the tens of thousands and the casualties in the hundreds of thousands, by comparison, the loss of life and total devastation eclipsed the 1000 death toll Katrina inflicted on New Orleans and comparable to the same massive magnitude in terms of loss of life and destruction the Tsunami of 2005 inflicted on Indonesians. To date the Kashmir earth quake has claimed
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Perhaps it time we sent a message to Council, that we elected you to govern our municipality, not act as charity givers in regions far beyond your jurisdiction, to tax deductible organizations who conveniently withhold administrative levies to distribute our money, where Council deems fit. Charity is a private personal act. Stop playing God with our tax dollars and focus on the job. |
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