OrilliaMatters welcomes letters to the editor at [email protected] or via the website. Please include your full name, daytime phone number and address (for verification of authorship, not publication). The following letter is in response to a letter about unwanted flyers being delivered in Orillia, published Feb. 26.
I fully back Phil’s position.
I complained to Ward 3 Coun. Jay Fallis via email recently and received the same response. In my view, it is the council’s role to lead on issues such as this and not put the onus on individual citizens.
If Phil and I are on the same page, I suspect there are many others as well.
All council members have to do is take a cruise through West Ridge to see how much litter is introduced to our streets by this flyer delivery practice. It’s disgusting that we would allow Postmedia to pollute our environment like this. I wonder what would happen if we all started tossing our trash around.
Perhaps some energetic citizen could start a petition that could be presented to council at an upcoming meeting. I volunteer to sign up and help get the petition distributed.
I contacted Postmedia and had my address removed from their distribution list, so it is possible to stop the unwanted delivery of this litter and I encourage everyone else to do the same. Flyers are readily available online from numerous sources including the OrilliaMatters email I saw Phil's letter in. If we all opt out of the program, Postmedia will have no choice but to cease and desist.
Having said that, I still think our elected council should take the pulse of the electorate and make something positive happen for our otherwise beautiful City of Orillia.
R. Leo Pyman
Orillia
