Different Faces Same Old Spaces Between the ears.

Last night's debate on the Bell Communication tower on Bathurst Street was interrupted  frequently with hard ,prolonged  belligerent applause.

The scene has been repeated many times in the Council Chamber.  At times it seems the only thing missing is the  sound of jack boots pounding on the floor.

An emergency meeting has been called  to decide if the town should spend money on legal fees to file an injunction to stop Bell from continuing  construction.

In brief, the story is as follows;

The tower is in King. Industry  Canada  has authority . King was notified and asked to comment.

A sign was posted on the property informing of the application.

Twenty  residents within a certain radius, were notified.

An Open House was held in June in a venue in King. Two residents from Aurora attended. The meeting was re-scheduled  for August. No residents attended.

The sign was not convenient to read from a passing car.

Now construction is under way  and weeping and wailing and gnshing of teeth is heard throughout the immediate neighborhood,

 Aurora Councillors received a stream of e-mails full of accusations of negligence and failure to look out for the interest of the residents and other sundry insults.

One woman sent a photo taken from inside her home showing a simple structure barely showing above a tree line and demanded to know  "How would you like to see this from your stairs.?"

Prominent  in the picture are three beautiful windows and a fine deck outside awaiting warm weather.

A couple of Councillors have jumped on the bandwagon and declared the town culpable.

The loudest cheers of  all greeted a proposal  to spend town resources to  force Bell to take down that tower.

We've been here before. Many times.

 A former mayoralty candidate limped into office with votes from people who sucked in her promise to get the power lines in the  transmission corridor buried .

It never happened. Homes are still occupied despite claims  of studies proving children' s health was at risk .

Public resources were spent.

Power  lines were not buried. But the candidate who  won on the promise was well and truly in the next election .

Now we have almost the exact scenario repeating itself.

To-night ,we will discover how far it will play itself put.