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Save our Village of Ashton
Published by Jason Dever on Jan 04, 2009
Target: Township of Beckwith
Region: Canada
Web site: http://www.greaterashton.com
Background (Preamble):
In 2000, The rural Township of Goulbourn was amalgamated with 10 other rural, suburban and urban municipalities to form the City of Ottawa.
This was done without the consent of any taxpaying voter in the former municipalities. Since amalgamation, taxes have risen almost 40%, yet services to the rural areas have gone down, and the representation has been eroded to 1 counsellor for a combined ward of the former townships of Rideau and Goulbourn.
The village of Ashton is split between the Township of Beckwith and the former township of Goulbourn. This causes complications in terms of services provided as well in terms of long-term plan of the village itself. The the residents of the Goulbourn side of Ashton pay far more in taxes than the Beckwith residents for less service.
We believe that the time has come for Ashton to be united as a village so that we can build and prepare for future growth in the village and the surrounding lands.
This was done without the consent of any taxpaying voter in the former municipalities. Since amalgamation, taxes have risen almost 40%, yet services to the rural areas have gone down, and the representation has been eroded to 1 counsellor for a combined ward of the former townships of Rideau and Goulbourn.
The village of Ashton is split between the Township of Beckwith and the former township of Goulbourn. This causes complications in terms of services provided as well in terms of long-term plan of the village itself. The the residents of the Goulbourn side of Ashton pay far more in taxes than the Beckwith residents for less service.
We believe that the time has come for Ashton to be united as a village so that we can build and prepare for future growth in the village and the surrounding lands.
Petition:
We, the undersigned, request that the township of Beckwith expropriate all the lands currently in the city of Ottawa formerly in the township of Goulbourn extending the boundary to Dwyer hill road.
The Save our Village of Ashton petition to Township of Beckwith was written by Jason Dever and is in the category City & Town Planning at GoPetition. Contact author here. Petition tags: ashto, seperation, amalgamation, village
