Tuesday, March 8, 2011

OMB Pre-Hearing Over Very Fast

Dates for the actual hearing are scheduled for 9 days: Tuesday, June 14th at 10 a.m. till Friday, June 24, 2011. 


Mr. Rossi, the OMB Chairman, was fast and efficient. R. Hauser, the solicitor for walmart did not attend. Mr. Rossi was not impressed by her absence. He said; " I expect all parties to attend. This is a serious weighty issue for this community." 


Later he told Mr. Kagan, (the lawyer for Stratford Bear Dev. Corp. working with walmart) to tell Ms. Hauser (walmart lawyer): "Any adjournments...anything out of the ordinary...it is denied!" 


The hearing is about the interim control by-law and the nature of retail.

J.D. Graham of the City Centre Committee, Larry Baswick and I are signed up as participants for the June hearings. We will be speaking before the board. 

There is the option of a citizen's group, especially if incorporated, of being granted full party status in the hearings with the power to call and question witnesses.  Any group available for this civic task? 

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