The Editor,
An open letter to Mr. Griffin
The Chelsea, Quebec municipal election is over and you did not win. Now it’s time to let go and allow the new team to manage our community affairs and move forward on the majority support that they earned.
I think we have an excellent mayor and council to represent and work for us over the next four years.
It is also time to stop being angry and work on what this community has decided. The amount of energy spent at demonizing and bashing your opponents could be otherwise spent and would bring you much more personal satisfaction.
I have lived in Chelsea for over 26 years.
I pay my school, municipal, provincial and federal taxes. For the latter two, I’m happy to see much of our taxes come back to be invested in our community. I buy my groceries at the Freshmart and do most of my shopping here. Both of my children attended elementary school here and participated in local sports and activities. Maybe they would like to live here in the future.
I participate in Chelsea community life as much as I can. Try it. It is fun. You will then understand the need for community facilities and additional infrastructure for our young and older citizens.
Wishing you to be happy in Chelsea,
Danielle Pronovost
Chelsea
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One word for Ms. Pronovost: “I’m all right Jack, to hell with you”.
Mary,
Could you please translate for me please? I don’t understand your expression. I even googled it but could not deduct your intentions. I’ve heard the expression before and would like to figure it out.
Thank you,
Frédéric
M. Nadon:
I enjoyed your comment.
In the context of Ms. Pronovost’s letter, it means that she is happy in Chelsea and her world is unfolding as she wants it to. In short, she is telling Doug to go away and shut up.
A not uncommon attitude in Chelsea.
Like Banquo at MacBeth’s feast
The spectre of Perras arose
Cried the spectre “the peasants are revolting
We need some letters of demand”.
Said the Green Queen to the spectre
“Sir, you are right
The peasants must be brought in line
I’ll get some letters of demand”.
Said the Green Queen to her sidekick
“The faithless Mantell must be silenced
She’ll say not a word out of trembling and fear
When she gets our letter of demand”.
Said the sage Lapointe, “I see a tidy profit here
All Chelsea will be at our command
No peasant will rear his ugly head
When he reads our letter of demand”.
But the brave Mantell said
“Not on my watch, I’ll be dammned”
So the Green Queen, sidekick, spectre and Lapointe
Were screwed by their letters of demand.
With apologies to Will
Shakespeare
Postscript:
Groaned the Moon, staring down from the sky
“Pshaw! the disloyal Mantell has let us down
The Chelsea Foundation, that font of all good
Has nothing to do with that letter of demand”.
“Oh No” cried the peasants “we know that’s not true
D’ya think we’re stupid or what
Moon, Green Queen, spectre, sidekick and Lapointe
Served the Chelsea Foundation with that letter of demand”.
Oh for crying out loud!!
Miss Diwell, I have tried over and over again to be calm and posed vis-a-vis your blatant disrespect of democracy. Now the gloves are off.
What the heck is wrong with you?? Do you have so much time on your hands that it got you bitter of everything that includes CHANGE??? How about putting a little less energy here and a little more on fixing your damn septic tank??? You whine and cry to everyone that is remotely in favour of development, like 26 year resident Miss Pronovost here, but WHAT DO YOU DO TO AVOID THE COSTLY COURT DATE WAITING FOR YOU IN JANUARY???
NOTHING!! That’s what you do. You think crying wolf will make it go away???
I had some sympathy over your case….it’s now g-o-n-e.
Slowly move away from the keyboard, get on the horn and call a plumber for _______’s sake!
What makes you think you’re so special? NEWSFLASH lady…you aren’t! And you are NOT gaining sympathy pulling this kind of garbage. You are no better than the people you try to discredit; in fact they are much better than you are because they at least look for solutions instead of crawling in the foetal position and sucking their thumbs like you did for the past year.
GET A GRIP, and get your inadequate system fixed. PERIOD.
Chelsea does NOT need archaic thinking like yours anymore….the great darkness is past us…
Miss Pronovost:
B-R-A-V-O!!