Re: Road Closure for Charity

I am absolutely appalled, disgusted and shocked at the ignorant decision of town council to deny a special occasion permit for the temporary closure of Mill St. in order to hold a charity event to benefit a sick child who really does need the support of these events.

These charity events have been held in the past, by the same business owner over the last couple of years (before Mr. Tomei’s time) without any issues and with great success for the charities involved. But now all of a sudden, Mr. Tomei decides that because AGCO has suspended the liquor license in the past, that the establishment should not be granted the permit.

What in the world does that past issue have to do with this event, NOTHING ! Why is this little boy going to be punished for something that has nothing to do with him.

Not only that, the establishment was issued a suspension and it was completed, you can’t keep persecuting them after the fact.

As for new charges, they are just that, now I know that Mr. Tomei, being a police officer, automatically assumes that everyone is guilty as soon as a charge is laid and before due process has taken it’s course, but I would expect that council would have higher morals and better judgment in this regard and not assume that they are guilty before their day in court. Here’s an idea, maybe, just maybe, council should listen to the people who put them there and not act like Tomei’s pet puppets.

So let me ask, what’s going to happen now that the street is not going to be closed? I can tell you, because I have seen it first hand just a few years ago. Bikes will be lined up on both sides of the road right from Broadway all the way to Little York with about 2-300 people milling about up and down the road and cars “trying” to make their way thru the crowd. Does that make any sense at all? Now apparently neither council nor Tomei used any “common sense and logic” in making the decision that they have made. What’s going to happen if a pedestrian ends up getting hit by a car or a child gets hit? Sounds like a big liability to me! I know who I’d sue, and the town would be at the top of the list.

I highly doubt that there is a single licensed establishment in Orangeville, that hasn’t either been issued warnings or charges under the Liquor License Act. Does that mean that those establishments aren’t going to be able to hold special events that require a permit from the town? It would seem that this particular establishment is being singled out and it’s outrageous to do that to a business that has been in this town in one way shape or form for the number of years that that one has been and held the number of charitable events that they have.

An OUTRAGED resident!