Homosexuals Hate Diversity

Gay community opposes applicant for library board
By Gerald Tracey

News Editor, Eganville Leader

15th July 2009

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Eganville -- Despite receiving a petition from the gay and lesbian community of Renfrew County and their supporters opposing one of the applicants seeking to fi ll a vacancy on the Bonnechere Union Public Library board, North Algona Wilberforce Township council will interview the two township residents seeking the volunteer position.



The 33 people who signed the petition say they are very concerned about the potential membership of Ken O'Day on the board because of his views towards gays and lesbians. "For several years, Mr. O'Day has condemned gay and lesbian people in the areas of social acceptance, legal rights and education," the petition reads. "We recognize that members of the board have the right to their own beliefs, but Mr. O'Day has publicly stated that his personal agenda is to condemn members of the gay and lesbian community."



The petition asked for support of individuals to oppose the appointment of Mr. O'Day to the board where he may use his infl uence to accomplish personal goals. NAW is represented on the library board by Councillor John Kuehl and two ratepayers. Tom McCann recently resigned from the board after a brief stint due to time constraints, creating the vacancy. Susan Taylor is the other township representative on the seven-member board. Prior to the township advertising for applications, township resident Kathryn Kasaboski applied to fi ll the position.



Mr. O'Day was the only person to apply following the publication of an ad. Mayor Harold Weckworth said he was unaware Mr. O'Day had applied for the position until last Monday night's township council meeting and he wondered how the library board was aware of the applicants and how the petition got started. "I still don't understand how the library board found out because on the ad in the paper it asked that all applications be directed to the township," he said. "I don't know how that happened." Mayor Weckworth only became aware of Mr. O'Day's application and the petition when he picked up his agenda a few days prior to last Monday night's meeting. "How did the (library) board know about it?"



Councillor John Kuehl, who was appointed to the library board several months ago to replace Councillor Ruth Schoenfeldt, said the board also received the applications. "Council was under the impression that they were supposed to send them (applications) to the library board and the board picked the member," he said. "That's what our council originally said. That was what I was under the impression of." Coun. Kuehl said when Mr. O'Day applied for the position, one copy of his application went to the library board and one to the township.



The library board meetings are open to the public and it was after Mr. O'Day made his intentions of seeking the position known to the board that the petition was started. Coun. Kuehl said he was under the impression when he was first appointed to the board that the board conducted the interviews and made recommendations to council for board members. "But it's not that way at all," he explained. "The board clarified that and said they would do it if we wanted them to, but really it's up to each council to pick their people. "That's when I went back to my council, because I had only been at a couple of meetings, and said we have the say here. I brought everything from there back to our township. "It was just a misunderstanding. I have only sat on the committee for not that long."





NAW council has been asked in a

petition not to appoint Ken O’Day

to sit on the local ibrary board.



Mr. O'Day was unaware of the petition opposing of his appointment when asked for comments Monday. "I would say that I don't understand what their concern is because I have never condemned individual gays or lesbians," he said with a look of bewilderment. "I am surprised that with all of the concerns there could be with the library they would focus their attention on someone who's qualifi ed to work with the board." He applied for the position because there was a vacancy, adding he has done volunteer work all of his life. "This is just another area where our council needs our help," he said. Mr. O'Day said he could not understand what the fuss is about. "Does this mean that anybody who has Christian values can't apply for volunteer work? Is this what our community has come to." Mrs. Kasaboski and Mr. O'Day have been invited to meet with council prior to the August 4 meeting of council

Paleface Politics

They say that Michael Jackson looks the same in death as he did in life, not unlike the pale character of today’s conservative politics.
The recent leadership race in the provincial conservative party confirmed the narrow vision and glad-happy ideas of our ‘Progressive’ Conservatives who seem only too willing to follow the same path they took us on during Ernie Eves reign of red.
Unhindered by any higher moral and ethical scruples, newly elected conservative leader Tim Hudak, used the same socially liberal election team that are hostile to social/fiscal conservatives. Hudak is too young, too inexperienced and too close to his friends in Toronto to give a darn about rural Ontario. He will continue with the same big government spending, pleasing big public sector unions and over-regulating us as our previous conservative/liberal/NDP leaders did.
Delegate thinking, during the leadership race, was to support the candidate who has the best chance of winning in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). It doesn’t matter if he may have the intellect of a frozen horse turd, (think Dalton McGuinty), he just needs the ability to dance with the public sector unions, wave the rainbow/environmental flag and toss a few crumbs to rural folks. We’ve seen it all over and over again. Look what happened to our federal Canadian Alliance Party policies after the red Tory invasion.
For anyone who paid attention, Randy Hillier was the only candidate who spoke about true conservative values, the only one to call for a return to what real conservative policies should be instead of the liberal-lite, soft middle ground that leaves voters confused and leaving the party. Even our MPP, John Yakabuski turned his back on rural candidate Randy Hillier to vote for Tim Hudak. It won’t soon be forgotten.
So where does all this leave us who want real conservative social and fiscal values along with smaller government? Who do we turn to when the liberals, conservatives and NDP all march in the same parade? Provincially we need a person and party with real rural values who will go to Queens Park and demand change without kowtowing to anyone. We don’t need a party that’s based in Toronto to suit only big city desires.
It's time for a change and the Family Coalition Party looks better every day.
As we saw about 10 years ago when we dumped 70 years of liberal rule, Renfrew County is willing to change it’s voting pattern so a new party has a credible chance if they don’t make the mistake of inviting any red Tories.
It’s time to bury paleface politicians and their parties who keep pretending to be something they’re not.