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Letter to the Editor
The Winnipeg Free Press
Monday, December 30, 2002
Re: Carol Sander's article Stakes high in bridge battle
(Dec. 15).
To the ordinary reader, the article makes Save Our Seine look
like they want to destroy the forest with building projects, and
stop progress that would affect jobs, families and municipal taxes.
SOS does not oppose the whole development of Royalwood Phase II.
SOS opposes the proposed bridge at Southglen Boulevard, to be
located 500 metres from another proposed bridge crossing at Warde
Avenue. SOS supports a bridge at Warde, but not at Southglen,
where the forest is graded as "A" Quality Habitat.
Alan Borger, president of Ladco Co., seems to have grown tired
of the nuisance SOS has caused him with delaying his lucrative
development, and has resorted to using scare tactics and misinformation
to convince the public that they want a bridge and not a park.
There is much that Mr. Borger does not tell us, including the
fact that his proposed bridge will involve redirecting the flow
of the river, or that the bridge will fragment the forest, which
will result in far more destruction of habitat.
Ms Sander's article is a perfect example of the media being successfully
manipulated by a corporate body unwilling to listen to reason,
or to consider compromise for the sake of benefiting anyone other
than it.
CHRISTINE MAZUR
Winnipeg
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