Re: Mandatory Septic Inspection

Jul 10, 2014

Brent Cameron's comments on mandatory septic re-inspection (Letters, Jul 3/14) once again are accurate and articulate to the point I would urge him to either run for mayor or else step up to the plate when either Scott or Randy retire.

I do have some news for Central Frontenac Township though which is applicable to any municipality as well.

No entity has the legal right to force anyone off their own property if their septic system does not pass the test. Outdoor bathrooms, air conditioned in winter are still legal and not having indoor plumbing is not a criminal offence and has not been from the dawn of time. Do not fear having to spend a small fortune to accommodate the present day tyrants in political office as they have neither the legal right nor power to impose their bent on anyone. Merely remove your toilet, spend a hundred, and erect a little ole shack out back. End of problem.

I knew a fellow who lived in a garage on his own property who was fearful of his neighbors reporting him. Truth is, it was HIS property and if he had wanted, he could have lived in a yak skinned tent, wallowed on the mud, and dressed in camel hides all with impunity.

I also contend that nobody in the capacity of bureaucrat, bylaw officer, or other capacity can legally enter private property without permission of the owner. Most people have ceded their legal rights to bullies when in fact, these individuals have no right to impose their own brand of fascist rules and regulations on the taxpaying property owner.

The elected people are accountable to and serve the taxpayer who elected them, not the other way around. Long past the time when people started putting public servants in their place.

On that topic, spend a bit of time discovering in the midst of the candidates running next municipal election, what their backgrounds, history and agenda is. Do not vote for those who support $25000 fines and $10000 a day non compliance penalty for minor legislated nonsensical regulations that impose such fines on property owners for having a few chickens on the parameters of a hamlet. To be sure, there are many candidates who are enemies of freedom and justice, and it would make the lives of taxpayers easier to sort out these miscreants by not voting for them and eliminating such types from municipal office.

Edward Kennedy