To the editor:
Re: 'To make a difference you must stick with it for the long haul', editorial, Feb. 5.
Thank you so much for highlighting the work of people who make a difference and are in it, as you say, for 'the long haul.' However, I must correct the impression that I've been battling the airport in north Pickering since the days of People or Planes in the early 70s. In fact, I only moved here in 1980. In a strangely mixed metaphor I must reaffirm that I both stand on the shoulders and in the shadow of the original People or Planes folk who accomplished the impossible -- the grassroots movement that grounded a government. Many of those original POPers (Lorne Almack and Brian Buckles in particular) are still fighting the good fight, especially as we now turn our energy toward saving the land in perpetuity. To them the real kudos. Oh -- and if your Oshawa woman can live in Columbus, I'd like to point out that I'm proud to say I live in Brougham. Hooray for hamlets.
Mary Delaney
Pickering
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