The information superhighway is what we use to perform work
from a distance, communicate with our family and friends, stay abreast of the latest
news, play games and for social interaction. YOU as a Ratepayer have invested
many tax dollars into the Supernet.
The County of Lac Ste Anne has funded three
towers for over a million dollars each. There are paying customers on those
towers but the problem is the costs to maintain them outweighs the revenue. In
addition, the end use product that many of you receive for internet is very
poor as there are oversubscribed towers.
Why aren't they on the towers we paid
for? Well, because we don't have economic development to obtain these
contracts. Why do we still have dead zones with our cell phones in Lac Ste Anne
County? We have three towers.....because the agreements haven't been obtained.
Do you see a trend here?
We pay for a product as a Ratepayer. We don't get what
we pay for as our Council and Administration clearly don't understand how to
run a business. When you operate a successful business, you have a product. You
sell the product and you service your customers with the money you collect from
the sale of said product.
Happy customers refer you to your new customers,
additional Ratepayers and business owners. This is the cycle that must exist in
order to be successful as a County. Our
success as a County is dependent on how we are managed, our reputation, what we
have to offer.
The diagram of the Supernet shows a business that is dependent
on cooperation between the provider, the infrastructure and the end user.
Much
like the structure of a County. Council and administration are running our
business. We are all codependent and in order for us to work together, we have
to be able to communicate from one "tower" to another . There cannot
be any "dead zones". This is
not how Council and Administration work with you, the Ratepayers. They put up
fences and use the Municipal Government Act , the very Act designed to
administer and encourage cooperation, and interpret it to their way of
thinking.
This is Counterproductive to All!
LSARA has been actively working to obtain current budget information, Landfill information, RV bylaw information and more. We encourage you to like, follow, share and see first on our Face Book page Lac Ste Anne Ratepayers Association which also connects to our Blog.
Our next meeting is Saturday, May 27th at 11 am in Darwell at the Seniors Centre. Your
voice counts and we appreciate all of your support. Memberships will be
available for $10 each or $20 per family. As we are a registered society, we
are able to provide a receipt for any donations. Please plan on attending.
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