not the province. Has anyone else out there realized that there was a petition against council, which ended in a consultant hired by council to conduct an inquiry, almost exactly three years ago? Another inquiry will cost the taxpayers another $40,000 to $60,000. It would seem to me that this current petition is largely orchestrated by the same people that started the last one. I was talking with a few seniors who pointed out to me that there have been at least four petitions against different councils in the past 20 years. What sort of message does this send? It seems to say that if you make a decision that some people don't like, they rally against council and go to the Province to intervene. These are the same people that say we hire too many people from outside the community. I find this an unproductive way to advance a community -- intimidate and circumvent your council if you don't like a decision or the direction. In addition to being organized by some of the same people as last time, residents have observed and mentioned to me on several occasions that this whole thing is being spurred on by a number of unsuccessful candidates from the last few elections. It's great that people get involved in causes but in some cases the involvement seems to be more for personal political gain than the benefit of the community. For some of them, they have done a complete 180 degree turn from