Mayor Jason Morrison is pushing his WILD<\/strong> project to buy and turn over 30% of Wentworth property into the hands of others. \u00a0Here’s an excerpt from “THE MUNICIPALITY’S PLEDGE<\/em><\/strong>” to grab a “MINIMUM”<\/strong><\/em> of 3% of our taxes.<\/p>\n ” … the municipal council voluntarily pledges to reserve a minimum<\/strong> of 3% of its annual budget in a fund called the Wentworth Investment in Legacy Development (WILD). In 2021, that 3% would represent roughly $70,000 annually.<\/em>“<\/p>\n With the 2025 budget ballooning over $3 million, that means he’s going to give away at least $100 thousand of our taxes this year, and more and more … every year … FOREVER!<\/strong><\/p>\n In addition to buying the land (with our taxes<\/strong>), he says it will require an additional<\/strong> 30% for \u201cstewardship<\/em><\/strong>\u201d costs. In other words, if he buys a property for $100 thousand, it will require another $30 thousand (from our taxes<\/strong>) for \u201cstewardship<\/em>\u201d. Here’s a photo of this part of his pamphlet. As if it’s not bad enough that we’re paying for “PUBLIC ACCESS<\/strong>“, none of the money stays in Wentworth<\/strong>. It gets funneled to an organization called \u201cPhilanthropie Laurentides<\/em>\u201d. \u00a0Here’s another part of his pamphlet Next is a photo of part of the Philanthropie Laurentides website. They kindly say they\u2019ll save us the “complexity<\/em><\/strong>” of managing OUR money. They\u2019ve already convinced others to hand over money to them. According to their 2024 Financial Statements, they took in $345 thousand, but spent only $200 thousand on actual projects. In other words, only 60 cents of every dollar Morrison wants us to hand over will come back to us<\/strong>. That\u2019s a terrible Management Expense Ratio. To me it looks like a scam dressed up in an environmental disguise<\/strong>. Here’s a photo of their 2024 financial statement. That $200,000 on the top line went to the suckers like us, and that $345,000 on the bottom line is the total they spent. It must be nice to get paid $145,000 to save people the complexity<\/strong> of managing their own money. The President of\u00a0Philanthropie Laurentides, <\/em>Andre Goulet,<\/em> is the same person who invented the \u201cE<\/strong>co-corridors<\/strong>\u201d<\/em> that Morrison wants to traverse Wentworth. Here’s a photo from his bio at their website.<\/p>\n By opening up Wentworth to the whole world (“public access<\/strong><\/em>“), we will lose the peaceful end-of-the-road tranquillity we all love so much. Morrison tries to sell us on this anti-Wentworth idea by claiming it was born in Wentworth<\/strong> (see the article called “MAYOR GONE WILD<\/em>“), whereas it\u2019s actually a slick scheme being peddled all around the Laurentians.<\/p>\n To put it in its simplest terms,<\/strong> we are paying other people to take our money to create resources for other people.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n About five years ago Morrison got scammed by a developer with a $2 billion plan, and he eagerly jumped on board to market the bogus project. Morrison is not a good manager of our money. There are only about 800 properties in Wentworth. Not only is he now spending over $3 million per year, but he’s putting us millions in debt.<\/p>\n I don\u2019t fully trust him, and here\u2019s another reason. He wants to build an expensive dam at the outlet of Lake Louisa. It’s probably going to end up costing $1 million<\/strong>. In an effort to appear democratic, he sent out a form to Louisa residents asking their opinion. The 1st<\/sup>\u00a0question on the form reads as follows: \u201cOn a scale of 1 to 5, how important is the stability of your lake during\u00a0heavy rainfall<\/strong>\u00a0to you<\/em>?\u201d In other words, the leading question brings up the spectre of\u00a0flooding<\/strong>. However, flooding is impossible at Louisa. If you run water into a bathtub, the water will never get any higher than the edge of the tub. Louisa is exactly the same. There\u2019s a broad spillway at the end, and any excess water simply flows over the edge. Even the engineer specifically hired for this project says in his Report<\/strong>: “Note that the large width of the outlet (about 20 m) is responsible for the\u00a0small variation in\u00a0water level<\/strong>\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n Why does Morrison talk about flooding when he knows it’s impossible?<\/p>\n Morrison\u2019s form also says a purpose of the dam is to \u201creduce erosion<\/em><\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n However, that same Engineer\u2019s Report says “The entire outlet area\u00a0is stable, and\u00a0no active erosion zone has been\u00a0observed<\/strong>.”\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.wentworthgazette.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/WILD-pamphlet-8-scaled.jpg\")
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