To the editor:
In Thursday’s edition, a letter was printed with zero substantive or logical reasoning that likened my citizen’s petition to Hitleresque Nazi governance. It’s sad that in today’s day and age every disagreement results in someone being called Hitler or Nazi. Liz Thomas must have missed the lesson on Godwin’s Law, and certainly this is not an exception. A democratically and legally produced citizen’s petition that requires the majority vote from the legislative body is far from dictatorship, it is the heart of our form of governance. If Liz Thomas, author of that letter, ever wants to talk about the substance of the petition on its merits instead of launching baseless ad hominem attacks, this author would be happy to do so.
Chris Maidment
Peterborough