Delay Public Works land sale until after election: Hampstead councillor
Hampstead should delay any sale of part of the Public Works yard for a residential project until after the election, Councillor Leon Elfassy told the special May 25 town council meeting. Town clerk Pierre Tapp clarified during the discussion that the second draft bylaw being debated that night was not to sell the land, but part of the legal preparation that would enable a sale to happen at some point. Elfassy voted for the second draft bylaw, but told the meeting that the decision may be the most important of the current mandate. "This is a time when land is very, very valuable and when this ...