Well since no one else not even the military museum has said anything regarding the fate of the sub I might as well report on it. As it stands now the military museum is trying to get an extension on the federal grant money because it expires in March 2011. Of course the Ojibwa is not going to be moved this year and perhaps not ever be moved. Once the Seaway closes this year it will not reopen until probably sometime in March which will of course be too late. So this leaves the museum in a bit of a bind because there funding could be lost for good. Bayham council cannot do anything until after the election on October 25th.
Of course there are other issues as well like where will Bayham get the money to dredge the harbour. At the September 2nd council meeting they wanted to set aside $200,000 for dredging purposes, this of course would only cover about a quarter of the cost. I'm not sure where Bayham plans on coming up with 200k as well, keep in mind it is a small municipality. I hope Bayham does not stick it the tax payer, a one percent tax increase in property taxes would generate $29,000 so to raise 200k taxes would need to go up 6.9%. I don't know if that is their plan however if you are a tax payer in that municipality you may want to inquire about this with your local representative.
I have one request for the Elgin Military Museum, please update your website the project phase page was last updated on 07/23/2010. I just wish they were a bit more up front regarding this project. I can see why Port Stanley was not that interested in the project because there seems to be a lack of information regarding this whole thing. Anyways prove me wrong Elgin Military Museum let everyone know what is going on. If you want people to get behind you and support this you need to be more upfront that is why people like myself a very skeptical regarding this.
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