Post by Admin on Sept 2, 2015 20:03:27 GMT
SEP 2, 2015 AT 1:48 PM IN NEWS BY SARAH ANDERSON
Councillor Phil Meagher fulfilled a promise he made back in 2013 today.
“I said when either Parson’s Creek or Willow Square had shovels in the ground I’d grow my hair until then. There’s shovels in the ground at Parson’s Creek so the hair’s been cut,” he said. “I’m sticking to my word.”
He cut off a pony tail of hair and then got a trim at Mike’s Barber Shop on Frankline Avenue.
Meagher had planned to get the cut at the Golden Years Centre at Main and Manning but Joan Furber said the board wouldn’t allow it.
“We don’t want a celebration here for something we don’t want,” she said, adding that by allowing the councillor to cut his hair on site they would be sending the message that they endorsed the Parson’s Creek development, which the centre does not.
“We all took it that when we got what we fought for and have been fighting for, Willow Square, that he would cut his hair,” Furber said.
Because the facility is being built in Parson’s Creek instead she said they’re very unhappy.
Meagher said he’s still hoping both sites will eventually house long-term care centres.