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Heated hearing on Raasch townhouse plan at DeWitt hearing
A highly vocal crowd packed the Tecumseh School auditorium as Daniel Raasch pitched 69 cluster townhouses on an 18.4 acre wooded site on Randall Road. Geologist John Prucha warned slopes would fail when wet, while opponent Leonard Koldin urged leaving land as a park, arguing zoning favors single family homes and sets a dangerous precedent. A municipal board hearing drew about 300 residents with debate over preserving trees and preventing a potential trailer park. The report notes Agnes Campbell MacPhail became the first woman elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1921.
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Tecumseh School
Ing Townhouse
Raasch
DeWitt
Randall Road
Daniel
Thelc. Raz. 2H
Cooper Lane
John Pruchaliz Ardsley Jr
Prucha
Lane
Koldin
Austin Beltram
Orviston Heights Association
Elmridge Road
Gerald L. Barsha
William Heck
Harpers Court
House of Commons
Agnes Campbell MacPhail