Walking in Waterloo Region

[ijmorlan]

So now we're organizing how we're going to tattle tale on people who might miss shoveling the sidewalk in front of their house once because of life circumstances?  Really?

I'm guessing everyone suggesting this lives in an apartment or doesn't have a driveway or sidewalk of their own to shovel!

My intent is to push the political calculus towards having the city take over sidewalk clearing. It’s indisputably the right thing to do, but how do you convince the political system to do it? My suggestion is somewhat tongue-in-cheek anyhow because I don’t think it’s really likely to find enough volunteers to do the job. The point is that if the city did it, then individuals could stop worrying about clearing their sidewalk entirely and just pay their taxes instead. As long as people are supposed to do it, rigorous enforcement will both encourage people to do it, and simultaneously encourage them to support having the city do it.