09-02-2016, 11:45 AM
(09-02-2016, 11:16 AM)danbrotherston Wrote:(09-02-2016, 09:39 AM)KevinL Wrote: I think some people feel that personally paying a property tax bill confers some kind of deeper status, despite that renters still pay that tax through their rent via their landlord. It is, of course, particularly pejorative when it comes to government spending and budgets - that it is somehow 'their' money that is being spent, and they should have some wider say on where it goes, democratic process be damned.
On a calmer note, Queen Station is really coming along - I won't be surprised if they do the main platform pour this weekend.
Yup, some people do people feel that way. They can go find a fiefdom to live in if they want. The biggest irony is that my generation is often referred to as the entitlement generation.
Anyway, I can rant about this far too long. I don't want to imply the person who wrote this necessarily feels that way, but I feel it's more of an implicit classism thing, but I do hate to see our language loosing progress away from equality.
I also saw the story made the record as well, in a fairly inaccurate article (in that it refers to the LRT big a billion dollar project). The headline was also somewhat inflammatory, in that I hardly count one night of railway signal clanging as torture, and yes, I have had to listen to a railway clang all night before. It is an unfortunate situation, and maybe the city should levy the standard noise violation fine against GrandLinq (really as a symbolic gesture), but most importantly, I hope they ensure it is only one night.
http://www.therecord.com/news-story/6836...isruption/
I can assume that the platforms which haven't been poured yet, have the rebar welded as needed?
My partner lives in that exact building, and I was staying there that night, I can assure you the signal noise was not that loud. So, this basically is just another crap piece by Jeff Outhit.