09-16-2017, 10:03 AM
It's not so much the vocal haters and whiners themselves, it's that aside from places like WRC, any discussion of the LRT is met with either overwhelming dislike or indifference. I understand we have thousands of people attending ION open house events, though of course the usual response is that everyone who doesn't attend doesn't support ION (and the one idiot who complained about The Record describing 2,670 at the last event as "thousands"). CTV loves to bumper their videos with people complaining about not wanting an LRT, and there is really not a whole lot of positive representation in the media. I'm also not aware of any official polling. And again, just speaking up in support is enough to garner bullying and harassment from the crowds of negative naysayers; I've had to block several people in recent weeks for following me around and calling me a woman or pretending I'm someone else posting under a fake account. It's like being in middle school all over again.
I understand the benefits of the LRT and what it means for the region, I just don't have any real feel for the general public support. I know in the end it doesn't matter since the system is already built, it just nags at me because I see so much negativity.
I understand the benefits of the LRT and what it means for the region, I just don't have any real feel for the general public support. I know in the end it doesn't matter since the system is already built, it just nags at me because I see so much negativity.