12-29-2016, 10:27 AM
From the Kitchener Post: It shouldn’t be the city’s duty to keep local sidewalks clear in winter
The lowlight:
"I understand that meeting the needs of people with mobility issues is of paramount concern.
But I wonder why we think the responsibility for meeting those needs should be off-loaded to the city."
The other reasons why the municipal government should not keep sidewalks clear (besides cost, of course, which should be reason enough according to the author) is that the author has a neighbour, Johnny, who clears the author's sidewalk for him with a snowblower; the author made spending money as a kid shoveling snow and kids today should too; and because he didn't personally hear any grumbling about uncleared sidewalks when it snowed the other week.
The lowlight:
"I understand that meeting the needs of people with mobility issues is of paramount concern.
But I wonder why we think the responsibility for meeting those needs should be off-loaded to the city."
The other reasons why the municipal government should not keep sidewalks clear (besides cost, of course, which should be reason enough according to the author) is that the author has a neighbour, Johnny, who clears the author's sidewalk for him with a snowblower; the author made spending money as a kid shoveling snow and kids today should too; and because he didn't personally hear any grumbling about uncleared sidewalks when it snowed the other week.