Walking in Waterloo Region

[ookpik]

? Link, please.

It's just a standard auto-mail-your-representatives page: http://contact.tritag.ca/sidewalks/

BTW TriTAG needs to find a simpler CAPTCHA. I had to try 4 or 5 times to get a valid solution. The objective may be to frustrate spammers and robots but the reality is that it frustrates legitimate commenters, some of whom may give up without sending in their comments.

Also I like that their form software converts my ward number into a list of politicians who represent me. What's puzzling is why regional politicians should care about this initiative. Aren't sidewalks the responsibility of the individual cities?

How so?  

My interpretation is that if there's a good chance you'll get one or more $300 fines each winter, a flat $50 increase in property tax to pay for citywide snow clearing will become highly palatable. I agree however that if bylaw enforcement becomes too diligent (or too petty in the case of clearing down to bare pavement) then political backlash against the city may trump any chance of implementing citywide clearing.