01-28-2022, 01:15 PM
(01-28-2022, 10:53 AM)MidTowner Wrote:(01-26-2022, 10:40 AM)danbrotherston Wrote: If you are tired of calling to complain to bylaw (which I understand), call your councillor instead. They need to start hearing this more. Only they can fix this bullshit.
I have communicated with councillors in both Kitchener and Waterloo. I have always been polite, but I have wasted a lot of my time and theirs. They collectively have a mentality about this that won't be swayed by facts, or actual experiences of constituents.
Your thinking is right, councillors are the ones to fix this situation, but not these councillors. We need new ones this fall.
I mean, some councillors need to go, but I think at a city level, it's actually pretty strong.
I think what's needed for most of the councillors is to see broad support for funding this initiative.
My anger notwithstanding, I suspect that there'd have been a much better chance of this passing if it hadn't been in the middle of the pandemic when it came up.
FWIW...they massively squandered the opportunity, I think a lot of them, while they think this might be the right solution, are completely out of touch with the reality on our sidewalks--they walk to their mailbox and local park and don't really notice any of the problems. You keep pounding them with messages, pictures, etc. and they'll start to get the picture.