They are off on their annual trek to Sandbanks Provincial Park. We discovered it when she was fourteen . They have camped there every summer since Adam was weeks old.
Heather is my contract manager, my campaign manager, my campaign organisation and my right hand man, so-to-speak.
She called me last night with information. Along the way to camp, they had taken note of various municipal playgrounds. In Consecon she found climbing equipment the same as when she played in Confederation Park as a child in the seventies.
In a lakefront playground in Belleville, she found the same vintage equipment as when her children played in Confederation Park in the nineties Nowhere did she find modern up-to-date equipment such as we have in Aurora parks.
"I think those complaining are just a thoroughly ungrateful bunch " she said.
I had to disagree. They are not a bunch. They are two.
The overwhelming number of comments I have received are in favour of providing children with stimulating play environment. No topic has aroused so much discussion on the blog. Every day I receive information of another article citing experts in the field.
They simply affirm what Leisure Services Director, Al Downey, verbally reported to Council at the July Council meeting.
I am hoping the Mayor and other Councillors are receiving the same input from the community I am.
Children need opportunities to strive.Parents need to take responsibility for their children.
Removing a piece of equipment at a cost of thousands to suit one parent and replacing it with another piece at a cost of more thousands which may not suit another parent, makes no sense at all.
When a citizen chooses to take the microphone to lodge a complaint, he launches a public debate.
He surrenders privacy. He takes up the cudgels. He should be ready for what comes.
What rule book states a politician must be wishy-washy or peely-wally or obsequious in defending a principle when the principle is attacked..
I know of none.
Except of course the Morris- McEachern- Gaertner Concept;ACOCOSA the Aurora Code of Conduct of Selective Application. Fortified by ICSCFASP; Integrity Commissioner Selectively Chosen For A Specific Purpose, And if that strategy fails go for a Harrassment Complaint under the Work Place Safety Act.
And devil take the hindmost
I don't know all those convoluted rules so please
ReplyDeleteexcuse me if this is a dumb question. Can the
Council simply tell this fellow that they have heard
enough from him, and move on to reject the
idea of replacing the equipment ? Seems it would
save a great deal of unnecessary verbiage.
Well I don't think the squeaky wheel should get the oil this time.
ReplyDeleteChildren will always get hurt. If, and only if the equipment gets removed in the future, we should replace with absolutely nothing, and then children will have no opportunity to strive and some parents will have no need to take responsibility for their children. If this is what they want ... Anna :)
Anna :)
Sandbanks is a fantastic park with a great stretch of beach. We thoroughly enjoyed it last year while spending a week vacationing out in Prince Edward county last year, and I expect that Heather will enjoy her time there and understand why she is returning.
ReplyDeleteThere are several fantastic wineries hid in and around that area that deserve recognition as well.
As we were traveling with 2 little ones I expect that we crossed paths with every park and playground in and around Belville during that week, which was a great number.
There was some playground equipment in Picton that I found to be exemplary, by that I mean very advanced and challenging to all ages and skill levels, more so than the one that is being objected two by the couple in Aurora.
I will dig them up and post them on my site to share.