"Cowardice asks the question...is it safe? Expediency asks the question...is it politic? Vanity asks the question...is it popular? But conscience asks the question...is it right? And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular but one must take it because it is right." ~Dr. Martin Luther King

Saturday 22 February 2014

GOTCHA

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Questions and answers.":

I don't beleive that the Town can charge property tax on a property that is being leased from the Town. Think about it, it's a bit of a circle isn't it?

What I don't understand in Ms Buck's post is what she expects the "kiddies" - by the way, these people at adults, some in the 30s and 40s - to do to "show" that they are there?

Would you like them to setup a rifle range on the front yard? I am not sure of the expectation.

Besides, if Parks and Rec was there, would we see anything? I am sure that they would build the picnic tables indoors. Seems that is the real tragic event here, they have no place to make picnic tables. 


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The comment  is typical of entitlement  non-thought.

Empty. vacuous , dismissive of all but  personal special. selfish  interest.

The term "kiddies" is not mine. It was coined by the former Mayor, who spirited  the hydro property from  town use to the group who would  help ensure her re-election.

Did not.

No reference  here to the multi-million Town debt  created by their occupation of  town property.

The  writer may not even be a resident of our town.

Certainly association with Queen's York Rangers does not necessarily convey that assurance.

Like so many others making decisions affecting our lives.

They don't  live here. Pay no taxes. Don't meet us at arenas, soccer fields or anywhere families gather and share their worries.

Nothing is invested.

Connections can be severed with a moment's notice and leave not a ripple on the surface of our small pond.

Their multi-million dollar  dilettante demands and recommendations do not affect them.

They  have no commitment.


2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The Town is looking at that contract to see if the Rangers should be paying more. This seems to be a step in the right direction from when no one was allowed to see or discuss the contract. It is still too late for this Council to get into the particulars. Another opportunity wasted IMO

Anonymous said...

Ms Buck, I suggest that you hop on your little scooter some Saturday morning and go to the former hydro building and see what is going on. Who they are, where they are from, etc.

You speak with no first hand information to back you up.