So I did my two minutes. Twice. Rogers provided the opportunity for two takes and a choice.
The first take was a bust. Too much stuff. In the second one I just he stated who I was ,how long I had lived in the town. I had raised my seven children here and also spent most of those years involved in the town in ways too many to list.
I talked about the need to mme a decision on redundant buildings on Library Square . That I think
funds that came from the sale of a valuable asset should be used no to create an equally valuable asset. Lne that could never be contemplated as a tax burden.
A building to serve every age group from nine in the morning until evening hours.
Studio space for music,dance,art, writers and drama workshops, chess,bridge,photography and a computer by cafe, whatever people might need to challenge their intellect and artistic bent.
To give young people who have fallen through the cracks in the education system a second chance to recover and discover and follow a dream. And provide people at the other edge of the age spectrum
a reason to rise in the morning.
We have the site. The financial resource. A four year term of office . Enough to see such a project through from start to finish.
All it takes is determination on the part of the new Council.
The project could easily be a tremendous stimulant to business in the downtown core.
The time is right.
That's all I had time for.
Stephanie was with me. She said she wished I had smiled more. After the first take she took the notes from me and said.... " Just look into the.camera and talk Grannie "
Easily said. Two minutes are but a flash . The challenge is to say something sensible.
Choosing high points from forty seven years of involvement is not easy. Squeezing in goals for the town's future doesn't make it easier.
Anyway, it's done. Can't remember if I thanked the people at Rogers. They were very nice. Candidates reading who haven't done their two minutes yet should relax. It will be fine.
We drove off into the blinding sunshine and forest of election signs lining the roads.
Oh .Oh ..Oh ...
I don't have those resources.
If I had, I' m not sure that's the best use.
Frenzy behind the scenes is what the proliferation suggests.
Saturday, 27 September 2014
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I always wait to see how long it is before the last of the signs come down. There does not appear to be much enthusiasm amongst the losers.
I like your sign at the St. John's corner. If you had a whole bunch of them, your time would be wasted on their care & maintenance. This year, the sheer # in ragged clusters gives no one an advantage.
Why would anyone seek to boycott the election because of all the signs ? I see no evidence that this is a bad thing for democracy, We are always getting lectured about participation - Now we have it in spades.
christopher
Apparently Mr Gallo has a tennis facility on his wish list.
Timberlane was created by a group of men, including some Canadian champions, who loved the sport and were prepared to work hard. They sold shares and then memberships, starting from a trailer on a vacant lot.
The town was not a participant except that residents were able to join along with anyone else.
Mr Gallo shot down the tennis bubble as it was deemed " unsightly ". That lonely trailer was not a work of art either.
All those signs are already showing the results of weather & natural attrition from bored night- time residents. You can have a clutch of green signs but they are still going to fall apart, the same as those in different colours.
The man who would be Mayor.
A shallow man uttering hollow words.
19:15
We joined Timberlane when we still lived in RH. They hosted all sorts of events. Tournaments, bridal showers, weddings, camps, receptions, award ceremonies, camps. And then moved over enough to bring in the fitness people.
Does anyone know how much more it costs to add a photo to a sign ? I am assuming it helps to have someone in the business but still it seems pricey.
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