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Originally Posted by QuantumLeap
Also, for all your bickering on this message board, tell me, what are you doing to improve this city? Are you writing letters to Council and its various committees? Developments, some good, many bad are constantly coming up for review at the Planning Committee, while the ETC's mandate is to oversee road projects, transit and infrastructure. Are you meeting with politicians? MainStreet? The Urban League? The Chamber of Commerce? Do you call your MPs and MPPs asking for more money, or for support for projects like the new AIDS vaccine centre or the Airport project proposed above?
Or are you just sitting around, complaining, and hoping that things will magically get better?
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Hi Quantum,
I understand your comments, but I do think that you are directing your angst and frustration at the wrong people. I would imagine that most of the people who frequent this London forum do so to gain knowledge of what the 'development' community in London is up to, which is precisely why I log in on a daily basis. While I take absolutely ZERO offence to your comments, as I understand your frustrations, I do think that those who are easily offended (as exemplified by the comments posted prior to this response) have viewed your comments as an attack on their motives/ideologies.
So, to Molson and Manny, I suggest that you not take too much offence to Quantum's rant, but instead try to understand who he/she is REALLY directing their comments to; the masses who constantly complain, yet do little to contribute to their cause/concern.
The example I like to use most is the issue of the colourful metal trees that have 'sprouted' up around downtown London. To some, including myself, they are a welcomed blast of colour and creativity into the downtown core, but to others, they were offended by the presence of metal trees in the place of what they thought could be real trees. The detractors cry of 'Why use taxpayers money for this?!' was ridiculous, as the trees were funded by the Downtown Business Association and Mainstreet London. In that one sentence, the 'complainers of the trees' lost my respect, because they simply did not do their homework. And if those who complained indeed wanted more real trees within the core, and quite frankly, you will not find anyone who will oppose that notion, where was the community group or group of citizens who approached DBA or Mainstreet to have their idea heard? There wasn't one. And, as an aside, the planting of real trees in the middle of the sidewalks around downtown London probably isn't the best idea in the world, anyhow, but I digress...
So yes, I can understand why Molson and Manny are upset at Quantum's rant. We all can have our own opinions on development and the proper way to go about it, but as a third party reading this 'friendly' conversation, I am willing to bet dollars-to-donuts that Quantum is just having a slightly bad Monday, and took out his/her general frustrations on a few comments that were made previously regarding expressways and such.
And for the record, I am very involved in the City of London, as I am a member of my local community association, a citizen-at-large member of an advisory committee at City Hall, and am employed in the development/environmental field right here in London.
Have a great afternoon,
LondnPlanr