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Originally Posted by GregHickman
My issue is that you come across as blamig all of our problems on the individuals who are most well-read on these issues (ie SSP). Generally speaking, of course, I would say that the people that frequent these forums would be more aware of issues pertaining to sprawl and urban development as this is one of the few places where this is discussed, if not the only. The twelve (or however many) of us that post on this forum aren't the reason why we have difficulties in our cities and provinces. It's a large societal and procedural issue. If you feel so strongly on some of these issues i'd suggest contacting those with the power that you mentioned and explaining to them the problems that exist in their areas.
It's not that i'm dismissive of what you say; generally you're correct..it's just that it's all negative. All the time. Nothing is ever positive. I can't think of a single post of yours in the Atlantic Canada section that is the least bit positive or supportive. The fact that you deride NB and PEI in the Canada section adds to this seeming bias against anything that we even remotely attempt to do.
Saint John's climbing debt is not personally my fault but you play it off as such. It's the result of years and years of mismanagement both in City Hall and outside of it by those in power, neither of which I have been affiliated with. You're correct in your assertions but incorrect in your means by which you express them.
It's not the fact that i'm emotional about my city so much as it is you deriding it for no reason other than your own personal enjoyment of pointing out how terrible things are. I, along with the rest of the Saint John and Atlantic subforums, know what our problems are, and are doing our own parts in aiding them, but your constant reminder of our apparent feebleness doesn't aid in the situation. If you could post about the problems within these provinces without deriding them perhaps you would be positively contributing to the forum. What i'm trying to say is: Try to be positive for once.
As i've said, I don't dispute anything you post, and generally agree with most...it's just the fashion by which you post and point out the problems that I take issue with. 
In regards to changing these problems I feel that the current sitting Council is the strongest we've seen at least in my lifetime and they've been making positive steps towards the future of Saint John. These things don't change overnight, however; many of the problems that hinder Saint John are generational and until those views change there will be many people fighting them tooth and nail. I still feel as though we're currently on the right track in regards to fixing and building this city back up but it's going to take time. Things don't change overnight. |
Yes, I can be a bitch.
I never blamed you for Saint John's debt, though. That would have been ludicrous. I have been, however, trying to convey that the current speed of change is not outrunning the pursuing bear of debt. Not even close.
And I must say that discussing any Canadian problems is not done on my part in order for me to derive any form of pleasure. Absolutely not.
In fact, I'm scared to death that this unqiue province is not going to pull through because
change, as you remind us of how long a time it may require, only happens when there is a change in behaviour from the voters, which impacts the region's politics. I do not see this happening yet, and neither do progressive New Brunswickers.
Only the very basic of implimentations are being executed throughout New Brunswick in terms of sustainability -- things the rest of the country has put in place decades ago. Even public transit is still not widely available here...
I'm certainly not negative most of the time. Not even half of the time. My posting history clearly shows this.
I would say I'm negative during a strong minority of my time on this forum, mostly due to my debating of forumers who cling to their own mythologies about property taxes -- about federal equalisation payments -- about urban sprawl -- about climate change -- about francophones -- about municipal reputations, etc...
I honestly cannot bring myself to pretend being positive. I cannot talk about mundane retail updates in great lengths and go overkill with the smilies, like MonctonRad.
My positivity, as my posting history shows, is expressed when forumers are talking about progress and hypotheticals using different ideas. The Atlantic Canada section may have received a disproportionate amount of my negative posts, perhaps because progress (as in shovels in the ground) of core developments isn't occuring here yet -- but on the Canada page I'm usually thrilled with what cities in Central and Western Canada are doing!
I do not mock New Brunswick and PEI on the Canada page. I'm rooting for these two provinces. New Brunswick in particular I'm proud of because of its bilingualism and rich spectrum of anglophone and francophone cultures.
In that regard, I wish Canada were more like New Brunswick.
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