An era of responsibility

"Homes have been lost; jobs shed; businesses shuttered. Our health care is too costly; our schools fail too many; and each day brings further evidence that the ways we use energy strengthen our adversaries and threaten our planet." - President Barack Obama, January 20th 2008.

Yesterday, as I am sure many of you did, I watched the history of our neighbours to the south unfold before my eyes. I watched a Black Man reach their highest office in the United States.

As I did this, I read the Brantford Expositor, I see Dave Levac has continuing his dream of moving the casino out of the downtown and replace it with more room for Laurier. However laudable this may be, this is not the time for such an idea.

Why isn't Mr. Levac at Queen's Park lobbying the province to help Brant?

Why are our city counsellors wasting their time listening tp such stupid ideas?

Why aren't these elected officals doing something productive with their time?

As one of their bosses (you are one as well) I am frankly fed up with politics in Brantford. We don't need grand dreams right now, we need practical, back to basics, get people working ideas. Time and time again our politicans have shown how to screw up a good thing Here are a few reasonable ideas that'll get things moving in Brantford again.

1) Build Highway 424 THIS YEAR. We need to be connected to Kitchener/Waterloo/Cambridge by a highspeed road link. If this had been built earlier we may have gotten the Toyota Plant, and not Woodstock.

2) Expand GO Transit to Brantford, we have the rail link, just send a train down the line. Let's connect Brantford to major cities to our east so we can attract white collars workers who are looking to shed themselves of overpriced homes in Mississauga, Oakville, etc.

3) Get provincial money for Laurier and Mohawk - post-secondary education is the future of Brantford; let's continue the responsible redevelopment of our core by bringing in students.

4) SOLVE LAND CLAIMS!!! Mr. Levac do you really think the protestors from the Six Nations would allow us to build a new Casino while redeveloping Market Street south for the university? If you do, I want to go back and time and change my vote. We'll never get development moving if it is being hamstrung by protestors.

Politicans of Brantford (Federal, Provincial, Local) you've been put on notice. We have an example in US who is proclaiming a new generation of responsibility and leadership, hop on the band-wagon or else you may want to look for new jobs.