my rant ; a new direction needed

i guess i should say up front that i have been spoiled by living most of my life in mississauga with canada's most popular mayor who i admire greatly. as a recent resident of kitchener i was to say the least shocked with the poor services this city offers in as far as street, sidewalks, and bridges are maintained. the housing dept. has a waiting list for affordable housing and with the recently finished assisted living building filled with 31 units in the last month there is a waiting list already.

the building next door the regional nursing home has a waiting list of 3 to 5 tears. the streets look like a patchwork quilt with all the patchs and potholes that could swallow small cars. the sidewalks look like each slab of concrete was laid by a blind crew, the city recognizes the problem as crews have been spray painting and shaving the edges of each slab.recently a disabiled lady in a wheelchair was hit and killed on victoria st, this road for those who don't know cuts accross kitchener with 4 lanes, however rhere are no sidewalks over a large area of one of the more driven roads with many retaial outlets.

i find it facinating that some of the largest corporations are on this road and not a whisper to the press about correcting the problem, and the region has a role here as well as the city as some of these areas are controled jointly or by each other. i find that the has been alot of silence both levels of government when the feds. and the prov. threw open the bank vault doors for infrastructure money it appears we got in the wrong line.

i believe we should make some changes this november as these professional polititions need to be replaced by fresh people with fresh ideas and believe that to run is a calling to serve and not a job because they couldn't cope in the private secter. you know all politions have a shelf life and i think we should check the expirly date on the entire group as i play no favorites.

you know sadly nothing will change till people get mad enough and say " I'M MAD AS HELL AND I WANT CHANGE" however at the local level most citizens couldn't pick their member out of a police lineup, people will bitch and moan but when it comes time to make your vote count 30 to 40 persent don't even bother to vote and i'm being generous withthose numbers,

so if the same old professional polititians are returned for 4 more years i don't want to hear any complaints as you only have yourselves to blame, so please contact me with your thoghts and please pass my blog on to your friends and co-workers.

see you next time.


you know sadly nothing will change till people get mad enough to say