Comment 109949

By CharlesBall (registered) | Posted March 04, 2015 at 18:19:55 in reply to Comment 109942

Back in the day, the vast majority, and by that I mean the VAST vast majority, wanted the Red Hill Creek built. That didn't matter to those who opposed it. And today, those same people justify the millions of dollars of waste they caused on their belief that they fought the good fight.

Politics is a difficult business. While I am not a huge Burke fan, we live in a representative democracy. Those are the rules of our game.

The trouble is that getting things done (ala LRT) is a lot harder than delaying or stopping something (ala Red Hill Creek.) One big reason is simply inertia which is why so many people love one way streets. It is hard to get people to change their ways. It is hard to get people to take chances when they are largely happy with the way things are.

Lamenting it does not help. The only answer, in the words of Frederick Douglas, is to agitate, agitate. It may take a long time, but if in the end your position is sound, your efforts will be rewarded.

Comment edited by CharlesBall on 2015-03-04 18:22:32

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