Comment 50701

By John Neary (registered) | Posted October 28, 2010 at 10:44:42

Ryan,

Great post. I think with all of the recent fuss over the stadium (and Mayor-Elect Bratina's rather strange idea of building north-south LRT before east-west), a lot of people have forgotten about his voting record, which is very impressive -- likely more impressive than Eisenberger's. It's hard to argue that the location of the stadium is more important than the decision on the aerotropolis.

Councillor Bratina also had a strong record on local issues in his constituency. He has been a strong supporter of the Beasley Neighbourhood Association on issues such as the rehabilitation and expansion of Beasley Park, the construction of the new community centre in Dr. Davey School, and the two-way conversion of Wilson Street. He also argued for improvements to the Truck Route Master Plan in order to reduce the damage caused to our neighbourhoods by truck traffic, although he did vote for the plan in the end. Finally, he advocated for the Downtown Mosque when their effort to purchase and redevelop a vacant property was threatened by the police force's desire to acquire the same land for a storage facility. In this effort, he was unfortunately unsuccessful.

I hope that Councillor-Elect Farr will be a similarly strong advocate for Ward 2.

John

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