Comment 77684

By jbj (registered) | Posted May 31, 2012 at 16:14:24

The irony is so delicious on so many levels. For example, the board wants to shutter seven high schools and three elementary schools in order to receive a possible $68 million to build three new schools. Then the Board decides that it would rather its employees and any of its clients (OOPs I mean students) relocate to the Crestwood site instead of being in the core which is accessible by public transit. For good measure, McMaster will then demolish the Board of Education building in an Orwellian exercise of erasing the past.

I genuinely feel that those of us who live in the lower city are getting shat on by the City, the Board of Education, traffic engineers, et al. It begs a chicken and egg scenario: if you desire a healthy, vibrant, and prosperous downtown, you need to have amentities that make such a thing possible. That means walkable neighbourhoods, two-way streets, schools in neighbourhoods, decent public transit, stores and shops that don't require a car to get to and decent and affordable housing. The protest should start with an effort to eradicate the grinding poverty of the City to give people opportunities and thus make the core attractive and a great place to live.

Last night, Sir John A. Macdonald held its annual Arts Fest. Excellent works of fine art, sculpture, ceramics were on display all created by students. Such a diverse community of kids enriches the downtown and creates the kind of place that fosters creativity and thinking outside the box.

We need more people to think outside the box to make things happen.

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