Comment 35680

By highwater (registered) | Posted November 23, 2009 at 16:59:16

Jonathon Dalton wrote:

Balance is exactly the correct word. Balance is not what we have now.

But that's not what the John Dolbecs and Scott Thompsons of this world mean when they use the term 'balance'. They're not talking about a more balanced transportation network, rather they're trying to present themselves as unbiased by advancing the notion that there is some kind of fantasy middle ground between evidence-based best practices, and the received wisdom of the status quo. Whether they do this because it satisfies their egos to appear 'above the fray', or because they fear change, or a bit of both, is anyone's guess, but it adds nothing to the debate. Too bad. It's a missed opportunity to help improve the quality of life (and hence the desirability) of Hamilton, which you would think would be a goal of the Chamber. Fortunately, as you say, Hamilton is changing without them (hence Cooke's warning about the Chamber's impending irrelevancy).

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