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By frank (registered) | Posted February 22, 2010 at 08:48:26

I was driving around downtown last night and being a former resident of the area, I would have normally called myself knowledgeable. However last night while I was trying to find a parking spot (or get to an entrance to one) relatively close to my destination it struck me how confusing the core can be to someone who doesn't normally drive there. One way that way? or the other way? or two way? Main Street was dead (as in no pedestrians) but there were tonnes of cars. That's normal I guess but now how I want it to be.

For too long politicians in the city have been pandering about the IDEA of turning one way streets to two way streets and have done nothing about it. Some loud mouthed individual comes forward and yells "what about my customers?" or "how will I get home quickly now?" and we're automatically destined to study how traffic moves through the core to get a better understanding of how the change will impact traffic patterns. I know this is a stretch but how about politicians step up and do their job for once? I didn't vote for someone to put ideas forward then balk when someone disagrees, I voted for someone to lead... That's essentially the job of a politician is it not? I get that at times you're going to be making decisions that may be unpopular, but let your worth be determined by the outcome of your leadership, not how well you play the game of politics...

IMO, time for a new breed (or maybe just getting back to what they should be) of politician.

Comment edited by frank on 2010-02-22 07:49:55

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