Comment 88348

By PoliticalEnnui (anonymous) | Posted May 02, 2013 at 19:24:13

We are addled with perhaps the most ineffective city council in the entire country. Developments are debated until they are dead, while money and time is wasted commissioning study-after-study. Decision making moves at a snail's pace while other municipalities surge ahead of Hamilton, often proposing the same ideas after Hamilton and passing and implementing them before. Bratina is absolutely visionless and insistent on pursuing 90's era policy initiatives. The citizenry is perhaps the most frustrating element of Hamilton politics. Voters continue to re-elect problematic councilors who frustrate the system and stifle progress. It begs one to question whether those who seek urban renewal are in the minority-- that is to say, we seem to keep voting for more of the same, while those who pursue progress (eg. Eisenberger) are immediately ousted when they are deemed to be overly ambitious. I have been hearing about LRT plans for years, and while initially excited at the prospect, I can't help bu feel ennui when the subject is breached. Why doesn't council just vote "No go" now, and save us all the pain of watching this end up in deadlock.

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