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By mrjanitor (registered) | Posted March 03, 2014 at 18:26:06 in reply to Comment 98158
What I am claiming is:
-That Hamilton will likely miss out on any Provincially paid transit infrastructure improvements if LRT continues to be presented as the one and only option
-That local politicians have perverted LRT into the wedge issue de jour after McGuinty pulled the plug on full Provincial funding
-That the inability to consider other transit improvement options plays perfectly into the hands of the politicians that morphed LRT into a wedge issue for their own benefit
-That other options that cover the whole city in a rapid fashion sooner than 15 years may have to be put into play to shut-down those using LRT as a wedge issue
-That a similar amount of money can unite the city with BRT, instead of dividing it as we are now seeing with LRT
-That LRT proponents have been out-played by the opposition, and an alternative plan to transit improvements needs to be put together
Ryan, you are so focused on three letters side by side that you haven't seen what I'm actually worried about. No kidding, LRT is better, duh... thanks for pointing that out to me. How likely is LRT considering our political climate of division, that is my concern. The more people shout for LRT downtown, the more our Mountain, Suburban and some Mayoral candidates use it against us.
I was at a presentation by Ward 3 candidate Matthew Greene at the USW 1005 hall. Guess what was the hottest topic, almost the only topic discussed in the q&a portion? LRT. There were no questions of support, only anger. The word 'Elite' was used in conjunction with LRT proponents many times. Somebody has spun the transit message the opposite direction that it was intended. We've lost control of the LRT message to the point where I doubt it will ever return. That's why a back-up plan and strategy needs to be formed. If LRT support has become the political third rail in Hamilton, how can we ever make it happen.
I am the love child of Karl Marx and Ayn Rand
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