Comment 35670

By highwater (registered) | Posted November 23, 2009 at 14:43:36

Are you the real John Dolbec? Your LTE this morning was great because it was unequivocal in its argument that panhandlers are not to blame for the state of our downtown. It was passionate and forcefully argued based on the evidence provided by other cities. We need more passionate, forceful defenders of evidence-based urban practises if Hamilton is to advance.

Sadly, your stance on two-way reversion is the ultimate in equivocal, followed up by your above weasely reference to 'balance'. If the above comment was left by an imposter, I apologize, but like Ryan, I still take issue with your previous utterances re two-way streets. To avoid the irrelevance that Cooke warns about, you would be much better off acknowledging the mountains of evidence showing how damaging one-way streets are to the public spaces that you advocate for, and using that evidence to educate your membership, much like you used evidence to argue against scapegoating panhandlers in your LTE.

The road to hell is paved with people trying to achieve 'balance'. And it's a one-way road.

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