Comment 37254

By g. (anonymous) | Posted January 21, 2010 at 13:49:59

i think the complaint based system could actually work in our favour. it does in the suburbs, because people COMPLAIN! ALL THE TIME! if the old guy down the street doesn't like the look of something he will harass city staff till they do something about it. they feel entitled.

we need to be as vigilant about the areas and buildings we care about. if you make it easier for the staff person to fix a problem properly as opposed to just sweeping it under the rug, ie. making one complaint and never following up with it, something i am guilty of myself, hopefully there will be an incentive for bylaw to crack down on some of the blatant offenses. jelly is right in that all the bylaws are in place, the system works if it is understood properly, it just takes effort by the general public to democratically decide what is important. there are and always will be limited resources, unfortunately right now they are being used up by cranky old guys complaining about the wrong people and the wrong offenses. let's change that. let's give them some new priorities.

p.s. no offense to cranky old guys in suburbs, i'm not sayin', i'm just sayin'

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