Comment 37531

By Tammany (anonymous) | Posted January 28, 2010 at 12:18:16

"Just last week, however, my wife asked me if we have a Plan B. It is something we are starting to formulate."

Good thinking.

I have met members of the JPC. I think they're nice people and their intentions -- whilst self-promotion and self-congragulation are certainly in there amongst them -- are generally good. What they (along with most of Hamilton's other "leaders) lack, however, is talent -- genuine, unmistakeable, natural talent. I'm coming to realize that that is what this city is really, tragically short on.

There are no brilliant people in city staff or on council. At best, we have competence (and not much of it, to be honest). But you can't (re)build a great city on that alone.

What can we do to attract talented people to this city or to incentivize the talented people who already live here stay and take an actual interest in the place?

The people who rule us now are stuck in the past, devoid of imagination, and utterly lacking in vision. They are hostile to anything which even remotely challenges their firmly entrenched status quo way of thinking. How can we get rid of them? How can we convince the vast majority of Hamiltonians, who are infamously apathetic about the state of their city, that the place can be better and that their lives can improve?

You asked in an earlier article if Hamilton is still a place of opportunity? It is. But the opportunity here is profoundly latent and is diminishing day by day.

I could not blame you if you and your family make the decision to move on ...

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