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By Mahesh_P_Butani (registered) - website | Posted September 15, 2011 at 19:47:22 in reply to Comment 69647
The untenability of LRT in your own words:
Bratina's Statement
Here is the full text of Mayor Bratina's response to me [Nicholas Kevlahan] from July 05, 2011:
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Why Bratina is on the Right Track - Even if he Can't Explain - By Ray Lawlor, August 01, 2011, Opinion
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So, is this really community engagement?
Show Your Support: We need to give Mayor Bratina and the rest of Council a clamour they can't ignore! - Nicholas, comment, July 05, 2011,
Rudderless Council Drifts Aimlessly on LRT- An article just published on the Spectator has left me stunned and flabbergasted. - Ryan McGreal, July 05, 2011, Special Report: Light Rail
Is Council Going to Stand For This? - Ryan McGreal, July 18, 2011, Special Report: Light Rail
"maybe we could get Bob to show up with an 'LRT' shirt on?, jason, comment, July 18, 2011
Mayor Bratina Visits Bill Kelly - Again - Graham Crawford, July 26, 2011, Light Rail
Myths and Facts about Light Rail Transit, by Ryan McGreal, August 04, 2011, Special Report: Light Rail
Mayor Responds to Kevlahan on Light Rail - "In fact the LRT team was advised in May by senior management, not Chris Murray, on the recommendation of team leader Jill Stephen, that the mandated work would be completed and the team reassigned to their seconded positions by years end, when the contracted positions' terms expired... The City may well continue its own planning efforts, we may ask metrolinx for more money, based on the information we will receive from Jill Stephen's group. Councillor Ferguson was completely out of line in his public statements, as I subsequently pointed out to him. No strategic decision was made by Chris Murray, except to ensure that the mandated work is completed in a timely fashion. ~(BB)" -- "I am grateful that he took the time to read my contributions to the public discussion over urban planning and LRT in Hamilton. Public debate is important... ~(NK) - Nicholas Kevlahan, August 05, 2011, Light Rail
Murray: 'I Would Suggest Reading the Email Again' - Ryan McGreal, August 12, 2011, Light Rail
More Words of Comfort from Dear Leader - Graham Crawford, September 06, 2011, Commentary
"Time for a huge public push-back. Our City, Our Future..." - jason - comment, September 14, 2011
Clark: Hamilton is Being Played on LRT- Ryan McGreal, September 12, 2011, Special Report: Light Rail
Note: It is interesting to observe that while all editorial opinions on LRT are filed as "Report" or "Special Report" - all opposing opinions & responses on LRT are filed as: "Opinions" or "Light Rail" -- and openly allowed to be vilified by un-moderated comments.
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"Ryan, ...Do you realize how this evangelical zeal which takes no prisoners - has in fact ended up deeply hurting the odds of the Liberals in Hamilton - not to mention the very cause of the alternative transportation strategy for the City of Hamilton? Dissent was never a zero-sum game." - Mahesh, comment, September 12, 2011
Come on even Laura Babcock, Martinus Geleynse or Mark Cripps manages to do a better job of evangelizing selective community views than what RTH is doing on LRT and WH views.
In the memorable quote from Undustrial's tag line: "We shouldn't be looking for heroes, we should be looking for good ideas." — Noam Chomsky
Brandon, my views on the untenability of LRT will be self-published soon, as a comment -(not as an opinion, special report or a commentary), under the same thread where you managed to define Hamilton's single biggest comprehension obstacle - so very profoundly with your: "Switch to a flat view and the problem is solved!"
Comment edited by Mahesh_P_Butani on 2011-09-15 20:05:09
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