Trail Times Wednesday, July 24, 2013
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
City needs to focus on infrastructure
I have lived in the Trail area since 1951 and my father and his father since 1910. They had a farm even before the old bridge was built and resided on the east Trail side at that time. My father even had a twin brother who drowned in the Columbia in 1918. I have followed the history of Trail for many years. I feel I can add some comments good or bad. Firstly, if the city thinks the 50-year-old new bridge is going to last they better start thinking again and planning and negotiating for a new one somewhere. If you’ve ever walked across it when the constant big loaded trucks go by, the bridge shakes worse than some of the rides at the fair. I have a relative who is too afraid and will never walk across it to go downtown. Do they honestly think it can take the strain? Not likely. What’s
going to happen if for some reason it has to close? You have to drive to Castlegar just to go to work. As for the beautiful upgrades planed for Victoria Street, there are only four reasons tourists come to Trail. To see the smelter, to visit relatives, to see the Trail Smoke Eaters, and to go to the Colander. I’ve never heard of anyone coming to see the temporary flowers by the sidewalk and especially (someone’s bright idea a few years ago) the palm tree in front of the arena. This ain’t California. Also heard many comments about the waste of money spent with those giant flower pots all over the city. As for the bridge, it hasn’t been painted in years and the paint is peeling so bad the only thing holding the remaining paint on is the pigeon droppings.
If you're going to promote the Smoke Eaters, you might think about painting the bridge their colors and installing a giant hockey stick statue. Gordy Derosa seems to be the only one who knows just what this city needs when upgrades are needed badly. I’ve been flooded times in past years at great expense but the city has not done anything to correct the problem which is entirely their fault with undersize street drainage and no preventative measures taken. I’d have a better chance to find a three-legged ballerina than get any help with flood prevention. I’m sure others feel the same. I now I’m gonna get some negative feedback on these comments but if keep quiet, the city thinks everything is rosy. Bob Barach Trail
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Political mindset needs changing An editorial from the Corner Brook Western Star Politicians are their own worst enemies. The latest flub from those we send off to represent us is an “enemies” list included this week in the briefing notes for new federal cabinet ministers. Those newly minted ministers were told who they should talk to and confide in ... and who they should avoid or blacklist. What happens to these people after they are elected? They run for office and leave home to head to St. John’s or Ottawa as apparently sensible people and show up in the House of Commons or the House of Assembly with a partisan and nasty streak. They promise voters to work for them when in office and they show up on the job to look after themselves and do whatever they can to get whatever they can for themselves. The latest from the Harper government reveals more about the Conservatives who are running the country than it does about their self-labelled “enemies.”
This is the same group put in office mostly because they promised to do better and be more transparent than the last group who got caught in a web of political scandal in Quebec and got turfed. It likely shows they are all alike ... just as voters suspected. No wonder voters stay away from the polls at election time in droves. Many Canadians think - and there is lots of evidence to back up their theory - that it doesn’t matter who is running the government ... they are there to look after themselves and their political pals. The next time a government shuffles a cabinet and needs help drafting briefing notes they can include this in bold type: You have a responsibility to do your best for all Canadians while you are collecting your hefty salary. That includes those you don’t agree with and those who don’t tell you only what you want to hear. The kind of bunker mentality being fostered now isn’t acceptable for this country or its people - all of them.
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