Do you enjoy rants about pointless infrastructure construction in Langford? Do you enjoy my biased opinion on this matter? Do you get the Goldstream News Gazette delivered to your home? If the answer to all of those question is yes then you'll be able to see my first published letter to the editor. But have no fear ladies and gentlemen, my editorial is just below:
"Beautification poor use of tax dollars
The Goldstream Avenue beautification project is an awful waste of money.
Council has no right to use public money on projects envisioned exclusively in Mayor Stew Young's head.
Do you remember giving the right to Young to build a roundabout in the middle of a busy street on a major road for BC Transit operators?
Do you remember giving the right for a fountain to be erected costing exuberant amounts of money? Oh, and we can't forget about the speakers blasting music down to the confused citizens below in a manner similar to that of the world in 1984. How about the sign proclaiming the entrance to Goldstream Village?
Rather than wasting our money on unnecessary infrastructure projects that are little more than eye candy for the elite of this city, we should attempt to create a culturally vibrant, environmentally-friendly community, while protecting the lower and middle classes.
Don't get me wrong there, there are still plenty of improvements to be made in Langford, but we should be focusing on safety by creating speed bumps, sidewalks and crosswalks where necessary rather than completing Young's distorted vision of what the true citizens of Langford want and need. This is our home, let's never forget that.
Grant McLachlan
Langford"
Hooray!
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