From councillors in Collingwood to Grapes to the entire GOP, there seems to me to be a lot of angry winners around.
The US President is facing a wall of 'no' to everything he tries to do, the Republicans with their majority in the House flat out saying there will be no compromise, no talking, no discussion, no nothing, period.
In Toronto, Don Cherry didn't praise the mayor he was brought to City Hall to introduce, at least, not much. He instead berated 'pinkos', and told the "left wing kooks" to "put that in your pipe".
And here in little Collingwood, rather than articulating ideas, hopes or plans, one of our town councillors continues to write in his blog about his long-simmering distaste for the former mayor and defeated councillors. These are the same people the blogging councillor spent the last four years complaining about after meetings.
What's in common in all these cases is that there are precious few ideas being put forward and not many thoughts on offer about how to make things better. In all three cases, it's just heaps of negativity infused with a steaming dollop of nastiness.
I hope, for all our sakes, that the New Year lets the naysayers get over themselves and start some ideas percolating.
Thank you for posting this. I too want to hear concrete plans to address all of the issues that did not get the full discussion they deserved during the campaign. I want to hear ideas and have debate.
ReplyDeleteWhat solutions can you bring to the table to address economic development, affordable housing, taxes and a myriad of other issues that concern the everyday taxpayer in Collingwood? It's not enough to say open for business. We need a viable plan.
The discussion must be about issues not people if the next four years are going to be productive and creative. Attacking people only perpetuates divisiveness and stifles the creative process. Lets get some brainstorming going on.
Ian Chadwick is SOOO negative he should be driven out of town and given a good boot in the butt. No bullies allowed!
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