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By Doug Draper, Niagara At Large
January 1st, 2016
Well, here we are just barely into another new year (as this note is posted) and not that many hours past the final minutes of 2015 and the ritualistic countdown to midnight where many of us find ourselves feeling a renewed sense of hope for better times to come.
2016 sees us entering the second half of the second decade of the 21st century and we at NAL believe that it will take a lot more than hope to drag our politicians – particularly those at the municipal level in Niagara, Ontario – out of the 1950s and into a present and future that gets away from costly, low-density sprawl and paving over what is left of the countryside, and embraces greener, more sustainable communities.
Moving forward to a healthier, more prosperous future will require more of us getting involved in the affairs of our communities, especially at the regional government level where a relatively small but highly fractious group of councillors have assumed positions of dominance on the council and under Al Caslin, who has served as the council’s chair for the past year, appears comfortable to let civility – even toward leaders of Niagara, Ontario’s business and academic communities – sink to levels unprecedented in the 46 year history of this municipal body.
But we will focus more on that dysfunctional mess in the days and weeks ahead.
For now and for the first few days of this New Year, we are taking a bit of a break, and that includes our canine mascot Pinky who, as you can see in the photo below, needs some down time to recover from a wild New Year’s Eve party that saw her hollowing at the moon after the clock struck twelve.
One again, we at NAL wish you a Happy Harper-less New Year and we encourage you to join us in the discussion as we continue our efforts as an online voice for progressive change in our greater Niagara region.
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