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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-05-23, Page 16$1J8AR H' SPICE bBI'U»SMItEY Mili111111.1101111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 v a p . t'AGE 2A,--GODERICII SIGNAL. -STAR, "1{URSDAY MAY 23, 1974 I ' can understand why a president or a king •is assassinated. What I fail to un- derstand is why town coun- cillors . are not assassinated fairly frequently. In the first case it is usually done by a crank, nut, or fanatic. In the second case it would be done by a group of irate citizens. - What is done in many small towns these days in the name 'of • "progress" is so difficult to believe that the mind reels at, the prospect. You've all seen it. In, ,a desperate attempt to get bigger and more progressive, towns across Canada have assaulted the eye, the ear, the nose, and plain common- sense. I �believ'e..the definition of rape is, ,,,`,`Carnal knowledge without consent."Ifs this is so, there is a lot of rape going on in Canada these days; in villages, `towns and cities. Again,' you've all seen it. Turn the fertile farmlands on the edge of town into new "developments". Cut down all the trees. Pave everything that isn't paved. ill in the name of those great modern goda,'Nhe car", and "business". And all with the benign approval of .misguided town councillors, who actually believe; in the dim little recesses . of their minds, that they are con- tributing to "progress." "Progress" is usually just a synonym for what the town's businessmen waw"And what they want is more business, so they can make more. money. That's fine. That's their bag. But very often.they can apply pressure and exert .influence with results that cynically, bulldoze the desires of the average citizen, who is not 'co"gnizant of their wheeling and' dealing until it's too late. Don't get me wrong. I'm `not just an old. grump, , who thinks any change .is going to be di'sastrous, I've served °on the other side of the fence, and I am aware of the abuse a councillor receives, the long hours hespends on other people's business, and the lack of appreciation for what he, does. But on the other hand, as a councillor, a reporter, and a citizen, I have seen some of the dimmest characters in town elected' to council because no, one .else wanted the job. And 'I have seen what they can do to reduce a beautiful small' town ' to an ugly, noisy, stinking mess. Bigger isn' t necessarily bet= ter. In fact, it's usually worser. But many a municipal cowl,' cillor thinks he's going to get into 'the Canadian history books'or something if he. helps make his town bigger. Too few • of them stop to think farther than five ,years ahead. As I suggested, strongest in- fluence on the councillors comes from businessmen..But .the latter's closest ally is nearly always the "town engineer". More councillors have been bamboozled by town engineers than there are flies on a dead dog. Your average councillor doesn't have much technical knowledge. Consequently, he is mystified and awed by such terms as "access road" and "drainage" and "hardtopping" and "right of way", Quite wrong is the councillor. He should question and find out what the .hell is going on. Engineers, in my opinion, -are not superior beings. They are people who like to build things, and tear things down. And the latter often precludes the for- mer. Show an engineer a tree and - he'll hand you a chain .saw, Show an engineer a curve and he wants to straighten it. Show an engineer a garden and he wants to pave it. Show him a hill and he wants to flatten it, Show him a beautiful rushing river and he wants to dam it. It's the engineers who should be damned in this country. We need trees and curves and ga1 -' dens and hills and rivers. We don't need stumps and straight' lines* for speeding and more parking lots and bulldozed flats, and dams that flood thousands of acres. We Meed fewer, many fewer, engineers. Show me a town engineer who has ever looked at a I00- • year-old maple without lust in his heart, who has ever looked at a space more than 25' x 26' Without wanting to asphalt it, or who sees any running water, even from the kitchen sink, without wanting to divert' it, aid I'll show you a freak who will be ' kicked out of the "`-ofe:tsional Engineers' Association at its next meeting;' Oh, well, all is not lost. My neighbour brought me"two huge platesfull of cleaned smelt -last week. There's still hope for the human race. But not for dumb councillors and rapacious engineers. They. will all go to hell. 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