Thursday, October 4, 2012

I Told You So! Moment of the Moment

As much as most people hate to say "I Told you So", click here and here to see the "I Told You So" moment of the moment. 

6 comments:

  1. Too funny. I guess Jason Farr was dead wrong.

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  2. Having witnessed this up-close-and-personal from when it all began to unfold at the Planning Committee meeting on January 17th, here's what worries me:

    1) The distressing misappropriation of the word 'undesirables' by those-who-should-know-better;
    2) The arrogance shown in the strategy of initiating the gambit of 'testing' the radial separation bylaw, using the resultant sympathy as 'the thin edge of the wedge';
    3) The gall shown by pronouncing the level of police visits to 52-56 Charlton in Durand (whatever the number) as being 'OK', but transposing these onto Corktown and 121 Augusta as being 'unacceptable';
    4) The unfortunate NIMBYism illustrated in the 'Please don't do this to us!!!' pleading by Corktown representatives;
    5) The lost-in-the-process fact that the Augusta Street facility simply isn't appropriate for the stated needs;
    7) The manipulative role played by the circumstances surrounding 52-56 Charlton;
    8) The somehow righteously-tinged submission to the notion that the Ontario Human Rights Act trumps all;
    9) The lack of fundamental dialogue concerning a) the effects of downloading of services by the Province combined with b) the realities of concentration of associated facilities;
    10) The dearth of genuine leadership coming from Council regarding how to properly deal with the elements in #9;

    The result is probably going to be a missed opportunity for a Hamilton-generated 'solution', or at least acceptable consensus by way of discussion, debate and discourse. Instead, we'll have an externally-imposed one, further accentuating the city's inability to actually deal with its own problems. (I'll go on record to say that a variation on this theme will be showcased in other 'issues' such as 'one-way reversions', 'ward boundary reform', 'the resurrection of our downtown-core, amongst others.)

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  3. "The Lynwood-Charlton Centre centre... was forced to reduce its capacity — from 25 girls in the early 1970s to a maximum of eight today, with two spots reserved for CAS cases. Alternatively, it boosted its number of staff — from two house parents in 1961 to more than 20 highly qualified social workers and support staff in the residential treatment program at present — in order to keep up with the girls’ escalating needs."


    "In the end it is always about dollars and cents... isn't it? Just wrap up greed and avarice in guilt, paint a story of traumatized girls and the tired, hard-working social-workers, throw in a couple of sepia prints to show the glorious history of good deeds from the past.... and even God for good measure, and walla -- the pricey land in a tree lined neighbourhood is finally freed up for a planned higher purpose!"

    from:

    http://metrohamilton.ning.com/profiles/blogs/300-meter-separation-between-truth-and-lies

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  4. PS: Maybe it is time to ask the "Lynwood-Charlton Centre" to open up their financial and operational records for the last ten years, to the public. An entirely different story would emerge in all probability!

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  5. This is a classic "I Told you so moment" for sure. The rookie councillor who likens himself to be "lawerly", misread this one.
    Sorce

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  6. This is great advertising for Hamilton, The Best Place to Raise a Child.

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