GOVERNMENT AND SOCIETY

What happened? Both are supposed to be supportive and beneficial to each other. When did govermnent become a roadblock, a quagmire, in effect the enemy? The incident that first brought this home to me was the Ralgreen Cres. disaster in Kitchener. It was a disaster for the families living there. It was not a disaster for the majority of citizens living in Kitchener. It was but a mere nuisance for Kitchener Councillors. This former City owned dump was but one of many long forgotten legacies of our industrial past. It like the Ottawa St. dump was an example of horrible city planning gone awry. Yet the innocent citizens were supposed to bear the total burden, financial and healthwise. They eventually had to sue their own municipal government to get justice and even then not all citizens were so lucky. The other eye opening I received was the fact that every single municipal councillor wasn't shown the door at the next election. Our politicians count on our apathy and inattention. It is cases like this and the ongoing one in Cambridge (Bishop St. /Northstar/Rozell) that feed our contempt of politicians in general . They have earned it.