AFTER THE VOTE COMMENTS ON LRT

On June 7/11 here in the Advocate, I posted some ideas and opinions regarding Light Rapid Transit. Two recent but after the big vote comments have caught my eye. Steve Kannon of the Woolwich Observer (pg. 12) has in my opinion quite accurately pointed out tha lack of accountability of politicians when it comes to massive spending projects. As Steve says, rarely as in never, do politicians put anybody's money but yours and mine at risk. While they just about guarantee a project will be sucessful and are always willing to take the credit, the chance of them taking responsibility if it fails is unlikely. Similarily we have comments by Peter Shawn Taylor in last Friday's K-W Record. His focus is more on the possibilty of financial cost overuns and eventual failure than on any personal accountability. Apparently this scenario has occurred in other jurisdictions and literally after millions of dollars have been spent, the whole project has been scrapped.