How many people have to die before....

Vincent J. Curtis

13 May 22

RE: Council backs Main’s two-way conversion.  News item by Teviah Moro, the Hamilton Spectator, 12 May 22.

RE: How many more people must die?  Op-ed by Margaret Shkimba, The Hamilton Spectator 10 May 22.

To borrow some rationale from Margaret Shkimba, how many people have to die before Hamilton gets a smarter city council?  How many people have to die before someone realizes that making Main two-way at Wellington isn’t going to solve a problem at Dundurn?

How many people have to die before we realize that making Main two-way isn’t risk-free itself, and will certainly cause traffic congestion?  How many people have to die before people realize that they’re just being buffaloed by another “crisis” not being allowed to go to waste and being panicked into going along?  How many people have to die before we start hearing that climate change is responsible for all those traffic deaths?  How many people have to die before you realize that a wild traffic accident that occurred near Margaret Street wouldn’t have been prevented by making Main two way, and doesn’t reflect a problem at Dundurn?

How many people have to die before you can get a good sandwich in Jackson Square? 

How many people have to die before they realize that the question is simply an inflammatory way of marking the passage of time?

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How many more people must die before Margaret Shkimba shuts the hell up?