So – we are now examining 4 potential routes to run trains between Bayview and Lincoln Field stations:

(1) Richmond Rd/Byron Ave via Churchill

(2) Ottawa River Parkway

(3) Richmond Rd/Byron Ave via the parkway

(4) Richmond Rd/Byron Ave via Rochester Field

I cannot, in  my wildest dreams, imagine anything that makes LESS sense than a light rail transit system that travels on a corridor where NOBODY LIVES, NOBODY SHOPS, NOBODY WORKS!!  While the Ottawa River Parkway is lovely to look at, the intent should not be a “scenic drive to work”!!

Quite frankly, I don’t think our city is large enough to warrant a light rail system at all and our greenbelt scenario – with a huge chunk of land in which there are no transit customers – also creates special challenges.  If you want to increase ridership on public transit – start with making current systems better for east, west and southern suburbians.

I cringe to think of my tax dollars being spent on a pipe-dream!

If I see our Mayor – Jim Watson – in one more photo op, I’m going to puke!  I think he would turn up for the opening of an envelope!!  (I stole that one from a friend)…..and…while I’m on the subject……is nobody else allowed to have an opinion at City Hall?  He does seem to get a “tad” upset if anyone disagrees with him.  What are those other councillors for anyway????

We are all fed up with the mess of our lawns – particularly due to white grub infestations.  The result is a better job than a roto-tiller would do once the skunks, raccoons and crows are finished dining!!  I read an article in  the Ottawa Sun  that said the (currently banned for residential use) chemical most effective for killing these nasty little wormy things is, in fact, APPROVED by Health Canada for use on our food crops.  What is wrong with this picture?