Well, council has officially acknowledged they are way out of touch. With all the needs for infrastructure upgrades, road repairs, lighting improvements, a waterpark and on and on in their wisdom they have decided signs are what we need.
I would be interested to see how the council voted on this issue, when re-election campaigning comes around this could very well be the acid test. We can’t have a waterpark because it is too costly, really. The game has been essentially, projects go through alternative approval process. After all, who could legitimately disagree with repairs to the fire station, meanwhile the purchase of new signs falls into a category that needs no taxpayer approval, shame. Do they really think the electorate is dumb enough to be fooled by such adolescent games.
I am going to paint a scenario. Mr.Tourist and his family see our new sign and decide to play visitor. He and his family decide to have a little adventure so they come in. They drive Cleveland Avenue, find no parking and very little that can’t be found elsewhere, and because there is no parking they drive on. They get home and Mr. Tourist returns to work. His workmates ask how his holiday was and what he did. “One of the things we did was go into Squamish. Parking was terrible and really very little unusual there, but they have a great sign,” he says.
