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I think Kevin Crowley of the Record had a good idea and he discounted it too quick in his article anug. 14. - _ Resignatiuns are needed and all page-turners who really apparently just never planned on reading the book. please help us to cut our losses now and do the honourable thing. Let us take on the expense of a new elections. Sheila Copps did it when her credibility was called into question and was forgiven. but at least her con- stituents were given the choice. i responded to the effect of. "Oh good, another three years of this from the same ones who put us into the mess." sdmehf us remember what damage control man went into effect to ensure the fewest heads possible roliedror did any heads ever really roll? having politics to poruiciarv, is a bad thing in my book I pay taxes and I wan! amwvrs Who was un the hiring cummmn" What are the (Insult. of the hvadhutltcrs' :nmmu tother lhan (mil. and tan we sm- fur failure to n-smm h. or did w" just gnu- them had pamvm-m's that said any st andals nm-(I not h" im 1"de So call it what you like. but as it was said by one citizen of the previous mayor. and I think it is true today of this council, " don't think you are up for the job" and no one should have to wait until 2006 to have a chance to clear the set again 'T,) a Waterloo kind of deal" is an idiom that mo many ofus are gelling used in saying. It has behind it a meaning that is nut a straight- forward in translation. Like the term, "thick as a brick" has little to do with building components and more in do with thought process. Pvrhaps. "suckered. snoukered, naiw heyund reasonable exams in regards In mum-y matters and general business handling?" or perhaps. "unwilling In check the "details?" would help to give a mean- ingtul meaning. I suggested resignation at a public meeting at Mauser Haus to the previous council, very shortly after the election in 2000. with the news of RIM Park financing. When it became apparent that the financing of RIM Park was an error in judgment that would be considered just cause. I think, in many circles of business. for someone to be fired, including them- selves as the previous council involved, I was told that they preferred to "see this through". by then- mayor Lynne Woolstencroft. The only innocent councillor on that council was MortyTaylor, so he could have stayed. Well. I've seein enough already from this council and I won't he quiet. They can mil me sour grapes. as I ran in the 2003 city election. but frankly it is not the case. " work and have other things In do with my time. but offered it in the fast election m try and help bring a change in munul. I would have been happy to sit on the side and cheer, hul I am mr reasingly angry at the dwismns being madeand yrs. being made HI-IHMI" the meet- ing again. as was obviously the also mm! rm ently in the Green Alum park resident ousting. And by the way. I still dun"! hrlu-vr- that they have taken ran' of the finan, ing with the I I pm t "ttt tax hike. hecause I dont we the figures adding up In that. and the removal ofqu share of Waterloo North Hydro was a bad decision in my book as well, What would this phrase be listed as in tt the Huurux ifinrludcd? tzrniident " m ' ity hall? Not yr: and no! wath this manual. in Inyupiniun Waterloo ttttttttttit should resign immediately Resign now and let the citipams he the judge Indy Gr-ood-spew" Waterloo VIEWPOINT Council achieved a set of new lows Now, in fairness, he may have been a bit hard to understand with his tongue in his cheek. Anyhow. he suggested that Waterloo give up and join with Kitchener in a bid to form a one-city region. I thought Premier MrGuinity achieved a set of new laws in starting a nt-w regime. but Waterloo council. in one swoop. fumbled to an (wen lower point. Ugh! Tan Unesi Those ri? us who've been rav- mg what a bust this summer has been could have it wane Fact is though that summer's been most- ly a fraud. There were few days so hot that almost no one was wishing the Cold War would have a temporary resumption. Anything to -rnakie it codler. Maybe France and Germany could renew their silly. chilly_salute _tofieorge Bush. Quoth he: "Waterloo had a second chance and blew it again. That proves we're not big enough or smart enough lo run our own affairs." What about Cambridge? "With all the land it's got, it's surefire to he --finaliy __ the biggest centre of them all. lust watch!" Grrsh! Waterloo knuckling under now after all it's survived an far first think of the effort it took to build the horse accom- mndalinn at (Innt'slnga mall. and the abortive effort to finam v a junior hockey Ieam when the arena was nearly "PIN', And then ultimately the skies - hmlu- and hrighlt-nml In the SA lust few years. for "rample, b Waterloou, tax rate. was lower Bh than Kin hum-fa and the future looked gorrd Then the HIM Park Cmarwing mess (as! a may" pail Then wonder of wonders - Waterloo (mind! did the impossible and spawned a hnck In naming of new ( At 1 What a Whim: It may be just a stray thought. but one Waterloo resident figures all is lost with the city's push to remain inde» pendent. Ah yes. if you have tried your hand at something and failed. the non best thing is to try your head. lust imagine if we were in the position of folks who have had to operate a businms It getting on toward time for advertising theToromo Ex, which means that summer is almost kaput. Anyhow the operator of a sponspark told me that it wiped om any prospect he had of a profit. And that's probably true of other weather-flattened businesses. Ah yes, ' Liberal wants to spend money he doesn't have. A Conservative is someone who ways to keep him from getting it. C J That wasn't the fate expected herause optimists aplenty fore DY (as! a rain of gold medals with a m few silver and hronre thrown in, Instead. thon- was heart break. etc . and not I-nnugh marks for many winners. They mm] their best and WP cart not expm t more Americans are getting higger and broad er. a fact which has filtered through to everybody amp! the people who mart off the seats in football stadiums dependent on the weather. They must feel ready to [ass in the hai- ance sheet and declare bankruptcy. I remember a had summer a dozen or so years ago. It wasn't cool, but it rained a bunch of weekends in a row. Six or seven rainy weekends in a row. as I recall it, Slow Descent: The federal Tories have slipped by four per cent, a recent poll shows. Say have you heard much about them since election day? Gas Pangs: Gasoline priciis are Em! soar- ing like eagles off and on. but the con- sumers now do little more than cuss. - We can't expect stable, lower v . , prices until George Duhyah gets )11 , R the Iraq mess sorted out. Stili. there's no “w in kidding ourselves that f anada is we: going In do well without pnnying up more dollars, By contrast. the United States has athr lows that are close to professional slams. So much so they'll have to take a pay ml when they decide to do it for a living. And ho. ho, mm the ArrGricans to win bushel baskets full of medals while fighting a war on obesity It's hard to tell about rain. It's something lhakwhell you carry an umbrella. it doesn't. By the time he does, some» body may have invented a water-powered car. And the Grand River would offer enough additives to make the water car a threat at Indy. It's All Over: The Olympics have folded up again and, alas, Canada has not ma many medals in gloat over,