FURTHER ON KEN SEILING & THE LRT

Peter Shawn Taylor wrote in last Thursday's Waterloo Region Record the following article "The municipal election makes history-ancient history". Mr. Taylor compares ancient Athens to the Region of Waterloo today. It is an interesting comparison for at the very least the history lesson from the past regarding overeaching governments. Mr. Taylor suggests that Chair Ken Seiling has a layer of soft authoritarianism and glory-seeking beneath much of his agenda. Mr. Taylor also takes to task a number of regional initiatives dealing with development, infilling and the environment such as watering restrictions and the green box. Mr. Taylor even criticizes the nanny state somewhat via the regional Health Department's meddling in our food choices as in healthy food choices. While I don't agree with everything Mr. Taylor says there is certainly an accuracy about a lot of it. Eventually he gets around to Light Rail Transit and how expensive, glorious and ambitious the project is. Mr. Taylor's final shot is to wonder whether LRT will someday end up as no more than a Greek tragedy. Interesting comments and comparison.