Wednesday, February 6, 2008

The price of democracy -- Richard Rolke.

Kudos for Richard Rolke. Democracy has been attacked left and right by politicians of late. Perhaps a seminar should be held to refresh the memory of those who have forgotten the democratic principles and teach them to those who never knew what they were.

This is just another attempt to divert attention from issues created by the establishment of the Greater Vernon Services Commission (now Committee) which presently is having major problems.

As Richard said, if those amalgamations materialized existing conflicts would be just simmering within and not be resolved. The further away one gets from the center of governance the less his/her needs are addressed.


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