Darcy Casselman's weblog. Just like old times.
Oh, Adam, this could have worked out so much better if you’d just read [[wiki:The Ethical Slut]]. Instead, I have to be subjected to the usual media tropes about philandering politicians.
sigh.
Wouldn’t it have been more fun if his “live-in partner” could come out and say “Yeah, I know and I’m cool with it.” Of course, if everyone was cool with it, there would be no jilted lover going to The Star to destroy his career. Let this be a lesson to us all.
Do you read Seth Godin’s blog? You should read today’s post, particularly if you’ve been following the HUG thing.
Which statement do you think is more likely to generate the desired response?
I’ve been living here for 50 years! I pay my taxes! This neighbourhood is a disaster and the city needs to do something!
or
I love this neighbourhood and I really like living here. I think it would be really great if more of the people like me who want to live here were able to.
Even if nothing else comes out of this, I hope some people at least learn something from it.
After the jump is the speech I gave to Waterloo City Council on Monday. The meeting itself was written up in the Chronicle, but I don’t think the quote from me totally sums up what I was trying to say (you know, newspaper quotes…).
I’ve mostly been complaining about the media and the residents’ association here and on WWBA. It took me a bit to figure out what to say to council.