By Pepper Parr
May 24, 2015
BURLINGTON, ON
The Gazette got a telephone call from a reader who had made a comment a number of months ago and wanted to know if we could delete the comment.
We asked why. The caller explained that the person was looking for a job and was worried that someone would do an online search and come across the comment and that it would reflect negatively on that person.
We agreed to delete the comment and did so. Here is the comment that was made.
This article confirms that the current leadership has failed to acknowledge and identify that there is a real problem facing not only the business owners/operators in the downtown area but to residents as well.
The optics of the current situation downtown and leadership model are certainly troubling and the statistics all but confirm, in my opinion, that the current leadership is not up to the task. The failure to adapt has put the future and potential of the downtown area on a disturbing path.
The size of the problem and the associated failure of leadership is extraordinary. I can only hope that those who vote can identify this and make the right decision.
As mentioned before this is my opinion.
When the leadership of a community invokes this kind of fear – the whole community is in trouble. Leading is best done by consent.
I remember this comment, but cannot remember the story, so can the editor give us a lead or link please?
In any case, we are in trouble.