Re: 鈥淰ictoria going down a dismal path,鈥� letter, Nov. 1.
The writer is correct that Victoria is spiralling into the abyss with a city council happily leading the way.
To those working in unison with Mayor Lisa Helps:
Which one of you has the courage to require the homeless and downtrodden to display accountability for their actions when they are given food, shelter and clothing on a regular basis?
Which one of you has the courage to allow the merchants on Fort Street to exhale by taking down the barriers to entry you have built?
Who among you has the courage to fix the bike-lane fiasco by re-routing our beloved cyclists to the numerous less-congested streets? With this, who among you is in favour of making the streets safer for our cyclists and motorists? Who among you will allow Fort Street its rightful place as a three-lane artery?
Who among you will admit taking down the statue of Sir John A. Macdonald was a mistake? Who among you understands that almost every leader/pioneer/builder/politician had a 鈥渂ackground鈥� that had blemishes?
Who among you has the courage to stand up for a city you have already put on the precipice for decline by fast-tracking anti-business, anti-commuting and anti-tourist policies with the arrogant self-entitlement bias you continue to display?
Will you let Victoria breathe again, or will you point fingers at those of us who want civilized progress?
It鈥檚 your call, mayor and council, do you have any courage?
Jim Gibson
Victoria
