The Editor,
The civic election is just about a month off and I’ve yet to hear a word uttered by anyone about Steveston’s abandoned waterfront commercial wasteland.
The perpetrators of this tragic urban design and economic development catastrophe — incumbent Mayor Malcolm Brodie and his council colleagues who are seeking re-election — have neither admitted their culpability nor committed to a resolve of the stand-off to which they are collectively one stubborn and narrow-minded party.
The collection of ambitious newcomers who hope to attract enough of our votes to join a new city council either don’t have a grasp of this important issue affecting Steveston’ s future, or they are content to ignore it.
Perhaps some hope they too will be able to follow the practice of the current lot of politicians who contentedly dump hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars into half-completed public projects in Steveston, with the promise of attending ribbon-cuttings each time some small incremental milestone in these endless undertakings is completed.
What about Steveston merchants — a most parochial and spineless lot?
They seem all too comfortable delivering sub-par customer service without competition, thanks to city council’s folly in restricting commercial space over the last year and a half.
I hope Steveston voters will wake up soon.
Bob Ransford
Richmond
