Archive for October, 2007
According to an article posted on Canada.com today, Canadians have the highest percentage of obese adults of 63 nations investigated. Here's a link to the article. I wonder if anyone has stopped to ...
The message that we share at SDW is that we can make a difference. Often, it is a message that is lost in the cacophony of fear that mass media spreads. Imagine my surprise ...
Myth Number 7 If you don't like growth, you're a "NIMBY" or an "Anti".Reality Check: NIMBYs have valid concerns.The overused NIMBY acronym, "not in my backyard," is supposed to reflect ...
We have so little in the ways of examples of truly progressive municipal thought processes locally that it is difficult to picture what a lot of the global experts are talking about when it ...
Myth Number 6Growth is inevitable. Growth management doesn't work and therefore we have no choice but to continue growing. You can't put a fence around our town.Reality Check: You can establish limits ...
I just want to say thank you to The Windsor Star for reminding me that we have one member of city council who isn't afraid to speak up and tell people the way it ...
It seems that, after years of fighting to get the message out, that people in high places are finally starting to listen. Oh yes, and the media has picked up on it too!According ...
There is a fear in the halls of political power to broach certain topics with honesty, regardless of expert opinion.Take the war on drugs. It has been proven beyond a shadow of ...
