Here we go

 

The Voice of London took some time to do an interview with me , so be prepared there is a lot to read.            

Bob Howard in the Voice of London

Mary Lou Ambrogio's opinions on the upcoming election

As the weeks have gone by the political posturing has come before us in earnest.  We have seen article after article of what is suppose to be the next big issue of the day.  Is it full time councillors, a full time pay raise, water rates, hydro rates, a 0% tax increase or is it the same old same old…I’m better because I’m an incumbent.  We have stopped looking at what they have done with the time they are there.  Now they try and distract us not with their record but what they propose they need to do in the future.  We know this drill quite well , like the old jokes goes… Son: Dad do all fairy tales start with once upon a time?  Dad: No son, some start with…If Elected I promise. 

It’s amazing how out of touch our current council is now with the average Londoner.  They spend more time back pedalling on something they have proposed then they do moving forward.  Let’s face it we need more real common sense talk about the common sense issues.  The economy may be turning around but their are still a lot of Londoner’s living pay cheque to paycheque.  There is also a large percentage of people who are on EI or social assistance.  Yet hydro rates rise, property taxes rise, costs of everything rise.  How many of our elected officials are living from their so called mediocre pay cheque to pay cheque from our tax dollars?  They tell us that they have so much work on their plates they need to be full time, they need full time pay and as such will need full time support staff.  Is this the reason they can’t keep up with what is going on in the city?  Is this the reason they don’t listen to our highly paid city staff?  Because they are just to tired from having to cram all this full time work in such a small amount of time that they have available?  Laughable at best.

Our politicians still take their vacations, still have long weekends, still seem to have lots of time to do websites, blogs, twitter accounts.  How can they both be struggling to find the time to do the city’s work, yet, still have more than ample time to do everything else?  Stephen Hawkings would be impressed with their ability to warp time.

We need to stop buying into the media’s perception of what is relevant and pay attention to our own common sense.  The same voice that says don’t buy that new car this year, you can’t afford it.  Instead we get bombarded with the media taking advantage of our short term memory and doing everything to make us forget about the past.  Think of their promises and realize their results.  Do we need four more years of the same?  This time without a Board of Control.  Council will be our budget chiefs…..scarier than any Hollywood movie.  If you think we had a lot of pilot programs, outsourced studies before be prepared to see a nice rise in the next four years if our current political horse shoe is elected again. 

We survive and thrive by using common sense in our lives, should we not expect the same from our politicians?