On the Waterfront

A comment I posted today on a message board regarding Brantfords much beloved "Waterfront Master Plan".

How duplicitous it is for people to extol the “value” (to whom and for what?) of an untouched, pristine wilderness, as long as it does not interfere with their air conditioners, in ground pools and ATV’s. When a developer seeks to build, we know whose commercial interests will be served. But when self-proclaimed heroes pressure city council to prohibit construction on unowned land and dot the city map with green blobs and massive “no build zones”, we always assume the best of intentions. It could never be an effort to secure for themselves a beautiful vista at the expense of taxpayers, could it? Nobody will ever have any way of knowing that some perched fen (grass!) potentially stood in the way of his new home, or that unwalkable sprawl was the result of land use restrictions enacted in the name of saving a family of spotted owls. Perhaps we need a moratorium to deal with the growth and expansion of the OMNR and its affiliates.