ast while, with big dump trucks taking away honking boulders in order to create a parking lot. "They paved paradise and put up a parking lot"I cannot imagine how councillors could pass such a project through town planning. Residents continue to be opposed, yet they have little recourse since Councillors have been hard at work creating a plan for the area.
The trucks are hauling away tons of rock. The trees look wobbly on the top of the promontory.The dentist in the house adjacent has had issues with the blasting, so says the Bracebridge Examiner.
It is most difficult to weigh progress, with the environmental issues and seasonal jobs in this town. It has a long history of difficulties, with the land originally being deeded to early settlers, ripping it out of the hands of the Aboriginal Peoples who settled it long ago. Finally, in 2007, I recall working in one of the stores when they renamed the park in honour of our Port Carling son, James Bartleman. I would highly recommend his book, Raisin Wine, if you are interested in both the history of Port and his story of abject poverty, yet love of nature and joy. What a difference he has made living his life as a survivor.
Port is a great town. All comes to a halt when the ferry steams on through the locks. At one point last year, and, apparently this fall, there will be a shut down as a ship is dry docked. For a town with a 3-season economy, based on good weather, they are hard-pressed
to find the right time for such work.What is interesting in the media is that in these small towns the press has a vested interest, or is related to someone who does. Articles tend not to be strictly reporting, with much bias embedded in what can only be coined editorials. The Save the Bala Falls group has won the hearts of the press, with quoted opinions that get in the way of facts. Having lived 25 years in Ottawa and the previous 25 in Toronto, I am more familiar with the cut-throat, dog-eat-dog reporting where bias is clearly reflected, but balanced with a panel from various view points. Each newspaper, of course, has its Liberal-Conservative-NDP bias, they tend not to be too Green yet, but within the articles and editorials we find much in the way of food for thought.
What is great in the Information Age, is that we have access to all sorts of opinions, some (i.e., blogs) we understand more biased than others but some media postings appear to be articles, rather than letters to the editor or information pieces.
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The promised land of the internet where everyone's view can be shared there-by bringin in an age of open and accurate jourbalisum is degenerated to a a myriad of anonymous screemaing heads spouting authoritativly on things they care for but know nothing about.
This is the age of ignorance in it's literal sense. "Ignorance from the word ignore (to refuse to take notice of) the condition of knowing something but refusing to take notice of it" (wikipedia)
Maybe it's not that bad. But sometimes online you find a den of snakes.
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