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Hypocritical boomers will be seen as a selfish generation

This is my 110th column for the Delta Optimist, and my last. Rather than a self-indulgent explanation of why, I'm simply going to end with some random thoughts that never made it to print. Enjoy... or not.

This is my 110th column for the Delta Optimist, and my last. Rather than a self-indulgent explanation of why, I'm simply going to end with some random thoughts that never made it to print. Enjoy... or not.

Is there anything more annoying than hypocritically preachy baby boomers? They smoked, drank, cheered hockey fights and drove cars that spewed more pollution in a week than modern cars do in a year, and now want to eliminate, or excessively tax, these activities for subsequent generations. Couple that with them happily deferring the cost of the government entitlements they've feathered their nests with, and it's easy to see why boomers will be remembered as the most selfish generation.

How far has political debate been dumbed-down when the preeminent hosts on the top-rated talk-radio station in B.C. are two people who have no public-policy experience or knowledge, and who probably think economics is a high school class where you learn how to make baking powder biscuits? No wonder B.C. politicians think they can get away with anything.

Millions of dollars later, the final report out of the Oppal commission on missing women will be so filled with obvious conclusions we'll all wonder why we had to spend a penny to get there. Here's a preview: Among risky professions, drug-addicted prostitute ranks pretty high. The police investigators ignored evidence and generally screwed up. Police are always reluctant to admit a serial killer is on the loose. What won't be on the report is the latter two sentences hold true for every serial killer case, regardless of the victims.

Is there anything out there that has a lower adhesion factor than the 2012 garbage bag stickers the municipality mailed out late last year? Teflon? Nah, that would be a tie. The second most useless thing the municipality dropped on us in the past year? The traffic light at 52nd Street and Spyglass in Tsawwassen.

Recently, my kids passed their driving tests and were presented with ICBC engraved key chains. What a waste of money. It's almost as bad as when they hired Vicki Gabereau for those insipid "Guess what I learned about insurance" ads.

What were the B.C. Liberal Party members who voted Christy Clark into the premier's office thinking? Did they actually believe she advanced to deputy premier because she was a great MLA, and not just because Gordon Campbell was polling poorly with women at the time? If they had at least taken the time to listen to her radio show, they'd have known Clark is as vacant as a North Korean high-rise.

You know you've come into your own as a government when you start squandering massive amounts of your constituents' money on boondoggle projects. Unfortunately for everyone, I believe that by 2020 Tsawwassen Mills will be more commonly known as the "mall of broken dreams."

Well, that's it. Oh, and by the way, regardless of what they say about it, we're going to keep Checkers. Good-bye.