Editor: I attended the Wednesday evening session of the Southlands public hearing last week. Taking away from the interesting presentations by my fellow residents was the rancorous and rude commentary by several in the audience sitting directly behind my daughter and I, which made hearing somewhat difficult despite the PA system.
To their credit, after being asked to show the same respect these audience members demanded for "their" speakers, they stopped the barrage of desultory comments. The issue here is not the audience and certainly not their emotions. It is our mayor allowing the speeches/presentations to be interrupted both by clapping and by less complimentary methodology.
And more importantly that our mayor and council has allowed the Southlands issue to go on until South Delta appears to be a house divided. How I feel personally regarding the issue is now far beside the point; it is time to make a decision and go forward.
If the decision is yes, then please mitigate any potential damage to the citizens of Tsawwassen who will be directly impacted. If the decision is no, then it is no, until another rendition is placed before council.
P. Cropo
