cynical

call me cynical if you will but democracy is a sham.

the vast majority of people are too shortsighted to see the forest past the 100 yr old redwood they have their nose pressed against.

as a general rule people have short term memories. in municipal politics this results in people supporting the guy who fixed the pot hole down the street - while ignoring the fact that same guy has increased taxes, ignored critical issues until the news is involved or done nothing for the benefit of our city.

i have lived in hamilton my whole life and have no intention of ever leaving. i love this city.

yes hamilton has had is having some hard times. it's not easy to find a job. property taxes are the highest in the country. our infrastructure is faultering. our community services are lacking.
these are the problems our city council, our mayor have put us in - they turn away companies wishing to build here, create jobs here (not minimum wage jobs either), they hinder small company expansion, they don't invest in our communities (cutting the budget while giving themselves a raise is more important), they don't run our money making ventures so they actually MAKE MONEY.

doesn't that sound like we need a change?