Told you so 1.

Memory lane here. Elections are not democracy in action. Instead they provide the mechanism for representative democracy. Its a farm run by turkeys.

One of those I told you so moments just came through. I had helped this particular person to win election in TWNBMB. The person was a capable administrator of the little empire but failed to provide a leader like vision for the community. One of the issues that I thought the council failed to understand was the fragility of northern economies.

The Ontario government was looking for sites for summer time casinos. At the time there mounted a strong opposition to the plan to put one in TWNBMB. Apparently, the presence of a gambling hall was beneath the moral level of the community. And the noses pierced the fucking stratosphere.

My point was that there wasn't a line for morality in the tax form. It would help stabilize the local economy. Diversity is the secret. Now TWNBMB was the same town that allowed a pedophile to run it for a dozen or so years. They preached morality?

I told the mayor that someday the mill and the mine might close. The presence of a casino would help diversify the retail sector. They closed their ears to the suggestion.

Anyhow. Ahem... Told you so. :))