is it just me or is it time to force the homeowners to allow building of permanent dikes around the houses on kingston row, etc?
yes, we know how much you love your riverfront view, but seriously. Begging people to come and sandbag your house (at the expense of everyone else) year after year after year is just ridiculous when a permanent solution is needed and as far as i'm aware, possible.
Some pretty affluent people live there, pretty criminal too! The irony of volunteer sandbaggers, who hold jobs paying $20 000 a year, working hard freely for people who make $200 000 a year is not lost on me. No mention of that background in media coverage.
No background, no context, no meaning, just shorter and shorter soundbites.
I have to admit, I hadn't thought of this. I thought I was being a good community citizen by volunteering, and that this is something one does on the prairies, (and probably something I'd still do, under the right circumstances) but when you put it in these terms,....
I'm sure many private homeowners would like to take appropriate measures, but is the city allowing them to? I thought that property lines do not include the riverbanks or riparian zones.
Well one of the homes right by the St Vital bridge is/was owned by Al Golden. Thus the 'affluent, criminal' references.
Some pretty affluent people live there, pretty criminal too! The irony of volunteer sandbaggers, who hold jobs paying $20 000 a year, working hard freely for people who make $200 000 a year is not lost on me. No mention of that background in media coverage.
No background, no context, no meaning, just shorter and shorter soundbites.
The real issue is that the floodway itself is designed to protect Winnipeg at the expense of the surrounding communities. A couple of years ago, there were a few properties bought out by the provincial government north of the city. Maybe that was or was not the right thing to do. But in Winnipeg, there are so many houses, buildings, apartments, and condos right up to the river's edge which probably shouldn't be there. I'm not holding my breath waiting for any of those properties to be expropriated.
Anyone remember why the dikes that were there originally years and years ago were removed?
