Attaboy, Peter!

It doesn't even matter what the topic is--and there are many "issues" in the North Okanagan--but Peter Moore's letter to the editor of the Morning Star, published today, hit the proverbial nail on its head with these last two paragraphs:

"We citizens, via our elected officials, should be directing provincial employees, not the other way around.

If government leaders and employees

do not follow the will of the people,

 I suggest democracy

 in the City of Vernon, the North Okanagan and

 our area of the province of B.C. has failed,

 and we should

remove these autocrats with our votes

 at the next provincial and municipal elections."

Peter Moore was, of course, referring to the Stickle Road/Highway 97 debacle. 

But the sentiment could just as easily apply to any of the myriad issues here.

Water prices, fees, spendthrift municipal (and provincial) governments, increasing bureaucracy/staff...on and on the list goes.

"The government asks us for input at public forums," says an observer, "and then ignores the majority's will."

"So why bother?",  replies another. 

Why indeed.

"Because government knows and decides what is best for you," says Kia unaffectedly, adding "they even have a government 'whip' to ensure everybody toes the line."

Maybe that whip can be employed come election time.