As Though Tourists Care...

Tourists don't care there's new signage going up.

Highway 6 sign October 14, 2016

Welcome to Greater Vernon--and its alternate face--Thank you for Visiting have been in place for nearly 10 years on Highways 97 and 6 and suddenly nobody seems to have the money to maintain them.

So typical of bureaucrats and politicians.

Some politicians said people don't know what Greater Vernon means.
Some politicians said they won't pay for maintenance because signs don't include the electoral areas B and C.
Some politicians say signs should only state Welcome to Vernon.

You'd have thought somebody--anybody, including the regional district--would've included maintenance for the signs during their construction.

As part and parcel of their installation.

But apparently not.

Kia would've had an idea for a sign that seems increasingly appropriate:

  "Welcome to Our Ungovernable Region",

and its alternate

"Thank you for Visiting our Ungovernable Region"

Amen to that.

Back on January 27, 2014--when the following two photos were taken--the crumbling of facades was considered a metaphor for the area's governance...and many residents agreed.

photos taken January 27, 2014

Almost three years later, the metaphor still fits.
Mostly because the same politicians and bureaucrats are in place.

...and they either don't plan appropriately or they simply piss money away on stuff that's not important in the scheme of things.