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NO SALUTE FOR THE " PEACE BRIDGE"
Posted 7/28/2009 12:44:00 AM

  Sorry,  but I won't be saluting the Peace Bridge. Tell me if I'm right or wrong on this one.
   It's dedication to our Canadian War dead is inspired by cheap politics, not respect, nor honour, in my opinion.
 
  One alderman ran the over priced footpath up the flag pole as a new, artsy-fartsy tourist attraction.
 
  Another aldermen never heard until City Councils' name the bridge meeting, that it was ever intended to be dedicated to our fallen troops.
 
   The Mayor says this was the intention from day one. So I guess those alderman are just telling fibs for the fun of it, or out of the loop, or missed the here's the adminstration company line memo.
 
    Whose telling the truth? Or as many suspect was this dedication
conjoured up at the last minute to deflect the ground swell of citizen
outrage over the cost, ...

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