What We Don't Know

This message speaks very clearly for itself. It speaks louder and is more sobering than any silly poet. Thanks to Garry & Sherry Tingley for these VERY wise words that should cause all Langley residents to think long and hard.

The older we get the more we DON'T KNOW.

• We don't know why there is a Notice of Exclusion Application (ALR) in the Langley Times, Mar. 20, Page 5 for housing and there aren't protests, Town meetings, ugly letters in the paper and delegations to Council.

• We don't know why all of Willougby including the Events Center has been developed on good farm land and there were no protests.

• We don't know why we were accosted at the Co-op by people who can't even explain the issues of the Mufford Overpass but want folks to sign a petition against it. When they are asked to talk about it the answer is - "the Township wants to destroy our farmland, you have to sign it !!"  My response was bring me some farm produce from that piece of property and you got yourself a deal. Otherwise I'd like a safe path of transportation from my home to ALL of the amenities of the community I live in.

• We don't know why our streets here in Milner have been "littered" with old election signs turned inside out and with "save our farmland" written on them. Are there any guidlines about roadside signs?

• We don't know why there is such a commotion about the worst piece of farmland and best crop of swamp grass in the valley when the outcome is likely improved land quality.

• We don't know how folks think that roads bring cars when  ALL  of the time ALL cars come from houses and we are putting houses on farmland every single day.

• We don't know why this community is so proud of being the "Horse Capitol" which translates into piles of horse manure on some (many) small pieces of property and yet we still rely on ground water. It is a tough decision ... remove a little gravel and fill it with nice top soil for good drainage OR horse manure on a huge amount of the land draining into the "public use" aquifer ... which to choose ???  ... which to protest ???

• We don't know why votes can be "re-done" and embarrassing name calling of people, threats, cheering, clapping and repetition of whining is an acceptable part of a meeting that appears to have explicit rules for some parts but not for other parts of it.

• We don't know why people don't follow the Golden Rule ... the Overpass may effect us here on our street in Milner with more traffic (likely not) but when we leave our house we become traffic on someone else's road and they don't protest.

• Mostly, we don't know how  JIM McGREGOR (Langley Times, Mar.20, Page 8) knew exactly how we feel, think and approach life and wrote an article about it !!!!!    THANKS Jim.

• We DO know the Council is for EVERY single resident of Langley and sometimes we are happy and sometimes we are not ...

Stay the course folks. 

Garry and Sherry Tingley