This city has too many different constituencies with vastly different interests, all trying to pull the blanket their way. No one ends up happy.
I mean, seriously. The fact that we can’t seem to decide what we want in a police chief is yet another indication that a city trying to represent urban, suburban and rural voters doesn’t work and cannot work. It only leads to mediocre compromises that make nobody happy.
Ottawa residents were asked in a survey whether they thought the next chief should be “a change agent,” a “capable administrator” or “an experienced person dealing with complex issues,” among other qualities. “Respondents were near unanimous in weighing all the attributes as important,” the It can’t be done. We keep trying to square the circle and end up with an unrecognizable shape that serves no useful purpose.Article content
We are sempiternal yet unsuccessful Goldilockses, in search of that happy middle between car-centric suburban cheap living and vibrant urban artsiness — to say nothing of what rural residents in the outlying areas are looking for but not getting from City Hall. We never hit the sweet spot and are stuck with suburbs that are oppressive, an embarrassing lack of public amenities in the urban core and grumpy farmers all around.
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