Community-centric decisions should be made within community

Published: October 21, 2008 11:59 p.m.

Last modified: October 22, 2008 12:10 a.m.

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Although voter turnout was poor, I hope that the mayor and all elected councillors realize that there is voter dissatisfaction with the way the municipality is being run. They need to look at how they can improve the structure so that decisions are made on a timely basis and community centric decisions are made within the community. In this 250th year of democracy we no longer have a democratic form of municipal government. We can only vote for the mayor and our district councillor, however, the entire council makes the decisions. We don’t get to vote for the entire council — should we? What if we had a reduced number of councillors, elected at-large and community councils that actually have financial and decision making capabilities? Nova Scotia is a wonderful place to live and the capital city could be so much more. It only needs to be tweaked to ensure that it becomes the great place that it can be. Changes need to be made now — not four years down the road.
- Donna Lugar, Halifax