To the editor:
NIMBY — Not in My Backyard — thrives in Oakville.
Ninety-nine percent — an estimate by one resident in last week’s newspaper — draw the red line at allowing housing for poor, old people on Telegraph Road in Oakville.
Driving on Telegraph Road every day, it seems to me we’ve allowed all types of activities to populate this road, yet we object to a place for old, poor and probably some black people.
About public notice: I don’t understand that if the sign was posted, and you live next door or work next door — the people who are really affected — wouldn’t or shouldn’t you have noticed the sign?
As one of the 1 percent, I’m not disheartened that government failed us. I am disheartened that our compassion for others failed us.
