LETTER: Saanich council ignores public’s will

Saanich council unanimously voting on the dog-leash situation could be very puzzling. Maybe I’m mistaken, I assumed we lived in a democracy the place the voters and residents within the majority have a sure measure of management over the selections made affecting them. Sannich is displaying democracy is simply relevant when it aligns with the wants of particular curiosity teams and politicians.

In any other case, as Colin Plant said, if the vote was merely primarily based on public opinion the vote would have been a no brainer. I assume I used to be naïve to suppose that public opinion does matter. The overwhelming public opinion ought to outweigh the minority opinion in relation to these community-use issues. In any other case, why will we even have the method? Why don’t we simply have a wheel and spin it each time we wish to set public coverage? I’m certain democracy is alive and nicely someplace, simply not in Saanich.

Doug Coulson

Saanich