Ya'll just wait until tomorrow. I have the answer to fix all of London's problems.

I am reposting this in it's entirety because not everyone clicks links. It is somewhat a counterpoint to these forums, critical, but worth reading. I don't believe we are THAT broken and that we are here talking more because we can, than things (other than our attitudes towards each other) need to be fixed. But please do click the link. There is an absolutely fantastic photo of London included.
Discuss.
Are We That Broken London?
By Brian Raymond
http://brianraymond.wordpress.com/2011/05/10/are-we-that-broken-london/

Day in and day out for the last couple months everywhere I look somebody is trying to fix London. Local blogs, newspapers, television shows, indie rags, social media of all sorts and just about everybody and their mother is asking the question.

How can we fix London? What can we do to make London Better? How can we revitalize this? How can we revitalize this city? It goes on and on and on everywhere you look.

Here’s my question…

When did London get so broken?

Holy Fuck!! Is it that bad here? When and why is there such a sudden urgency to fix this place? What the hell is wrong with it?

Now before ya’ll get pissy and get your panties in a knot let me make 1 thing clear. I’m all for expansion, growth and a better way of living in our city. I just don’t understand the sudden onslaught of people all of a sudden jumping on the bandwagon to get it done.

Perhaps it’s our new mayor and the tree he seems to have growing in his back yard that grows thousand dollar bills on a daily basis. Perhaps a “bandwagon” is exactly it. I don’t know what it is but it’s everywhere I look.

I have to admit, daily I read a special section in the LFP called Who’s London? I also have to admit the reason I do read it is because of the absolutely idiotic ideas that are popping up there.

“Whose London? What’s London? How’s London? You tell us. We’re aiming for the heart of the city’s identity and we need you to guide us there with the kinds of subjects about our own home on the Thames that you want us to explore in The Free Press and at lfpress.com over the next many months. Post your topics here and see what others think of them”

Changing the name of the city = Malarkey!

Build Canada’s tallest skyscraper = Malarkey!

Gut the whole downtown and start over = Malarkey!

A city wide training course in friendliness = Malarkey!

Refunds on buses when they are more than 5 minutes late or full = Malarkey!

Take away all the rules and regulations for people that want to start a sidewalk business = Malarkey!

Now I don’t know much about much but really? Do people actually think any of these idea’s will bring people to the downtown core? Will any of these idea’s change our identity? Me thinks not.

Perhaps I got off topic there for a minute. Again, I just don’t understand the barrage of attention this whole thing is getting all of a sudden and really, does anybody out there honestly believe it’s going to go anywhere?

Some of the people I do see working to make our city a better place to live I say BRAVO! I say this because I’ve seen them doing it day in and day out since I moved here. As for the rest, get off the bandwagon. You’re just annoying.