It’s the perfect time of year for New Year’s resolutions! I’m making some of my own (do better at keeping in touch with my grandparents, manage my money better and exercise more than twice a year).
But let’s face it – it’s always more interesting to poke your nose into other people’s business. So, starting with the Town of Tisdale, here’s a few resolutions you might want to consider:
1. The town should update the list of landlords provided to prospective tenants. When I called every person on the list this fall, several numbers were out of service and several people had been out of the rental business for years. Renting is hard enough in this town – why are renters being given such an outdated list?
2. 100th Avenue east of Main Street is an absolute disaster. It’s one thing to have a pothole here and there, but this avenue is more pothole than road. Can we put that on our number one priority list for 2017 construction season?
3. Here’s one for all of us to embrace: let’s vow to use our signal lights. This will help me with a personal resolution to complain less. If drivers signal their intentions, I will be much more serene about driving in town.
Okay, I can tell Tisdale is a little tired of being picked on. Let me poke my nose into other people’s business, then:
1. The North East School Division can do its students a favour and bring back French-language education. Our local schools have great music, drama and sports programs, but it’s time to up the language game. I don’t care what it is – Spanish, German, Mandarin – just give them the opportunity to learn a second language.
2. Nipawin needs to take a good, hard look at how it’s going to deal with affordable housing. We’ve covered the housing issue extensively in both the Recorder and Review. It’s unacceptable that residents of Nipawin are homeless due to a lack of housing.
3. Melfort should lobby for another family doctor. I heard one parent say his family doesn’t have a general practitioner. That is simply unacceptable.
It’s such a nice feeling to poke your nose into other people’s business, isn’t it? If you could give the Review a New Year’s resolution, what would it be?
