All Statements of Support
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Jason MacIsaac says,
Strongly support LRT and the long term business it will bring to downtown Hamilton and surrounding area. Thanks!!
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Susan Inch says,
As a mountain resident who may not directly benefit from LRT, I still feel it is essential that we go ahead with this plan. LRT is the way of the future! I would be so embarrassed to be a Hamiltonian if Council lets this opportunity slip away. It is an economy boost for the entire city, an efficient and modern transit system, and promoting a greener environment. There is no valid reason NOT to go ahead. I'm sure we can all learn to live with the inconvenience during construction. Don't be narrow-minded. Think of the future! PLEASE support LRT now!
Susan Inch
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Cora Muis says,
As a ward 14 resident, I recognize that healthy downtowns make for healthy cities with tax savings for all in the long run. LRT will encourage corporate investment along the entire length along with residential investment and a desire to live where you can count on infrastructure to stay put and useable Bus routes can change, but an LRT route does not. When you can count on transit, you can get rid of your car.
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Maureen Barnes says,
Look to the future of the city, we need to always be moving forward!
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Stuart Small says,
Please, continue the process and see the building of Hamilton's LRT, wihtout delay and lengthy, time consuming, debate. This will be a tremendous step forward into Hamilton's future, development, and well-being. Other cities around the world have seen enormous benefit from the very same type of schemes. Please, allow the ambitious city to advance with this critical infrastructure project. Keep it on track and let's see it built!
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Shane Percy says,
Please do not back away from better transit for Hamilton.
This city BADLY NEEDS the benefits of rapid transit investment. Study after study shows how this kind of infrastructure can turn things around. Hamilton doesn't have to be a depressing place!
Build it, and they will come!
Thanks for listening
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Catherine Rivers says,
I would like to see our Hamilton, a vibrant and environmentally sustainable place to live by building the LRT.
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Jane Slote says,
Again, please don't miss out on this one time opportunity to keep pace with other major cities and to move Hamilton forward. As you know, the funding is for LRT ONLY and will be allocated to a more progressive city of Hamilton declines. PLEASE GET ON BOARD!!
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Rick Raposo says,
I support LRT in Hamilton 100%!!!
How is this issue even still debatable?
Give your head a Shake council!
Think as a city, not as a small Ward!!!
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Teresa LaFave says,
Hamilton needs this LRT, we are moving towards being a city for all. Accepting this great opportunity will ensure that we keep moving in the direction that we should be going towards. We can be a great city, all of the elements are here, we just need leaders and Hamiltonians to keep our direction going forward towards the growth we are seeing and experiencing.
With the new Go Station, new investments by IBM, McMaster, Innovation Park, the restaurants, the Pier, I can go on and on, we are moving forward.
Please vote YES to the LRT. Whether we are on the mountain, downtown, it doesn’t matter, this benefits all of us.
A strong, vibrant, accessible downtown is good for all of Hamilton.
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Doug Jackson says,
Concerns relating to a project this size is to be expected. I believe the benefits in years to come far outweigh the short term pain during the construction phase. If council scuttles this project I fear Hamilton will be the laughingstock of all Canada. One billion down the drain as well as future economic benefits of joining the 21st century.
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Chris Lucas says,
Just get on a built it as funded!@
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Deb Caunter says,
The LRT plan is a strong step forward for this city and it's future. Please support it.
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Michael Morgan says,
I live on the mountain, and yet I see the real advantages that the proposed LRT line will bring to our city. Working as I have in the technology sector for the better part of the last two decades, I can say with confidence that the world has moved on, the steel industry is not coming back, that this is absolutely okay, and the success of a city is not measured in how quickly people can leave it to work in other municipalities, but in how efficiently people can move through it to local jobs without requiring an automobile. We need the LRT to put in that foundation and attract those high-tech employers for whom this is a priority as well. I can only hope that our myopic councillors will be able to move beyond their petty and pathetic self interest to see this truth as well, and understand that by clinging to the past of Hamilton all they are succeeding in doing is sacrificing the prosperity of its future.
Whether it was the proposed mass transit system that eventually went to Vancouver or the debate of the location of the stadium, Hamilton City Council has developed a real reputation for dithering and an inability to deliver on long-term strategic goals. I am unsure if this is due to an extreme cowardice on the part of our council to make firm decisions, or if it relates to a tragic ineptitude amongst our council members to manage city affairs, however, regardless of the cause, Council appears to have done their best to make our city a laughingstock amongst Ontario municipalities. I don't hold out any hope that Council will do the right thing in this instance (i.e., confirm support for LRT, a much needed enhancement to our wretched public transportation service) and lay the groundwork for a successful future, but rather suspect that it will continue to waste time in pissing contests and continue to work to the detriment of the long-term success of our entire city and the people who call it home.
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Lee Edward McIlmoyle says,
I suspect I've already signed this, but just in case, here goes:
Please, City of Hamilton Councillors, please accept the billion dollar Metrolinx LRT plan. History shows us that we've failed this test several times in the past sixty years, and it will be years or perhaps even decades before we can start again, when we finally do recognize the need is upon us.
I truly believe that Hamilton needs to update its transit system to better accommodate the myriad changes coming. I know that there are many in Hamilton that remain confused or even determined not to hear reason at this point, but the facts have been presented time and again. We ask that you have the vision and te courage of your previous convictions that Hamilton needs to step forward and make LRT a reality.
Thank you for your time and consideration. The future is in your hands. Please make us proud.
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Paul Seczek says,
As a ward 8 resident I fully support the proposed B line LRT. If we turn this down, the funds will go to another community and Hamilton will be left behind. We simply cannot afford to say no!
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Gina Fabello says,
I feel very strongly that Hamilton Council should support the LRT, and put Hamilton up there with other world class cities. It will bring more investors into our City to continue the great momentum that Hamilton has and it will prosper even more. Please do not stop or hold Hamilton back from becoming a world class City. I am very proud and excited for this City and I do not want the momentum to stop. it is really important that we support the LRT.
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Puneet Seth says,
As a physician and entrepreneur moving into Hamilton from Toronto, it deeply disturbing to hear that the city council is having doubts on moving forward with the LRT. This is truly an opportunity to change the profile of the city and I strongly encourage the council to stand united and push forward the development of the LRT.
Regards,
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Dina D'Ermo says,
I can't imagine that council as a group will not support this $1 B initiative. As we have heard and read , thi sinitiaitve will boost jobs, economic development, etc. for all of Hamilton. Who would not want that!
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Paul Weinberg says,
I support the LRT because it will revitalize the downtown and lower city and in turn benefit the entire city of Hamilton.
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Joanne McCallum says,
To move towards a more sustainable city and region as well as develope a vibrant core that will attract people of all ages to live, shop and play, LRT is essential. Should the city turn down this opportunity , as an architect involved with city building,and with the design of sustainable, robust environments, I will be tremendously disappointed. City building, true visionary city building requires courage and leadership to look beyond the status quo and grasp the longer term opportunities and work through the challenges. We can all work together, as citizens of this wonderful city, to solve problems, but to turn down LRT would demonstrate a complete lack of vision and seriously negate a positive future for the city.
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Cora Muis says,
Even as a ward 14 resident, I understand that a healthy downtown is a healthy city. Bring on the LRT.
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John Wilbur says,
Please simply reaffirm your support for the LRT and then shut up, you never seem to help much!
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Marvin Watson says,
Hamilton needs the LRT to move the city forward, and improve the face of Hamilton.Hamilton also need to have less traffic going through the down town core,by having some more highway and bridges.
Thank you,
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Thomas Lorini says,
As a long time investor, owning several properties in the City of Hamilton, and paying taxes on each one I give my FULL support in pushing forward with the LRT. Its a long-time coming with far too much politicizing...the LRT will not only greatly improve the transportation across the city core but reduces pollution and modernizes the landscape. Now is the time for LRT. Lets get it done!
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Zachary Strong says,
Every world-class city I have ever travelled to has some kind of LRT system, and the benefits that would accrue in Hamilton have been well-documented.
By making a commitment to LRT at no capital cost to the city, I believe that Hamilton will be setting itself up for continued growth and prosperity for many years in the future.
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Petra Zantingh says,
We moved back to Hamilton after living in Montreal for 4 years. In Montreal I always took public transit. It helped me develop relationships with my community and support local businesses. We need the LRT to make Hamilton more of a people culture and less of a car culture.
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Jon Kruithof says,
I have visited cities like Edinburgh in the UK that have LRT and it was an excellent visit - LRT was part of that experience. I spoke to some other riders about it - while they didn't like the time it took to implement the project, they did appreciate it (and used it more!) than they thought. I would hope that city council would have the foresight to see that short-term inconvenience, is worth it in the long run.
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Stephanie & Robert Hilson says,
After 40 odd votes related to LRT, one would think council knew its own mind.
There are no guarantees on any plan a city may implement, but the courage to think beyond the immediate tenure of a counsellor is paramount.
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Lisa Hind says,
Province has supplied the funds for this LRT project ( more than once) . Will help stabilize the economy in an economically crumbling Hamilton. Will help move Hamilton forward into the 21st century. Will provide many jobs for out of work Hamiltonians. Will modernize mass transit and decrease pollution. This will mean functional adjustments but that is what is necessary for Hamilton to move forward. I fully support the initiation and on-going work for the LRT for Hamilton.
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