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Tuesday, August 22, 2006

When Is...NOT


  • Remember all of those "When Is...NOT" jokes I made up back on March 9, 2006? Here is another one that is a really funny that should be added to the list.

    When is going through the Ojibway Nature Preserve for a truck highway NOT going through the Ojibway Nature Preserve for a truck highway...when it is going underneath the Ojibway Nature Preserve for a truck highway!

    I won't take credit though for this line. It was one that the Mayor used in the spring newsletter of the Carolinian Canada Coalition. Here is part of the article:

    HEY, WHAT’S HAPPENING AT...OJIBWAY?

    "Alan McKinnon, founder of the group Citizens Protecting Ojibway Wilderness (CPOW), is fighting to stop the proposed bypass route in its tracks. “Every mayor since 1958 has enhanced and furthered the protection of Ojibway,” says McKinnon. “Our goal is to stop the City from putting a road through Ojibway and to instead continue to protect this legacy for our grandchildren.” Phil Roberts, president of the Essex County Field Naturalists' Club, agrees: “Any plans to put a road through Ojibway will be adamantly opposed by the community .”

    Windsor Mayor Eddie Francis rejects the characterization of the bypass as “through” Ojibway. “Anybody that's characterizing it as 'through' Ojibway is doing that for their own reasons,” says Mayor Francis. “'Going through' Ojibway seems to try to create the impression that we're in favour of destroying Ojibway, and that's completely inaccurate.”

    However, Mayor Francis does not rule out a tunnel underneath a portion of Ojibway: “Our engineers tell us that you can tunnel underneath without affecting anything in the area. But we realize that that's one engineer's perspective. What we're saying is that the proposal has to be subjected to the most comprehensive environmental assessment there is. If it can be tunneled so there's no impact, then obviously we'll consider that, but it's a full and comprehensive environmental assessment that will determine this.”