Raising parking prices? That doesn’t make sense There have been lots of stories recently about downtown Victoria businesses struggling with vandalism, homelessness, and increased costs, plus still try
ing to get customers back through their doors.
More and more of these businesses are likely to move out of the downtown core to malls. The downtown could become a void area where there are few businesses or reasons to go to and therefore no customers for the parking, much less the businesses. How idiotic. Victoria has catch and release vandals and thieves, human feces and used drug paraphernalia everywhere. And now council is cutting parking there.We need parking spaces, not pandemic patios Rather than raising parking fees, perhaps Victoria should first consider returning to parking inventory, all those spaces currently occupied by restaurant “pandemic patios.”
Did I mention this is on public property that would otherwise be generating parking revenue? Other businesses can’t do this. Homeowners can’t do this. Is “endangered” the right word to describe the situation of the northern spotted owl? Maybe not. Evolution science states that the fittest survive. The other side of that coin is that the less fit do not survive.
According to legend, the English King Canute commanded the tide to stop coming in over a beach. Mother Nature ignored the king. Now, some people seem to be trying to stop evolution. For many Indigenous communities, wild salmon are their lifeblood and I see this as an act of reconciliation.Murray’s salmon decision was brave and necessary Three cheers for Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray and her government for shutting down 15 open-net Atlantic salmon farms in the Discovery Islands area off Vancouver Island.This area is a highway for salmon and must be protected to rebuild dwindling stocks of wild coho and chinook. Mandatory.
Parking revenue? Pretend it doesn’t exist I note with amusement that articles on both the Harris Green development and Victoria city council’s efforts to trim upcoming property tax hikes share the same page in the Feb. 18 edition. What more is it going to take for local and provincial governments to start financing housing, support, drug and alcohol treatment and recovery programs, mental health treatment programs rather than offering business more money to replace broken windows.Everybody is someone’s family member, child, husband, mother, aunt, uncle and deserves to receive the treatment and long term support they require to become a contributing member of society.
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